Your guide to finding outrageous city ordinances and silly state statutes Where every state -- including this one -- has loony laws on the books

In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture. (Loony Laws" by Robert Pelton)

As is the case in Indiana, it is a felony for a skating instructor to seduce a female student. A wild guess as to how this one started might be that a lawmaker's wife or daughter ran off with her skating teacher, right?

Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland because a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"

In Dayton only men can be hired as hotel bellhops.