Along the side of Highway 101 on the Oregon Coast, a giant 30-foot fiberglass corn dog, complete with a zigzag of yellow mustard, looms over the roof of a small white-and-black hot dog shack.

GRAND HAVEN, MI - This weekend is the time to get your winter fix from Grand Haven’s iconic waterfront Pronto Pup stand. The popular corn dog spot will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday ...

Though, the first documented appearances of corn dogs didn't come about until the 1940s. Pronto Pup Co., a go-to concession supplier out of Portland, Oregon, seems to have made the first skewered ...