As a kid, I grew up with duckpin bowling as a popular pastime for things like birthday parties. After talking with some of my Denver friends, I was surprised that none of them had heard of such a thing. According to this article in WaPo (free registration required), it’s pretty much an East Coast phenomenon, having been invented in Baltimore around the turn of the last century. Unfortunately, it seems to be dying out, with only a small handful of lanes still open. Unlike tenpin bowling, according to the article, nobody has ever played a perfect game of duckpin in the 100+ years the sport has been around.
