Outsider Architecture

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A pyramid in Central Europe of unknown origin.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

A retiree's challenge to build an outdoor wonderland out of trash.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

What once claimed to be the world's tallest single-family wooden structure house.