Places Adiakina Wants to Go

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.