Places AdrianneOD Wants to Go

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.