Places alessandralee Wants to Go

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.