Portland, Oregon
The Zymoglyphic Museum
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
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Portland, Oregon
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Queens, New York
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Washington, D.C.
A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Los Angeles, California
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
Los Angeles, California
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
New York, New York
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.