Places Edited by BE

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

"May the force be with you always."

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.