Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Punk Museum
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
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Reykjavik, Iceland
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
Wendover, Utah
A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A high point in Vancouver kitsch.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Tokyo, Japan
A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.
Tokyo, Japan
Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.
González Catán, Argentina
An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.
Los Angeles, California
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
East Chicago, Indiana
This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Michigan City, Indiana
A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.
Battle Creek, Michigan
The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
Detroit, Michigan
Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.
Detroit, Michigan
Collective made up of artists, musicians, and activists.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
Detroit, Michigan
The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.