Places Tim Martini - Exploring The Obscure Wants to Go

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The clients of these mysterious hand-crafted funeral cars took their last ride in style.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

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

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

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.