Places inthenavey Wants to Go

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.