Chicago, Illinois
Woolly Mammoth Antiques and Oddities
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
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Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Denver, Colorado
A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Portland, Oregon
A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.
Leland, Mississippi
A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Silverton, Oregon
The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
Asheville, North Carolina
A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.
Florence, Alabama
This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.
Alliance, Ohio
A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Houston, Texas
A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.