Hendersonville, North Carolina
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These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
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Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
Topanga, California
An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Seattle, Washington
Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.
Glenelg, Australia
Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.
Fort Collins, Colorado
This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.
Karuizawa, Japan
Children's literature inside, forest all around.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
Istanbul, Turkey
This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.
San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.