Austin, Texas
Museum of the Weird
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Tirana, Albania
In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.
Pune, India
On the university grounds, this unique museum is dedicated to cartoons and their importance in society.
Pernik, Bulgaria
A dragon-shaped fountain that is said to dispense healing water—unless you're evil.
Greenback, Tennessee
One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
Ganja, Azerbaijan
A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.
Hong Kong
One of the Hakka "ghost villages" of Plover Cove famed for its haunted locked compass legend.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Blacksburg, South Carolina
A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.
Savannah, Georgia
The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Savannah, Georgia
The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Savannah, Georgia
A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.
Hinesville, Georgia
An abandoned putt putt golf course nestled hidden next to one of the local water towers and a local veterinarian.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Salley, South Carolina
Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.
Hemer, Germany
Wooden pathways run through this rocky landscape, which legend says was created when a dwarven king pulled down his own castle to stop raiding giants.
Cayce, South Carolina
A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.
Columbia, South Carolina
An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.
Columbia, South Carolina
This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.
Hamilton, Ohio
A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.