Places lihern9178 Wants to Go

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

This store also houses a museum dedicated to the history of these small, historic community shops.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.