Places LiliCurtis Wants to Go

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

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

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

An underwater city for the dead.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

This underfoot portrait is the work of a disgruntled painter inspired by a tragic poem.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.