Palm Springs, California
Volkswagen Spider Sculpture
This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.
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Palm Springs, California
This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Riverside, California
A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.
Riverside, California
Mexican food and folk art.
Brea, California
A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.
Yorba Linda, California
The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.
Tustin, California
A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Yucca Valley, California
On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.
Laguna Beach, California
This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.
Chamblee, Georgia
An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.
Chamblee, Georgia
A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.
Atlanta, Georgia
A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.
Atlanta, Georgia
The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Atlanta, Georgia
To find the final resting place of a golf legend, just look for the grave covered in golf balls.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.
Chicago, Illinois
Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.