Places maggietakesontrash Wants to Go

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Over 60 handwritten love signs hang in the twisted trees along Springdale Road.

The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

Dozens of tiny doors dot Newport's Mansion Hill neighborhood.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

He’s not from around here.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.