Springfield, Ohio
Hartman Rock Garden
A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.
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Sanca, British Columbia
Boswell Embalming Bottle House
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
San Francisco, California
Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Depression Era Dinosaur Park
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
West Glacier, Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.
Houston, Texas
The Orange Show
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
Dr. Evermor's Forevertron
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Saugerties, New York
Opus 40
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
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Arcola, Illinois
Rockome Gardens - An Amish Themepark
You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Glasgow, Scotland
The Glasgow Necropolis
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Barcelona, Spain
Tibidabo
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Soap Factory
An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
House of Balls
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Stone Arch Bridge
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Rhinestone Cowboy House at the JMK Arts Center
A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.
