Culver City, California
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
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Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Phillips, Wisconsin
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.
Bagley, Minnesota
The Largest Little Museum in the Northwest.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.
Waukegan, Illinois
A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
New York, New York
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
Wadsworth, Illinois
A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Dickeyville, Wisconsin
A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.