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Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.

This cairn in the shape of a woman has looked over a tiny Minnesota town for well over a century.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.