Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
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Los Angeles, California
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Atlanta, Georgia
A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.
Atlanta, Georgia
The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
Atlanta, Georgia
Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.
Cross Village, Michigan
Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.
Traverse City, Michigan
A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.
Traverse City, Michigan
Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
Traverse City, Michigan
For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.
Williamsburg, Michigan
Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.
Williamsburg, Michigan
Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.
Traverse City, Michigan
Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.
Traverse City, Michigan
This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.
Traverse City, Michigan
It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.
Empire, Michigan
This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.
Hayward, Wisconsin
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.