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A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.