Places Schiffty5 Wants to Go

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

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

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.