Essex, Illinois
Jack Barker's Metal Art Sculpture Garden
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
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Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Brookline, New Hampshire
Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Cameron, North Carolina
The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Wapakoneta, Ohio
A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Lucedale, Mississippi
This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.
Loogootee, Indiana
One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.
Greenville, South Carolina
This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.
Cleveland, Ohio
Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Savannah, Georgia
The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.
Waycross, Georgia
The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.
Blairsville, Georgia
An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.