Places thelonesomeroad Wants to Go

Despite its name this unique art piece was established to commemorate a tragic flood.

An ever-changing gathering of crude wooden figures haunts the St. Lawrence River.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.