Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
New York, New York
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
Cleveland, Ohio
A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
New York, New York
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
Fargo, North Dakota
"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Seattle, Washington
A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.
Seattle, Washington
Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada's accused-traitor-turned-folk-hero is buried under a red stone in a ring of his own.
Gimli, Manitoba
Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.