Morrisville, North Carolina
Orchid Trail Greenhouses
Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.
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Morrisville, North Carolina
Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.
Pierre Part, Louisiana
This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.
Chauvin, Louisiana
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Hyattsville, Maryland
An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Kenova, West Virginia
Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Jefferson, Virginia
Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.
Bishopville, South Carolina
One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.