Bisbee, Arizona
The Shady Dell
Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.
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Bisbee, Arizona
Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Verul, India
This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Lucas, Kansas
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
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.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.