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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.