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Hauterives, France

Le Palais Idéal

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil

Casa da Flor

A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.
Seattle, Washington

Steve's Weird House

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Les Vauxbelets, Guernsey

The Little Chapel

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.
Achères-la-Forêt, France

Le Village d'Art Préludien

A village of art and exotic creations.
Fort Bragg, California

International Sea Glass Museum

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.
Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Santa Cruz, California

Court of Mysteries

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
West Bend, Iowa

Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Florence, Italy

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Florence, Italy

Buontalenti Grotta

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.
Tucson, Arizona

Valley of the Moon

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.
Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Budapest, Hungary

Semmelweis Medical Museum

A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.