Like Mars, but much closer.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

A historic dam made famous for its turbines and feature in a Hollywood classic.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.