This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

What is the Thing?

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.