The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

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

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.