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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A science teacher's dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

At the turn of the century, a chair like rock sat at the top of the falls and hosted the winner of a local beauty contest.

The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.

One man's goal to be surrounded by color resulted in this enchanting assortment of avian abodes.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers