An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.