The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

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

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

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.