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

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

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

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

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

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

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

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

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

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

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.