A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

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

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A science teacher's dream.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.