Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.