Joe's Scarecrow Village isn't your average roadside attraction. It's creepy actually, if you don't know the history. And even if you stop at Joe's - and you will probably find it hard to resist... »

Unusual Monuments, Inspired Inventions, Outsider Architecture | Edited by kalizearmour and Nicholas Jackson

A former convent for Cistercian nuns, the Sankt Burchardi Church is home to one amazing musical instrument. The automatic organ tucked away in the church is in the process of playing "As Slow As... »

Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Ted Waflart only opens his large, eclectic collection of antique acoustic and mechanical musical instruments to groups of fifteen or more, but it's worth assembling the crowd if you're passing... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

The year was 1952 and the Cold War was in full chill. The House Un-American Activities Committee was looking for "reds under beds," while teenage boys read science fiction comics and watched... »

Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others

Geoffrey Pyke had a simple idea. Geoffrey Pyke had been considering the problem of how to protect seaborne landings and Atlantic convoys out of reach of aircraft cover. The problem was that steel... »

Inspired Inventions | Edited by canuck and Dylan

Deep in the hills of Austria lies Franz Gsellmann's Weltmaschine (World Machine). With no formal mechanical or artistic training, Gsellmann spent the last 23 years of his life creating a behemoth... »

Outsider Art, Inspired Inventions | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

Army lieutenant and part-time chemist Carl Axel Arrhenius was excited when, in 1787, he came across a strange heavy black rock in an old quarry near the Swedish village of Ytterby. Arrhenius... »

Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science | Edited by Alpha, Dylan and others

Founded in 1988 by David Jacobson and Ernest A. Lindner the International Printing Museum has perhaps the best collection of antique printing machinery in the world. Massive iron and steel... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by SoCalSue and Dylan

Baščaršija is the main tourist attraction of Sarajevo. Located in the very heart of the city, this bazaar is one of Sarajevo's oldest wards as well as a well-preserved example of oriental... »

Inspired Inventions, Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane, Dylan and others

Tucked away in a not-so-dusty corner of Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Sales & Service in downtown Portland is a collection that would make any prop master, house wife, or history buff slobber with... »

Unique Collections, Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities | Edited by jamesb, wythe and others