While graffiti artists boast over colorful pieces dashed off in the night, they have nothing on Nek Chand (born in 1924). Working illegally and in secret for over 36 years, Nek Chand created a... »

Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

At one point in the late 1950s, during an extended and fever-ridden illness, Eddie Owens Martin experienced the first of a series of phenomenal visions that would drive his artistic efforts for... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by wythe

Another creation of the eccentric millionaire known as Stanley Marsh 3, - who prefers the Arabic numeral to the Roman numeral which he find pretentious - Marsh is most know for his Caddilac Ranch... »

Outsider Art, Optical Oddities | Edited by Clinton

John Preble, a Louisiana painter, has picked up just about every rock, bottle, and license plate he has passed. Inspired by the Tinkertown Museum in New Mexico, he put it all together in the Abita... »

Outsider Art, Hunting and Taxidermy, Outsider Architecture | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, michelle and others

In the middle of Death Valley – one of the harshest and most extreme environments on earth – stands one of the most unusual hotels in America, the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel. The Amargosa,... »

Outsider Art | Edited by wythe

Set in Joshua Tree, California, Noah Purifoy's "Outdoor Desert Art Museum" is 7.5 acres of open land displaying Purifoy's assemblage sculptures, all created on-site between 1989 and 2004. Visitors... »

Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by anhie, Sue Welsh and others

"Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from innate... »

Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

Located at the end of a suburban cul-de-sac, and open to the public for only two days a year, the Zymoglyphic Museum houses the cabinet of curiosities created by artist Jim Stewart. Early modern... »

Wonder Cabinets, Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Josh, zymoglyphic and others

In 1994, the fledgling Cascade Stereoscopic Club began dreaming of a shared space where their passion for the history and art of three-dimensional photography could reach the public. As the years... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Optical Oddities | Edited by littlebrumble

The dime or dime store museum is by all accounts an endangered species. The first dime museum, "The American Museum," was opened in 1841 by none other than P. T. Barnum himself. It represented a... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Strange Science, Outsider Art, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and wythe