Wisconsin

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Safe House

A place to eat for on the run agents and espionage enthusiasts

Tucked away in a lackluster Milwaukee alleyway you will find "International Exports Ltd." Enter through the nondescript door, only to find yourself at yet another door where (depending on what day... »

Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

Mustard Museum

Over 5000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world are moving to a new location

For many years the highlight of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin was the famous Mustard Museum, run by a local celebrity (Barry Levenson, famous for the mustard museum, naturally) and home to a huge... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by michelle and Dylan

Rhinestone Cowboy House at the JMK Arts Center

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

Loy Allen Bowlin was known for his shuffle-step dancing, jokes and off-key singing. He was, of course, most well known as the "Rhinestone Cowboy" for his artistic rhinestone creations,... »

Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and Henry

Old Man of the Dalles

A stone face watches over the river

This natural wonder is one of the many odd rock formations and rocky crags along the Dalles of the St. Croix River. At the end of the last ice age, the frigid waters of Lake Superior drained... »

Geological Oddities | Edited by MattB and Dylan

45th Parallel Marker

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole

One of a series of geographical markers set up by local newspaper editor Frank Noyes in the 1930s, some of the markers commemorate the exact half-way point between the North Pole and Equator,... »

Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by MattB and Dylan

Yerkes Observatory

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

At the end of the 1800s, the University of Southern California sought to build the world's largest telescope. In preparation, two 42-inch "blank" disks were cast by the Parisian glassmaking... »

Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech | Edited by Trevor

The Chair That Grew

100 year old chair with joints "cemented by nature"

John Krubsack was a self-starter. A banker from Embarrass, Wisconsin, he was the first in the area to boast running water, he landscaped his property before it was the fashion, he farmed and made... »

Extraordinary Flora, Horticultural Marvels, Outsider Architecture | Edited by michelle

Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park

An oddly poignant self-built sculpture park celebrating American lore

The untrained eye married to the compulsion to create can produce the most strangely moving art. The Wisconsin Concrete Park is one such outdoor museum housing 237 concrete sculptures built by the... »

Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, enealio and 2 others

Grave of Ed Gein

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

While not technically a serial killer, the terror Ed Gein wrought throughout the Plainfield, Wisconsin area has been fodder for American nightmares ever since. Upon his capture by authorities... »

Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by aubryk, littlebrumble and others

Dr. Evermore's Forevertron

A gigantic self-made sculpture park in the middle of Wisconsin

For most of his life, Tom Every was a professional destroyer. Tom worked in Wisconsin as an industrial wrecker, thrashing old factories, breweries and any other building that stood in the way. But... »

Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 2 others

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