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• July 29, 2011 apenny liked Music House Museum
  

  Music House Museum

  Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments

  An educational institution whose mission is to collect, restore, and preserve and demonstrate automated musical machines and related Americana of their era; and to educate all age groups of their... »

  Museums and Collections, Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

• July 29, 2011 apenny liked Earl Young Gnome Houses
  

  Earl Young Gnome Houses

  Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"

  In Charlevoix, Michigan, the residents of Park Avenue are proud to live in some of the most unusual homes in the United States. Designed by the architect Earl Young, the homes on this street have... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• July 19, 2011 apenny liked Eagle Lake Tramway
  

  Maine, US

  Eagle Lake Tramway

  Steam engines and conveyor belts are remnants of a genius system left in the middle of the Maine woods

  If you were to stumble on the tracks, or rusted iron wrecks it would certainty be a mystery. But this railway running straight through the forest of Maine, are remnants of a once genius system.... »

  Inspired Inventions, Incredible Ruins | Edited by John Pittman and M Rebekah Otto

• July 16, 2011 apenny liked Safe House
  

  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

• July 16, 2011 apenny liked Onan's Gold Pyramid House
  

  Illinois, US

  Onan's Gold Pyramid House

  A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat

  The six-story-tall, 17,000-square-foot Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth, Illinois has to be one of the most bizarre homes ever constructed. Its builders, Jim and Linda Onan explain in three nouns... »

  Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 3 others

• July 16, 2011 apenny liked Gullivers Pizza
  

  Gullivers Pizza

  You will never get bored at this Chicagoland Pizzaria.

  With three locations, the 2727 Howard Street location is the place to go. The place is packed with gorgeous, museum quality pieces. There is also Victorian and Art Nouveau statues, bric a brac,... »

  Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by mschaos, Kalia_K and others

• July 16, 2011 apenny liked Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop
  

  Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop

  Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement

  A long time Evanston, Illinois, institution, Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop is a ground-level store that sells gemstones, fossils, jewelry, crystals, books, minerals, and other strange... »

  Museums and Collections, Natural History, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by lakesides and Nicholas Jackson

• July 16, 2011 apenny liked Jack Barker's Metal Art Sculpture Garden
  

  Jack Barker's Metal Art Sculpture Garden

  Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist

  For about 50 years, Jack Barker has been spending his days in his workshop, crafting incredible works of art out of scrap metal, plastic, and any bits of "trash" or "junk" he can collect. The... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others