The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.