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theicarusfish

I have a wife and kid. I like being a dad, creepy stuff, skulls, taxidermy, art, music, science, space, physics, satan, travel, earth porn, super heroes, board games, animals, architecture, food, asian food, pizza, burgers, bugs, history, books, heavy metal, black metal, doom metal, thrash, death metal, punk, post-rock, whiskey, movies, sculpture, parks, waterfalls, mountains, glaciers, urban decay, playgrounds, mad max, star wars, scifi, fantasy, iceland, france, peru, japan, new zealand, transformers.

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Chicago, Illinois

Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

HJHausman

Added by HJHausman

Chicago, Illinois

Shit Fountain

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Josh

Brookfield, Illinois

Galloping Ghost Arcade

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

Added by christianisgroovy

Schaumburg, Illinois

'The Awaking Muse'

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

normalgirl

Added by normalgirl

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

katiebaker4

Added by katiebaker4

Batavia, Illinois

Fermilab

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Madison, Wisconsin

John Muir's Alarm Clock Desk

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

Stephen J Taylor

Added by Stephen J Taylor

Sumpter, Wisconsin

Dr. Evermor's Forevertron

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Dylan

Madison, Wisconsin

Dead Pals of Sam Sanfillippo

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

jlev

Kansas City, Missouri

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Brynn

Springfield, Illinois

Museum of Funeral Customs

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Added by CPilgrim

Independence, Missouri

Independence Temple

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Added by Hermit

Kansas City, Missouri

SubTropolis

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Dylan

Gladbrook, Iowa

Matchstick Marvels Museum

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

dboy58

Added by dboy58

West Bend, Iowa

Father Paul Dobberstein's Grotto of the Redemption

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

Iowa City, Iowa

University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

Allison

Added by Allison

Spillville, Iowa

Bily Clocks Museum

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

Added by giesekeguys

Harmony, Minnesota

Niagara Cave

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Redozzi

Added by Redozzi

Fenelon Place Elevator

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

worldlywondersandcurios

Added by worldlywondersandcurios

St. Joseph, Missouri

Glore Psychiatric Museum

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

KaliaK

Added by KaliaK

Mount Carroll, Illinois

Raven's Grin Inn

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Added by dirtycricket