Motivation |
Who |
What |
artisan |
Al Shepperd |
Stonehenge II, Hunt, Texas. Just as unusual as original. |
artisan |
Albert Christensen |
Hole in the Rock, Moab, Utah. At home inside a mountain. |
artisan |
Baldassare Forestiere |
Forestiere's Underground Gardens, Fresno, California. Down under. |
artisan |
Bernard Langlais |
Skowhegan Indian, Skowhegan, Maine. |
artisan |
Cameron Cross |
Van Gogh Sunflower Painting, Goodland, Kansas. Sunflower Capital of the High Plains. |
artisan |
Claude Bell |
Dinosaurs, Cabazon, California. |
artisan |
Ed Galloway |
Totem Poles, Foyil, Oklahoma. |
artisan |
Ed Leedskalnin |
Coral Castle, Homestead, Florida. Furniture suite carved from solid coral. |
artisan |
Elise and Albert Quigley |
Quigley's Castle, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Ozarks' Strangest Dwelling |
artisan |
Emmet Sullivan |
Christ of the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 340 tons of concrete. |
artisan |
Ernest Mooney Warther |
Warther's Carving Museum, Dover, Ohio. Ask about the pliers. |
artisan |
Frances Glessner Lee |
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death by Frances Glessner Lee, Baltimore, Maryland. When dolls go bad. |
artisan |
Francis John Moshinskie |
Tiny Town, Hot Springs, Arkansas. No kits. |
artisan |
Frank Stoeber |
Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas. In its 50th. year and still growing. |
artisan |
Frank Van Zant |
Thunder Mountain Monument, Imlay, Nevada. The Place Rolling Mountain Thunder built. |
artisan |
Gutzon Borglum |
Mount Rushmore National Monument, Keystone, South Dakota. |
artisan |
Hugh Davis |
Blue Whale, Catoosa, Oklahoma. Anniversary Gift. |
artisan |
Ira PH Poon |
Forbidden Gardens, Katy Texas. Everyone should have a terra cotta army. |
artisan |
Jim Reinders |
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska. Stonehenge meets Detroit. |
artisan |
John Zweifel |
House of Presidents Wax Museum, Clermont, Florida. World's largest dollhouse. |
artisan |
Korczak Ziolkowski |
Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer, South Dakota. Under construction. |
artisan |
Laurence Gieringer |
Roadside America Miniature Village, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania. |
artisan |
Leonard Knight |
Salvation Mountain, Niland, California. Hello. Make yourself at home. |
artisan |
Samuel Perry Dinsmoor |
Garden of Eden, Lucas, Kansas. Read it, stop, or go on, just as you please. |
collector |
Alan Rothschild |
Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum, Cazenovia, New York. Preserve our national historic treasures. |
collector |
Alex Jordan |
House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin. The ultimate collection of collections plus the infinity room. |
collector |
Barney Smith |
Barney Smith Toilet Seat Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Set a spell. |
collector |
Barry Levenson |
Mustard Museum, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. The bottom line: we know mustard. |
collector |
Bill Shea |
Shea's Gas Station Museum, Springfield, Illinois. Fill 'er up. |
collector |
Bob McCoy |
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Quack central. |
collector |
Cathee Shultz and JD Healy |
Museum of Death, Hollywood, California. Art work by serial killers? |
collector |
Charles Manoog |
American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. |
collector |
Charles Walker |
International Checker Hall of Fame, Petal, Mississippi. Blame King Tut. |
collector |
Electra Havemeyer Webb |
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont. Paintings, Folk Art, Historic Houses, Quilts, Decoys, Carriages, Tools, Toys, Dolls, Dollhouses, Native American Artifacts, Miniature Circus Figures and Circus Posters. |
collector |
ER Fenimore Johnson |
Johnson Victrola Museum, Dover, Delaware. His master's voice. |
collector |
Georgia Allen Woodall |
Lunchbox Museum, Columbus, Georgia. Take a trip back in time. |
collector |
Glenn Johansen |
Museum of Dirt, Boston, Massachusetts. One scoop at a time. |
collector |
Henry C Mercer |
Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Gadgets. |
collector |
J.M. Davis |
J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum, Claremore, Oklahoma. 13,000 firearms. 1200 beer steins. |
collector |
James F W May |
May Natural History Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Tropical insects. |
collector |
J.B. Nethercutt |
Nethercutt Museum, Sylmar, California. Functional fine art. Automobiles, mechanical musical instruments, and antique furniture. Merle Norman Cosmetics magnate. |
collector |
Jennie Lee |
Exotic World, Helendale, California. Burlesque Museum. |
collector |
Larry Ross |
Lindbergh Crate Museum, Canaan, Maine. Return trip of the Spirit of St. Louis. |
collector |
LH Buddy Hough |
Tragedy in U.S. History Museum, St. Augustine, Florida. Artifacts from the demise of the rich and famous. |
collector |
Louis Toavs |
Louis Toavs John Deere Tractor Museum, Wolf Point, Montana. From 1916 in chronological order. |
collector |
Margaret Woodbury Strong |
Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York. The National Toy Hall of Fame. |
collector |
Marvin Yagoda |
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Most magnificent. |
collector |
Michael Bohdan |
Cockroach Hall of Fame, Plano, Texas. Cockroaches that will put a smile on your face. |
collector |
Pat and Louise Mesa |
Frog Fantasies Museum, Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
collector |
Robert Knapp |
Deer Park Winery and Automobile Museum, Escondido, California. World's largest collection of American convertibles manufactured since 1946. |
collector |
Terry Cannon |
Baseball Reliquary, Monrovia, California. Rebels, rascals, and reprobates. |
collector |
Tod Swormstedt |
American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. A sign of our times. |
collector |
Tom Bates |
Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising, Goodlettsville and Millersville, Tennessee. |
collector |
Walden Roush |
West Virginia State Farm Museum, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Tractors, not insurance. |
collector |
Warren Fuller |
Warren Fuller Breweriana Collection, D'Iberville, Mississippi. |
collector |
William Randolph Hearst |
Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California. Anything from Europe. |
entrepreneur |
Al Schafer |
Pedro's South of the Border, Mexican Restaurant, Dillon, South Carolina. The sombrero tower. |
entrepreneur |
Alex Madonna |
Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, California. No two rooms alike. |
entrepreneur |
Bill Moon |
Trucking Hall of Fame, Iowa 80 Truck Stop, Walcott, Iowa. World's largest truck stop. |
entrepreneur |
Bill Waugh |
Casa Bonita, Mexican restaurant, Denver, Colorado. Indoor cliff divers. |
entrepreneur |
Bob Katz |
National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin. The Shrine to Anglers. |
entrepreneur |
David DeLorme |
Revolving and Rotating Globe, DeLorme Headquarters, Yarmouth, Maine. Eartha. 41 feet one 1/2 inches. |
entrepreneur |
David Wilson |
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, California. A chain of flowers into the mysteries of life. |
entrepreneur |
Dick and Julie Pope |
Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven, Florida. Water ski shows, Southern belles, and living fountain statue. |
entrepreneur |
Don Quinn |
Don Q Fantasuites, Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Themed motel rooms. |
entrepreneur |
Fran Tate |
Pepe's North of the Border, Mexican restaurant. Barrow, Alaska. |
entrepreneur |
Frank Redford |
Wigwam Motel, Rialto, California. Cave City, Kentucky. Holbrook, Arizona. |
entrepreneur |
J. Norman Martin |
Paul Bunyan Birthplace and Statue, Bangor, Maine. |
entrepreneur |
Jeff McKissack |
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, Houston, Texas. A clown among uniformed mannequins. |
entrepreneur |
Jim Taylor |
Jack Rabbit Trading Post Joseph City, Arizona. Here It Is. World's most famous Stop-N-Go market |
entrepreneur |
John Geske |
Dixie Truck Stop, McLean, Illinois. Route 66 Hall of Fame. |
entrepreneur |
Newton Perry |
Weeki Wachee, Weeki Wachee, Florida. Live mermaids. Where fantasy comes to life. |
entrepreneur |
R.J. Bob Lee |
Big Texan Steak Ranch Restaurant, Amarillo, Texas. Home of the free 72 oz. steak dinner. |
entrepreneur |
Ralph Wilson Sr |
Wilson House of Laminates, Temple, Texas. If it doesn't move, laminate it. |
entrepreneur |
Ron Lee |
Ron Lee's World of Clowns Factory Tour, Henderson, Nevada. Home of Hobo Joe. |
entrepreneur |
Stanley Marsh |
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas. Half-buried Cadillacs. |
entrepreneur |
Sunny Yang |
Florida Splendid China, Kissimmee, Florida. Miniature great wall. |
entrepreneur |
Ted Hustead |
Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota. Free ice water. |
entrepreneur |
Thomas Binkley Prince |
Thing, The, Between Benson and Willcox, Arizona. Tortured statues. |
entrepreneur |
Will Herron |
Thermometer, Baker, California. |