Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations

The guys pay their respects to Jim the Wonder Dog in Marshall, MO, then honor flower children at the country's only Hippie Memorial in Arcola, IL. From there, it's on to a house made of Fresca bottles, a totem pole carver and the Jubilee Rock Gardens.

The "burgoo capital of the world," Arenzville, IL; the world's largest wicker chair in Grand Junction, MI; George Zysk's Sign Shrine in Grand Haven, MI; the Traveler's International Restaurant and Tuba Museum in Okemos, MI; and Dmitri Szylak's Disneyland North in Hamtramck, MI.

The wonders of Kansas include the Atomic Cannon in Fort Riley, a historical lingerie show in Junction City, the mechanical miniatures at the Boyer Gallery in Belleville, the world's largest ball of twine in Cawker City, the Garden of Eden and the Grassroots Art Museum in Lucas, Vera's Tavern in Hunter, and the Hall of Presidential Also Rans in Norton. And in Genoa, Colorado the Wonder Tower.

The guys start off in the steel mill town of Pueblo, CO, visiting with painter/poet Tony Perniciarro,then head to Colorado Springs to see humongous yard sculptures by Starr Kempf. Then they roll into Denver to talk with carver Bill Potts; swing by Boulder to meet Jennifer Heath, author of a book on velvet painting; and wind up in Fort Collins at the Swetsville Zoo & Chrome Rose Gallery.