architecture Turkmenistan's eccentric dictator built a self-glorifying $12m phallic marble monstrosity called the "Neutrality Monument" Mark Frauenfelder
outsider art Look inside this rented apartment secretly rebuilt into fantasy world by eccentric artist David Pescovitz
Robert Anton Wilson "A Ugandan hunter is tranquilizing gorillas and dressing them in clown suits" — the origins of a crazy story that lives on Mark Frauenfelder
mass shootings Gunman who killed 3 faculty at University of Nevada was unemployed professor Rob Beschizza
television Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene Lee Keeler
happy mutants The Doo Dah Parade is the "twisted sister of the conventional Rose Parade" Jennifer Sandlin
art Three Rocks: Bill Griffith's incredible exploration of Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip "Nancy" Ruben Bolling
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werner herzog The curious history of the dancing chicken in Werner Herzog's 1977 film Stroszek Jennifer Sandlin