bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder
art Stunningly dreamlike paintings of a UFO, monolith, spirit guides, and other high weirdness David Pescovitz
Comic Books "Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt" — documentary tracing the artist's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker Mark Frauenfelder
iceland The Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft tells the story of Iceland's 17th century "witchcraze," complete with "necropants" Jennifer Sandlin
art "Seven Magic Mountains" is a colorful "large scale desert artwork" outside of Las Vegas Jennifer Sandlin
art Artemizia Foundation in Bisbee, Arizona hosts a spectacular collection of contemporary, street, and graffiti art Jennifer Sandlin