Museum of Wonder: Seale, AL's Drive-Thru Gallery

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The small community of Seale, Alabama has a unique roadside attraction that allows you to stay in your vehicle. Unlike the ordinary drive-thru, it does not serve fast food, there is no ATM and you cannot drop off your laundry. This is the world's first drive-thru gallery that specializes in antiques and art.

In 2014, Butch Anthony, an artist and collector, developed the Drive-Thru as an offshoot of his Museum of Wonder. This was done in order to manage the large numbers of people who visited the museum. For a small town with only a few hundred people, having two distinctive attractions of this kind is a remarkable abundance of folk art, antiques, curios, and other unique objects.

The Drive-Thru Museum is made from stacked shipping containers, with windows cut into the sides to reveal a myriad of items collected or created by Anthony. It’s a short drive to get through the whole collection, but each piece will make you hit the brakes. There’s the two-headed ducklings, a large gallstone attached to poems (art he calls “intertwangleism”), drawings of skeletons and bones superimposed on old photographic portraits, and found-object art mixed with taxidermy animals. Take as much time as you need.