Located inside Born Weird Tattoo on Overland Road, the museum represents a 40-year dream that began during childhood summers hunting for bargains with my grandma and falling in love with coastal roadside oddity museums. Collecting these treasures is a thrill, but sharing them with our community is where the real joy lives.

Originally called the Boise Free Museum, I recently renamed it Spikes Free Museum to honor my son, Spike, born 15 months ago. Together with his older sibling, my two children have filled my life with an immense new sense of passion and purpose.