Despite the success of the Standard Model, many open questions remain and multiple theories addressing them predict new particles which could be produced and detected at the LHC. There is a vibrant search program looking for these so-called exotic particles, covering a variety of final states, from dijet resonances to long-lived particles. A selection of recent results, excluding supersymmetric searches, will be discussed, with the aim of giving an overview of the various types of searches that can be performed.