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Yonkers, New York
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.
Goldendale, Washington
Goldendale Observatory State Park
A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.
Palo Alto, California
Gates of Hell Sculpture
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
National Watch and Clock Museum
North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.
St. Marys, Georgia
St. Marys Submarine Museum
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Little Bohemia Lodge
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
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Avigliana, Italy
Dinamitificio Nobel (Dynamite Nobel Living Museum)
Dynamite factory turned museum explores the history of explosives.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pinball Hall of Fame
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Creation Museum, Taxidermy Hall of Fame, and Antique Tool Museum
A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Silverball Museum Arcade
A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Baan Dam (Black House)
Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.
Portland, Oregon
The Zymoglyphic Museum
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Boscastle, England
The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
Crawfordville, Florida
Harvey's Ford Truck Collection
Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.
Powell River, British Columbia
S.S. Peralta
One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.
Elkhart, Indiana
Hall of Heroes
A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.
Pocatello, Idaho
Museum of Clean
A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.
Tucson, Arizona
Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
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