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Work by Nek Chand whose Sanctuary can be read about <a href="http://atlasobscura.com/places/nek-chand-sani">here</a>

London, England

The Museum of Everything (Moving Location)

London's largest outsider art museum.

Mormon Genealogical Archives

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

Permanently Closed

Springfield, Illinois

Museum of Funeral Customs

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow Hunterian Museum

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

Glen Ellen, California

The Wolf House - Jack London State Park

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

Permanently Closed

New York, New York

The Troll Museum

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

Nasoteket (The Nose Academy)

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

Ötzi the Iceman

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Vienna, Austria

Esperanto Museum

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Chicago, Illinois

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

Lightship Frying Pan at Pier 66 Maritime

New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Chicago, Illinois

The Renaissance Society

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Brussels, Belgium

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, street view.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Science History Institute

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Largest collection of antique oilrigs in the world.

The Petroleum Museum

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

Permanently Closed

Many of the phalluses are adorned with garlands of flowers and have coins scattered at their bases

Bangkok, Thailand

Goddess Tuptim Shrine

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.