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Gruyères, Switzerland
H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's Cable Car Museum
Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.
London, England
Wellcome Collection & Library
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
Permanently Closed
Pattaya, Thailand
The Bottle Art Museum
Thailand museum of bottles of all shapes and sizes filled with intricate and beautiful art.
Friday Harbor, Washington
Whale Museum
Orcas on display and in the water.
Paris, France
Musée de la Prefecture de Police
A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.
Paris, France
Doctor Charcot's Library
The personal library of the founder of modern neurology is open to visitors.
North Pyongan Province, North Korea
North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall
A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.
Paris, France
The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
Zucker-Museum
A sweet museum focused on beets.
Norman, Oklahoma
Pentaceratops Skull
The largest land animal skull ever discovered.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Woolaroc
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
Green Valley, Arizona
Titan Missile Museum
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Belhaven, North Carolina
Belhaven Memorial Museum
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Tokamachi, Japan
Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science
Modern Japanese museum is buried by snow annually.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of American Finance
Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
Permanently Closed
Felton, California
Bigfoot Discovery Museum
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
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