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52.4163, 13.1969
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dutch Pinball Museum
This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Museum of Encaustic Art
This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
Southwold, England
Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room
A historic seafront building established as a refuge for sailors to promote moral living and literacy.
Swansea, Wales
Swansea Bus Museum
A Swansea industrial estate hides a sanctuary to that most humble mode of public transport: the bus.
Chamblee, Georgia
The Oddities Museum
A celebration of one man’s obsession to collect the strangest items imaginable.
Durham, England
'Seek Knowledge Even as Far as China'
A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.
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Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.
Taipei, Taiwan
Puppetry Art Center of Taipei
A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.
Maricopa, Arizona
Dwarf Car Museum
One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.
Jiufen, Taiwan
Ghost Lore Museum
A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.
Neuhausen, Germany
Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen
Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Collection Centres of the National and Council Museums
These storage facilities offer a behind-the-scenes look at some of Edinburgh's biggest museums.
Baltimore, Maryland
Witch Board Museum Baltimore
This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.
Riga, Latvia
Latvian Railway History Museum
A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.
Oxford, Massachusetts
Clara Barton Birthplace Museum
This historic home and museum celebrates the life story of the female founder of the American Red Cross.
Aldeburgh, England
Moot Hall
One of the best preserved Tudor public buildings in Britain was once used for witch trials.
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