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Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Wax Museum
An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.
Savannah, Georgia
Pin Point Heritage Museum
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Permanently Closed
Wisbech, England
Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum
Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.
Durango, Mexico
Benigno Montoya Funerary Art
A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.
Cambridge, Maryland
Bucktown Village Store
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Athens, Greece
Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros
A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
Juneau, Alaska
Aunt Claudia's Dolls, a Museum
One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.
Permanently Closed
Kyoto, Japan
Ukiyoe Small Museum
A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.
Bellingham, Washington
SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention
An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mongolian Military Museum
Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.
Monterey, California
Jellyfish Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium
One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.
Orange, Connecticut
PEZ Visitor Center
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Estey Organ Museum
Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.
Ewing Township, New Jersey
The Sarnoff Collection
A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.
London, England
Clown Egg Register
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
Guangzhou, China
Ceramic Pillows at the Museum of the Nanyue King's Mausoleum
Three floors above a 2,000-year-old royal tomb is a rare collection of ancient porcelain pillows.
Permanently Closed
Astoria, Oregon
Museum of Whimsy
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Permanently Closed
Topeka, Kansas
Evel Knievel Museum
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
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