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Llandudno, Wales
Great Orme Summit Complex UFO Room
An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.
Koganei, Japan
Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.
Jackson, Wyoming
National Museum of Wildlife Art
One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.
Permanently Closed
Sarasota, Florida
Medieval Art Exhibit at the Ringling Museum
The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
International Intellectual and Puzzle Museum
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
Simi Valley, California
Ronald Reagan’s Situation Room
The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Icelandic Punk Museum
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Cisternerne
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Takayama, Japan
Hida Takayama Teddy Bear Eco Village
A collection of more than 1,000 teddies from nearly any profession.
Marion, Ohio
Warren G. Harding Presidential Home
Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.
Permanently Closed
Rockville, Maryland
Museum of Outdated Technology
The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.
St. Augustine, Florida
Dungeon Under the Stairs at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, France
Romagne 14-18
A unique museum tells the story of the day-to-day life of World War I soldiers.
St. Augustine, Florida
Sacred Cat Rug
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Berlin, Germany
Knut the Polar Bear
Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.
Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Card Catalog
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Washington, D.C.
National Bonsai Museum
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Arlington, Virginia
DEA Museum
An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.
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