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Montreal, Québec
Insectarium of Montreal
The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Riga, Latvia
P. Stradins Museum for History of Medicine
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
Bern, Switzerland
Museum of Communication
Video games, body language, and postal history are all on display in this Swiss museum.
Pavia, Italy
Antonio Scarpa's Head
What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?
Chicago, Illinois
The DNA Discovery Center
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Pavia, Italy
The Museums of the University of Pavia
A collection of collections, including an anatomy museum, the “Cabinet of Physics of Alessandro Volta, a museum of natural history, mineral collection, and much much more...
Cincinnati, Ohio
American Sign Museum
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Yokohama, Japan
Hara Model Railway Museum
The largest collection of model trains in the world is actually run using full-size locomotive technology.
Newbury Park, California
Stagecoach Inn Museum
A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Betanzos, Spain
Parque del Pasatiempo
The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.
Parikkala, Finland
Veijo Rönkkönen Sculpture Garden
Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.
New York, New York
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
Moscow, Russia
Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
Korolyov, Russia
RKK Energiya Museum
This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.
Shchyolkovo, Russia
Star City
Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
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