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Brooklyn, New York

Wyckoff Street Mosaic

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.
Marikina, Philippines

Marikina Shoe Museum

Iron Butterfly's personal collection of footwear.
Kaunas, Lithuania

Devils' Museum

Ever-growing collection of devils in art.
A lane of signs in the forest
Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.
Fountains in front of the temple (Flickr/dregola)
Recife, Brazil

Francisco Brennand's Ceramic Workshop

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.
Meeting at the frame museum
Berlin, Germany

The Frame Collector's Museum

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.
New Delhi, India

Sulabh Museum of Toilets

Made by a man on a worldwide sanitation crusade.
Permanently Closed
Besalú, Spain

Besalu Micromundi Museum of Miniatures

Medieval village and microminiature museum.
Inside the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive in Valdez, Alaska. (Press Photo)
Valdez, Alaska

Valdez Museum & Historical Archive

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.
San Francisco, California

Beach Chalet WPA Murals

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.
Permanently Closed
Tokyo Tower Wax Museum. (R. Peter Seuffert/Atlas Obscura)
Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Tower Wax Museum's Progressive Rock Room

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.
Spear Hunting Museum. (Creative Commons)
Summerdale, Alabama

Spear Hunting Museum

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.
Hank Williams' Death Car. (Creative Commons)
Montgomery, Alabama

Hank Williams' Death Car

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
African Village in America. (Wikimedia Commons)
Birmingham, Alabama

African Village in America

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.
Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici. (61736507/Flickr)
Florence, Italy

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.
John M. Mossman Lock Collection. (Press photo)
New York, New York

John M. Mossman Lock Collection

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
Permanently Closed
The ice box cemetery.
Clayton, Georgia

Ice Box Cemetery

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.
La Piscine museum in Roubaix.
Roubaix, France

La Piscine

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.