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Museums

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum

The home and studio of one of Japan's most avant-garde artists is now a museum showcasing his surreal works.

St. Augustine, Florida

Karpeles Manuscript Library Mini Museum

The smallest walk-in museum in the United States, this miniature museum preserves and displays a range of historic manuscripts.

Mexico City, Mexico

Museum of Perfume

At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.

Aurelio Espinosa Pólit Cultural Center

This secret museum features saintly relics and the remains of historic figures assassinated in the 19th century.

Ulucanlar Prison Museum

A prison-turned-museum sheds light on modern Turkish history.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Etihad Museum

This museum shaped like a manuscript tells how the seven kingdoms combined to form a single desert nation.

Kořenov, Czechia

Lighthouse of Jára Cimrman

In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.

Longwood House, where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his final years.

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The Longwood House: Napoleon Bonaparte’s Beautiful Prison

Napoleon spent his final years in exile throwing dinner parties for his generals.

The Podcast Team July 10, 2025

RSU Anatomy Museum

See an anatomy teaching collection assembled in the 1920s and 1930s.

Phono Museum Paris

A treasure trove of audio technology, from wax cylinders to juke boxes and record players.

New Bedford, Massachusetts

The Lagoda

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

Nejjarine Museum of Wooden Arts & Crafts

A caravanserai turned into a museum showcasing the mastery of local carpenters.

Nakamura Keith Haring Collection

The only museum dedicated to the American street artist is in rural Japan.

Sala Silver Mine

Sweden’s legendary mine with wildly deep tunnels.

The Big Well

This Kansas Town Advertised the World’s Largest Well. It Wasn’t.

From its hand-dug well to its fully sustainable power grid, Greensburg’s defining characteristic has been its own constant reinvention.

The Podcast Team June 12, 2025

Sheffield, England

National Videogame Museum

An interactive museum where visitors can play through the evolution of video games.

Sunrise, Florida

Dauer Museum of Classic Cars

Curated collection of classic cars restored to immaculate condition.

Museum of Friends

The Art in This Museum Was Donated for Free

Nestled in a small Colorado town is one of the best contemporary art museums in the state. Its collection didn’t cost a dime.

The Podcast Team June 10, 2025