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Jodhpur, India
Mehrangarh Fort
This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.
architecture
In a Historic Building, Your Feet Might as Well Be Jackhammers
Museums want visitors, but many must also grapple with the vibrations they cause.
Excelsior, Minnesota
The Steamboat Minnehaha
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
museums
The World's Largest Speedo Collection Almost Oozed Away
In 2012, Australia's Powerhouse Museum discovered that something strange was happening with some of their swimsuits.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
International Clown Hall of Fame
This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.
Figueres, Spain
Technology Museum of l'EmpordĂ
This overlooked museum houses an amazing collection of rare, antique typewriters.
Salina, Utah
CCC & POW Camp
Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.
Delta, Utah
Topaz Museum
A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.
Roscoe, Illinois
Historic Auto Attractions
This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Roedde House Museum
This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.
Permanently Closed
Seguin, Texas
Pape’s Nutcracker Museum
One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Natural History Museum of Mongolia
An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
NYC Barber Museum
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
Siglufjörður, Iceland
Herring Era Museum
This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."
Waverly, Virginia
First Peanut Museum in the U.S.
A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.
Naples, Italy
Anatomy Museum of the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
An eerie, little-known Neapolitan museum filled with preserved human remains.
Concord, Massachusetts
Paul Revere Lantern
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Larne, Northern Ireland
Larne Museum and Arts Centre
Artifacts and exhibits tell the story of a small town that has punched above its weight and influenced history.
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