Museums

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."