Museums

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

300-year-old villagers houses and traditional churches preserve a nearly lost piece of Russian history.

A Sri Lankan tea factory's ironic take on the Los Angeles landmark.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."