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Minden, Nebraska
Harold Warp's Pioneer Village
This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.
Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Budapest, Hungary
Zwack Unicum Museum
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
HĂ³lmavĂk, Iceland
The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Silverton, Australia
Mad Max 2 Museum
This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.
South Bend, Indiana
Studebaker National Museum
This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.
Elberton, Georgia
Elberton Granite Museum
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Fairfield, Maine
L.C. Bates Museum
This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Bell Museum
This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.
Reading, England
Cole Museum of Zoology
This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.
New York, New York
New York City Fire Museum
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
taxidermy
From a Jar of Moles to Robot Convicts, A Visit to Five Offbeat Taxidermy Destinations
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.
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Todmorden, England
Todmorden Toy & Model Museum
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
Melbourne, Australia
Old Melbourne Gaol
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Bremerhaven, Germany
Wilhelm Bauer
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Laboe, Germany
Laboe Naval Memorial
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Wilmington, Delaware
Rothschild Patent Model Collection
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
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