Museums

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.