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A sculpture of the Dover Demon, a cryptid supposedly seen in Massachusetts in the 1970s, on display at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
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Take a Podcast Tour of Some of the World's Most Unusual Museums

Visiting some of our favorite very specific collections from the last two years.
April White April 5, 2023
Latvian Museum
Rockville, Maryland

Latvian Museum

A museum dedicated to Latvian history in the heart of Maryland.
museums

Podcast: Museum of Clean

Keeping history squeaky-clean.
The Podcast Team April 3, 2023
The 16th president, seen here in an engraving from the 1860s.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Presidential Relics, a Surprising New Orchid, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 31, 2023
museums

Podcast: The Beat Museum

This San Francisco museum is a shrine to an influential cultural movement.
The Podcast Team March 30, 2023
Hat stand with moustache.
Brussels, Belgium

René Magritte Museum

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.
The vineyards.
Beine, France

Corkscrew and Vineyard Museum

View one man's eccentric collection of nearly 5,000 corkscrews, then sip some Chablis.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Phrenology Institute

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.
Rochester, Michigan

Meadow Brook Hall

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.
An oil rig near the museum.
Taft, California

West Kern Oil Museum

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.
Several cars in the main gallery.
East Windsor, Connecticut

Connecticut Trolley Museum

A preserved trolley track that was transformed into a museum of transportation.
Ferdinand's VII latrine-forniture when it was exposed in the Museum of Romanticism in Madrid.
Madrid, Spain

Toilet Cabinet of Ferdinand VII

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.
Wells'Built Museum
Orlando, Florida

Wells'Built Museum

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.
Alatskivi Castle
Alatskivi, Estonia

Alatskivi Castle

A wealthy aristocratic family built this Disney-worthy, fairy-tale castle.
Kadokawa Musashino Museum
Tokorozawa, Japan

Kadokawa Musashino Museum

This airy five-floor library and museum houses thousands of books and rotating exhibits on Japanese monsters and anime.
K-Museum
Tokyo, Japan

K-Museum

This abandoned, spaceship-like building is home to a museum so unpopular that it has been put on hiatus for over two decades.
An exhibit of dolls from all around the world.
Yokohama, Japan

Yokohama Doll Museum

Home to thousands of dolls from around the world, including the "blue-eyed dolls" that came to Japan as American ambassadors.
science

8 Stories of Women Making History Right Now

This Women's History Month, we celebrate women doing extraordinary things all over the world.
April White March 17, 2023