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Oddities

The Hunterian Museum in London.

preserved specimens

Where to See the World’s Most Famous Preserved Body Parts

From Galileo’s middle finger to Chopin’s heart, these body parts have long outlived the rest of their owners.

Holyn Thigpen October 16, 2026

The Clown Motel’s “IT” room.

The Best Haunted Hotels to Book for a Spooky Getaway

From an inn with secret cellars to a clown motel next to a graveyard, these 12 hotels don’t just have history — they have houseguests who never checked out.

Holyn Thigpen September 30, 2026

Ohio's Small Town Museum

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

Florida, Massachusetts

Expired Parking Meter Gravestone

Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.

Plainview, Nebraska

Klown Doll Museum

A small-town Nebraska museum is home to thousands of handmade clown dolls.

Sponsored By Visit Nebraska

Castle Noel

Year-round Christmas attraction filled with movie magic.

Niles, Michigan

The Mourning Museum at Borrowed Time Oddities

A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.

Aschaffenburg, Germany

Johannisburg Palace Cork Model Collection

The world’s largest collection of cork models of ancient Roman buildings, made by a court baker and his son.

Luverne, Minnesota

Rock County History Center

Home to one of the world’s largest nutcracker collections and other historical curiosities.

Westbrook, Connecticut

The Singing Bridge

The iconic bridge's signature hum is triggered by passing cars, music to drivers' ears.

Dublin, Ireland

Museum of Curiosities

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

Cleveland Curiosities

An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.

Waruhiu Itote's Bullet

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

Hann. Münden, Germany

Dr. Wolf’s Wunderkammer

This cabinet of curiosities contains many special and fantastical objects from around the world.

Herndon, Virginia

Dranesville Tavern

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.

Augusta, Georgia

Pexcho’s American Dime Museum

An authentic recreation of a 19th-century museum for "working class folks."

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Street Posts Museum

An unexpected public exhibit showcases the diversity of Dutch street posts.

Kefalas, Greece

The House of Stone Creations

Nestled in the hills of Crete, a local artist has created a wonderland of stone and terracotta sculptures.