New Hope, Pennsylvania
Bowman's Hill Tower
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
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New Hope, Pennsylvania
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Portland, Oregon
Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"
Superior, Wisconsin
A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.
Hibbing, Minnesota
An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.
Baku, Azerbaijan
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
Little Rock, Arkansas
Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
Diamond, Missouri
Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.
Epworth, England
The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Homer, Alaska
The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
La Crosse, Kansas
A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.
Lisbon, Maine
Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.
Prague, Czechia
Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
Portland, Maine
The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Durham, North Carolina
The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.