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Museum Boerhaave

Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Mummy Pa-Ib at the Barnum Museum

Bridgeport, Connecticut

P.T. Barnum Museum

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The Garret
Permanently Closed

Bloomington, Indiana

The Garret

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

Vanderbilt Museum

Centerport, New York

Vanderbilt Museum

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Warden's Lodge

Hilversum, Netherlands

Pinetum Blijdenstein

Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

Field

's-Graveland, Netherlands

Lapin Botanique

The place where houses are born.

Teylers Museum

Haarlem, Netherlands

Teylers Museum

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

Mosaics stretching across every wall of the house

Volendam, Netherlands

Cigar Band House

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

Cross section of dog skull

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Museum Vrolik

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Speciality shop in scientific and pharmaceutical objects.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Theater Tuschinski

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Theater Tuschinski

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

The history and future of cannabis.

Entrance

Singapore

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

Mummified head of a murderer with blond hair

Vienna, Austria

Kriminalmuseum

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

The Torture Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Torture Museum

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Oberwesel, Germany

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Tiny castle in the middle of the Rhine made you pay to pass.

Museum of the Weird, May 2018

Austin, Texas

Museum of the Weird

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A view of the 'Skin and Bones' collection. (Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata)

Austin, Texas

Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Uncommon Objects

Austin, Texas

Uncommon Objects

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Hamilton Pool

Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Scientific Magic Lanterns and Accessories
Permanently Closed

San Antonio, Texas

Magic Lantern Castle Museum

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Dennis Severs' House

England

Dennis Severs' House

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

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