Fenwick Island, Delaware
Discoversea Shipwreck Museum
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
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Fenwick Island, Delaware
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Lawrence, Kansas
The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.
New York, New York
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
Concord, Massachusetts
One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.
Neenah, Wisconsin
The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.
Red Cloud, Nebraska
Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.
Detroit, Michigan
The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.
Indianapolis, Indiana
The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.
Springfield, Massachusetts
The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.
Staunton, Virginia
Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.
Warrenton, Virginia
This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Once in disrepair, the house where the 1983 film was shot has been restored and turned into a museum.
Atlanta, Georgia
One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.
Marceline, Missouri
A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
St. Petersburg, Florida
You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.