Tchirozérine, Niger
Last Tree of Ténéré
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
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Independence, Missouri
Leila's Hair Museum
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Permanently Closed
Lincoln, Nebraska
Johnson Museum of the Odd
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Mirny, Russia
Mir Diamond Mine
The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Lehi, Utah
John Hutchings Museum
The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Dietikon, Switzerland
Bruno Weber's Weinrebenpark
A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.
Paris, France
Musée de la Contrefaçon
An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
Stromboli, Italy
Stromboli Island
A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Lynchburg, Virginia
The Pest House Medical Museum
A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Bakken Museum
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Eastern State Hospital
America's first public mental health facility.
Permanently Closed
Park Ridge, Illinois
Wood Library and Museum of Anesthesiology
Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Medical History Museum
A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Medical Museum
Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.
Pompeii, Italy
Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Permanently Closed
Juneau, Alaska
Mendenhall Ice Caves
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
