Places Funny Wants to Go

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.