Orono, Maine
Hudson Museum
Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.
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Orono, Maine
Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Belhaven, North Carolina
A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.
Sylva, North Carolina
This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Barcelona, Spain
Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Betanzos, Spain
The remains of an encyclopedic sculpture garden later used as an internment camp.
Paris, France
Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Grimaldi, Italy
A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.
Monaco
Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.