New York, New York
NYC Barber Museum
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
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New York, New York
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo's oldest magic shop has been hiding in plain sight for nearly four decades.
New York, New York
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
Los Angeles, California
Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Brooklyn, New York
Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
An incredibly random collection of wax figures is displayed in a shopping center walkway.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.
Havana, Cuba
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Orange, Connecticut
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
University Park, Illinois
A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
New York, New York
In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.
George Town, Malaysia
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.
Topeka, Kansas
See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.
Chicago, Illinois
The world's only known button museum.
Bristol, Connecticut
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
North Adams, Massachusetts
More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.
Bristol, Connecticut
Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.