Richmond, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
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Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
New York, New York
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
Kansas City, Missouri
The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Washington, D.C.
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Davis, California
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Union, Maine
They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.
Granville, New York
Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Bar Harbor, Maine
A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.
Camarillo, California
Over one million bird-related artifacts await.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
New York, New York
An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.