Places Madeleine Wants to Go

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

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

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.