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Watertown, Massachusetts
Art of Jack Kevorkian
The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."
Places lostslav Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Stratford, Connecticut
Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Brookline, New Hampshire
Andres Institute of Art and Sculpture Garden
Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.
Dover, New Hampshire
Woodman Institute Museum
A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Clay Retort and Fire Bricks Works Storehouse
The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.
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Portland, Oregon
The Faux Museum
The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."
Nelson, Nevada
Nelson
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Britt, Iowa
The Hobo Museum
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
Portland, Oregon
The Zymoglyphic Museum
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
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Yonkers, New York
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.
Wamego, Kansas
Oz Museum
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
San Francisco, California
Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
Folsom, California
Folsom Prison Museum
This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Montrose, South Dakota
Porter Sculpture Park
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Culver City, California
The Wende Museum
Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.
Waldoboro, Maine
Fawcett's Antique Toy and Art Museum
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Dr. J.H. Kellogg Discovery Center
The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
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Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Mr. Marvel's Wondertorium
A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.
Three Forks, Montana
Jim's Horn House
A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.
Seattle, Washington
Harry Partch's Musical Instruments
A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit
More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.
