South San Francisco, California
Wind Harp
A large instrument played by the wind.
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South San Francisco, California
A large instrument played by the wind.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Maisons-Alfort, France
The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Paris, France
Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Anniston, Alabama
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
Paris, France
Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Pomona, California
A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
Baltimore, Maryland
Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Brooklyn, New York
An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.
Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Zurich, Switzerland
Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Pisa, Italy
Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Sydney, Australia
Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Simi Valley, California
An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Chartres, France
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.