Alton, Illinois
American Oddities Museum
A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.
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Alton, Illinois
A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.
Baltimore, Maryland
This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.
Kyoto, Japan
A nondescript building is home to a one-room museum filled with an overwhelming array of art and objects.
Vienna, Austria
Housed in a former air raid shelter, this museum is dedicated to the history of computing and video games.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Tillamook, Oregon
This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.
Kaltbach, Switzerland
A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.
Imsil-gun, South Korea
A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.
St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
Rome, Italy
This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Rome, Italy
The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.
Langhirano, Italy
Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.
Florence, Italy
Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.
Binasco, Italy
Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.
Ancona, Italy
In this museum, visitors are invited to touch the art.
Forno, Italy
The crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.
Rome, Italy
The ruins of the largest gladiatorial school in Rome are largely hidden under modern streets.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
More than five miles of underground passageways.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.