Oxford, England
'Alice Door'
Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.
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Oxford, England
Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.
Lisbon, Portugal
An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Tucson, Arizona
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
Dallas, Texas
This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Ithaca, New York
This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
Peekskill, New York
Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.
Rangeley, Maine
Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.