Places phildzielski Wants to Go

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

One man’s passion for gas stations is on display along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

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

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

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

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

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

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

A collection of 4,000 thimbles that's more versatile than one might imagine.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.