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A selection of lucky cats at the Lucky Cat Museum.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Lucky Cat Museum

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

The Toy and Action Figure Museum

Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

The Toy and Action Figure Museum

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

Icelandic Phallological Museum

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum

San Francisco, California

Good Vibrations Antique Vibrator Museum

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

China Watermelon Museum

Beijing, China

China Watermelon Museum

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

Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum

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

The Currywurst Museum.
Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

Deutsches Currywurst Museum

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

Dog Collar Museum

Hollingbourne, England

Dog Collar Museum

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

Cuckooland in Tabley, Cheshire.

Tabley, England

Cuckooland

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

Gnomesville

Wellington Mill, Australia

Gnomesville

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

Wicker and natural material bags on display.
Permanently Closed

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tassen Museum of Bags and Purses

The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.

Fans on display at the museum.

Healdsburg, California

Hand Fan Museum

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

Wall of historic Pez dispensers
Permanently Closed

Burlingame, California

Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

Stuffed bananas at the Banana Museum.

Sierksdorf, Germany

Bananenmuseum

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

It was commissioned by King Carol I was captivated by the scenic locale.

Sinaia, Romania

Peleș Castle

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

Mostly melted Grasshopper Glacier.

Park County, Montana

Grasshopper Glacier

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

Colors of Chichiastenango

Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Chichicastenango Cemetery

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

El Deir ("The Monastery"), Petra.

Petra District, Jordan

Petra

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

An aerial view of Serpent Mound in the fall.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Georgia Guidestones
Permanently Closed

Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Peru

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The chamber narrows as it goes into the mountain.

Keystone, South Dakota

Hall of Records in Mount Rushmore

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

A tree that will become an anthology in 100 years

Oslo, Norway

Forest of the Future Library

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

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