Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Portland, Oregon
Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"
Baku, Azerbaijan
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
New York, New York
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.
Vernal, Utah
An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Zaandam, Netherlands
A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Hollingbourne, England
A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.