Southwold, England
Under the Pier Show
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
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Southwold, England
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
London, England
Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.
London, England
The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.
Berlin, Germany
Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
New York, New York
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
Hickory Corners, Michigan
Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Washington, D.C.
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Kaleva, Michigan
House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Tokyo, Japan
An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.
Bologna, Italy
This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Hartford, Connecticut
An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
Rochester, New York
The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.
Battle Creek, Michigan
The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.
Marshall, Michigan
Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.
Lemery, Philippines
The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."