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11 Zany Collections That Prove Wisconsin's Quirkiness

50 States of Wonder

Espai Xavier Corberó

Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

Espai Xavier Corberó

A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.

'The Thief'

Olomouc, Czechia

'The Thief'

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

Vespa Muzej Srbija

Belgrade, Serbia

Vespa Muzej Srbija (Vespa Museum Serbia)

A museum dedicated to the classic Italian scooter in the heart of Serbia.

10 Wondrous, Waterless Whales

From massive, still-oozing skeletons to a behemoth made of thousands of pounds of recycled plastic.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 19, 2020

Museum of Yugoslavia

Belgrade, Serbia

Museum of Yugoslavia

A museum dedicated to the former country.

The Museum Where Racist and Oppressive Statues Go to Die

Germany has found ways to display problematic monuments without elevating them.

Daniela Blei August 14, 2020

National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa

National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa

The first Italian factory to produce locomotives is now a marvelous museum.

The Patsy Green was built around 1906. A married couple, Henry A. Wise Wood and Elizabeth Ogden, once paddled and sailed the canoe from New York City to Prince Edward Island, Canada.

This Museum's Broom Closet Is Actually Full of Historic Boats

A room meant for mops and buckets is now the best-kept secret at Mystic Seaport Museum.

John Boudreau August 10, 2020

The shelves and drawers of the Bombay Natural History Society—open to the public only by appointment—display perfectly preserved blood pheasants, moon moths, pangolins, and more.

Inside the Hidden Natural History Museum of Mumbai

Rahul Khot oversees 138,000 specimens at the Bombay Natural History Society.

Kamakshi Ayyar August 7, 2020

The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museumv

Mackinaw City, Michigan

The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museum

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Sirogojno, Serbia

Staro Selo Open-Air Museum

This historical village takes you back to the 19th century.

These could be your new housemates!

For Sale: Dozens and Dozens of Enormous Animatronic Dinosaurs

Nothing adds prehistoric flair to a decorating scheme quite like a moving T. rex.

Jessica Leigh Hester August 5, 2020

Lapidarium

An open-air museum dedicated to tombstones and roadside stone monuments.

A plan for the controversial World War II exhibition known as <em>Exhibition X</em>.

Plumbing the Secrets of the Archives of the Museum of Modern Art

From an Avenue of Fascism, to turtle soup, to a phantom photo of three important women having tea.

Andrew Russeth August 3, 2020

Binghamton, New York

Roberson Mansion

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

Regensburg, Germany

Regensburg Dachshund Museum

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

Explaining the history of Jim Crow.

Big Rapids, Michigan

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

A collection of more than 10,000 racist objects that teaches the atrocities of social injustice and intolerance in American history.