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Leonard's Museum.
Fort Worth, Texas

Leonard's Museum

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.
Asiago Astrophysical Observatory.
Asiago, Italy

Asiago Astrophysical Observatory

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.
Old photos, traditional clothes displayed at the museum.
Kolkja, Estonia

Old Believers Museum

Its collection offers a glimpse into the Russian Old Believers' centuries-old way of life.
Main dining room.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Zacatecana House Museum

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.
Dublin, Ireland

The Irish Elk Collection

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.
Qilakitsoq mummies at the Greenland National Museum.
Nuuk, Greenland

Qilakitsoq Mummies

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.
Installation shot of the Dan Flavin Art Institute's permanent exhibition
Bridgehampton, New York

Dan Flavin Art Institute

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.
"El Vochol."
Mexico City, Mexico

'El Vochol'

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.
Vintage Sewing Center and Museum.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Vintage Sewing Center and Museum

Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.
Ernst Fuchs Museum (Otto Wagner Villa I).
Vienna, Austria

Otto Wagner Villa I (Ernst Fuchs Museum)

This grand manse has been transformed into a museum devoted to one of the founders of Fantastic Realism.
John Kelsch poses in the Judy Garland Museum with a replica of Garland's ruby slippers. The originals were stolen in 2005 and recovered in 2018.
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How Two Oz-Obsessed Midwesterners Made Judy Garland's Birthplace a Museum

"This is as important to me as any President’s house.”
Allison Herrera September 25, 2019
Santiago Carbonell Foundation-Museum
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Santiago Carbonell Foundation-Museum

An elegant space dedicated to a master of romanticism and minimalism.
The civil rights banner carried by civil rights activist.
County Derry, Northern Ireland

Museum of Free Derry

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.
Musée des Arbalétriers (Museum of Crossbowmen).
Brussels, Belgium

Musée des Arbalétriers (Museum of Crossbowmen)

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.
Museum of Interesting Things
Hrodna, Belarus

Museum of Interesting Things

A unique museum dedicated to the history of household appliances from across the globe.
Lark Hill Place.
Salford, England

Lark Hill Place

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.
Wall of barbed wire samples.
Bonner Springs, Kansas

Barbed Wire Collection

Hundreds of samples of "Devil's Rope" hide in a defunct vintage elevator.
Bartow-Pell Mansion.
Bronx, New York

Bartow-Pell Mansion

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.