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Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Museum Vrolik

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland

Frog Museum

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.
Lehi, Utah

Hutchings Museum Institute

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Lincoln, Nebraska

Johnson Museum of the Odd

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Bristol, Florida

Garden of Eden Trail

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.
São Paulo, Brazil

Butantan Snake Institute

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.
North Pyongan Province, North Korea

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.
Seattle, Washington

Steve's Weird House

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina

Grave Digger's Dungeon

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.
Spring Green, Wisconsin

House on the Rock

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Chester, New Jersey

Cooper's Mill

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Paris, France

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Dog Chapel

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.
Rochester, New York

The National Toy Hall of Fame

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.
Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Santa Ynez, California

Neverland Ranch

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Jaca, Spain

The Jaca Citadel Military Miniatures Museum

32,000 tiny soldiers are posed in 23 historical settings.
Lemgo, Germany

Karl Junker House

An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Tehachapi, California

Tehachapi Wind Farm

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.
Fouke, Arkansas

Boggy Creek Monster

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.
Ceballos, Mexico

Mapimí Silent Zone

A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.
Redford, Texas

Contrabando

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas.