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South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.
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Chicago, Illinois

International Museum of Surgical Science

A monument to the art of slicing people open.
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Maisons-Alfort, France

Musée Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
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Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
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San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
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Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
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Paris, France

Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
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Anniston, Alabama

Anniston Museum

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
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Paris, France

Musée Dupuytren

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
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Pomona, California

The Southern California Medical Museum

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
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Baltimore, Maryland

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
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London, England

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
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Brooklyn, New York

Broken Angel

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.
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Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
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Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
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Pisa, Italy

Museum of Human Anatomy

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
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Houston, Texas

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.
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Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
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Simi Valley, California

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."
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Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
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Chartres, France

La Maison Picassiette

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
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Loveland, Ohio

Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.
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