This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

The storefront of a ramshackle Parisian puppet theater.

Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

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

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.