One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.