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Surfers Paradise, Australia

Gold Coast Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.
Museum of Sex
New York, New York

Museum of Sex

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
The Broken Kilometer
New York, New York

Broken Kilometer

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.
Körner's Folly House and Museum.
Kernersville, North Carolina

Körner’s Folly

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
a row of well "hung" art
Boston, Massachusetts

Museum of Bad Art

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
Posters with a distincy
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Havana, Cuba

Old Havana Perfume Museum

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.
Swan Hill, Australia

Pioneer Settlement

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.
An extremely nice hat, made from a single pufferfish
Suva, Fiji

Fiji Museum

Museum of Fijian history, including its former tradition of cannibalism.
Nashville Parthenon
Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Museum of Brands
London, England

Museum of Brands

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.
New York, New York

The New York Earth Room

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.
Permanently Closed
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stichting Nationaal Brilmuseum

The spectacular history of spectacles on display.
Permanently Closed
Bradford, England

Colour Experience Museum

A museum devoted to the science of color.
Baraboo, Wisconsin

Circus World Museum

A large circus museum with summer performances.
North Yorkshire, England

Eden Camp

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Budapest, Hungary

György Ràth Museum

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.