This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

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

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.