An old abandoned pharmacy building in Texas is brimming with collectibles and images of the little tuxedoed pooch.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

The secular incarnation of a religious meditation.

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

This unique collection of lawnmowers includes vintage blueprints and automatic robot mowers.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

The largest collection of ornamental hair combs on the planet.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.