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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Corning, New York

Corning Museum of Glass

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Helsinki, Finland

Helsinki University Museum

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.
Sydney, Australia

Eric the Pliosaur

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.
Paris, France

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Alnwick, England

Alnwick Poison Garden

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."
Los Angeles, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Berkeley, California

Urban Ore

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.
Park Ridge, Illinois

American Science & Surplus

A science teacher's dream.
Santa Monica, California

Jadis

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.
Cave City, Kentucky

Dinosaur World

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
White Post, Virginia

Dinosaurland

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Marshfield, Wisconsin

Jurustic Park

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Oak Brook, Illinois

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.
New York, New York

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.