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New York, New York

The Museum of Interesting Things

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
New York, New York

Bluestockings Bookstore

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
Little Rock, Arkansas

Billy Bass Adoption Center

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
Cornimont, France

Museum of a Million and One Roots

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Beaufort, South Carolina

Kazoobie Kazoo Museum

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

Cuckooland

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
Wellington Mill, Australia

Gnomesville

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Avery Island, Louisiana

Tabasco Museum and Factory

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Sierksdorf, Germany

Bananenmuseum

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Ulm, Germany

The Museum of Bread Culture

A typical crusty old museum this isn't.
Raeren, Belgium

Museum of Carrots

This small window display is dedicated to the noble carrot.
Jonesport, Maine

Maine Coast Sardine History Museum

The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
Schrobenhausen, Germany

European Asparagus Museum

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.
Mecca, California

International Banana Museum

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Waco, Texas

Dr Pepper Museum

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Blackfoot, Idaho

Idaho Potato Museum

This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Bruges, Belgium

Frietmuseum

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
Beijing, China

China Watermelon Museum

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.
Waverly, Virginia

First Peanut Museum in the U.S.

A museum in the heart of Virginia peanut country devoted to the humble goober.
St. Augustine, Florida

The Fountain of Youth

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Bangkok, Thailand

Amulet Market

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.
Fulton, Mississippi

PlayGarden Park Sculptures

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.
University City, Missouri

Fish on a Bicycle

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.
Regent, North Dakota

Enchanted Highway Sculptures

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.