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Seaham, England

Charybdis Fountain

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.
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Peoria, Illinois

Peoria Scale Model of the Solar System

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.
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Lund, Sweden

Nasoteket (The Nose Academy)

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.
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Rome, Italy

Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
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Savonnières, France

Les Grottes Pétrifiantes

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.
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Saverne, France

Chappe Optical Telegraph

Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France.
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London, England

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
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Rostock, Germany

Zoological Collection of the University of Rostock

A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.
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Vallehermoso, Spain

The Whistling Island

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.
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Tchirozérine, Niger

Last Tree of Ténéré

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
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Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
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Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Fotoplastikon

A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.
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Lincoln, Nebraska

Johnson Museum of the Odd

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
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Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
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Lehi, Utah

Hutchings Museum Institute

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
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São Paulo, Brazil

Butantan Snake Institute

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.
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