This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Housed in an old church, this hunting museum holds a collection of mythical bird-rabbit creatures.

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

A museum of natural history, Edwin Carter's original log cabin home and workshop houses taxidermy specimens.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.