Museums

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

A massive 1830s industrial site once known as Czechia's "Iron Heart" has been transformed into a playground of science, technology, and art.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

An anthropological theme park that depicts the cultures of around 20 different countries.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.