This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

The world's largest private telescope collection hides in a secret wing of a Dutch auto museum.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The museum houses one of the world's largest shoe collections, boasting over 12,000 pairs.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

A Museum with a collection of 40,000 matchboxes.