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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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Lincoln, Nebraska

Johnson Museum of the Odd

permanently closed
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

John Hutchings Museum

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
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Dietikon, Switzerland

Bruno Weber's Weinrebenpark

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.
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Paris, France

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Bakken Museum

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
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Stromboli, Italy

Stromboli Island

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.
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San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
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New York, New York

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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Lynchburg, Virginia

The Pest House Medical Museum

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.
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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Medical Museum

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.
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Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.
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Park Ridge, Illinois

Wood Library and Museum of Anesthesiology

permanently closed
Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.
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Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana Medical History Museum

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
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Pompeii, Italy

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
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Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Ice Caves

permanently closed
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
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