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South San Francisco, California

Wind Harp

A large instrument played by the wind.
Chicago, Illinois

International Museum of Surgical Science

A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Maisons-Alfort, France

Musée Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Paris, France

Deyrolle Taxidermy

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.
Paris, France

Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Anniston, Alabama

Anniston Museum

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
Paris, France

Musée Dupuytren

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.
Pomona, California

The Southern California Medical Museum

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.
Baltimore, Maryland

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
London, England

Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Brooklyn, New York

Broken Angel

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.
Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.
Pisa, Italy

Museum of Human Anatomy

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

MIT Museum: Arthur Ganson

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Houston, Texas

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.
Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Simi Valley, California

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."
Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Loveland, Ohio

Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Chartres, France

La Maison Picassiette

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.