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Great Isaac Cay

Great Isaac Cay Post-apocolyptic paradise in the form of a haunted lighthouse left to crumble into the AtlanticErected in the 1850s to prevent the Bermuda Triangle from disappearing merchant ships, the...

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The Bottle House

The Bottle HouseHouse built with over 60,000 glass bottlesIn the small town of Kaleva, MI - population 509 - there stands the peculiar home of one John J. Makinen, Sr. John was the owner of...

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Big Duck

Big DuckA former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long IslandThis giant duck-shaped poultry store was built in 1931 as a ploy by an enterprising farmer,...

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Maison de celle-qui-peint

Maison de celle-qui-peintArtist Danielle Jacqui decorates nearly every inch of her home inside and out with her work.Ceramicist, embroiderer and painter Danielle Jacqui transformed her living quarters...

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Cano's Castle

Cano's CastleA number of gleaming self-built towers made from beer cans and other refuse.Built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam vet, whose main influences for the Castle are...

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Pasaquan: Home of St. EOM

Pasaquan: Home of St. EOMThe artistic creation of the strange and mysterious St. EOM, a.k.a. Eddie Owens MartinAt one point in the late 1950s, during an extended and fever-ridden illness, Eddie Owens...

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The atomium

The atomiumClimb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal sizeIn 1958 the Atomium was built for the Brussels Worlds Fair and never intended to be a permanent part of the Brussels...

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Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb

Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorerIn the quiet churchyard of St. Mary Magdalen's catholic Church, an expedition-style tent marks the final resting...

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The Winchester Mystery House

The Winchester Mystery HouseA peculiar mansion built by the troubled Winchester widowA bizarre mansion built by Sarah Winchester, the heir to the rifle fortune, this 160-room estate abounds with...

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Scott's Grotto

Scott's GrottoFantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s"None but a poet could have made such a garden" wrote Dr. Samuel Johnson of Scott's Grotto. Begun in the 1760s by Quaker,...

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The Museum of the Weird

The Museum of the WeirdContinuing the tradition of the dime museum in styleThe dime or dime store museum is by all accounts an endangered species. The first dime museum, "The American Museum," was...

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The Museum of Jurassic Technology

The Museum of Jurassic TechnologyA modern day curiosity cabinetYou may be aware when you enter the museum that the appearance of anything that could be considered Technology didn’t occur until about...

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The Bunny Museum

The Bunny MuseumWorld's largest bunny collection makes this museum the "hoppiest" place on Earth For Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski, their love for bunnies is a constant reminder of their love for...

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The Troll Museum

The Troll MuseumReverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collectionIn a sixth floor walk-up in New York City's Lower East Side, a woman in elf ears named Reverend Jen, along with...

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Frog Museum

Frog Museum150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogsThe Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland is a collection of 150-year-old satirical tableaus of domestic life in the 19th...

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Gopher Hole Museum

Gopher Hole MuseumMuseum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes. About the size of an RV, Torrington Gopher Hole Museum features stuffed gophers (actually, "Richardson's Ground Squirrels) posed to...

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Chocolate Museum

Chocolate MuseumDelicious sculpture collection in Barcelona500 years ago, chocolate in the form of cocoa beans first came ashore in Europe. Coming into port in Spain, Hernan Cortes and his...

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Museum of Miniatures

Museum of MiniaturesMicroscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it artWhile some call it novelty, others see the tiny pieces, like a portrait of Chekhov on a cross-section of a poppy seed, as...

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International Banana Club Museum

International Banana Club MuseumWorld's largest collection devoted to one fruitIt all started at a photography convention in 1972, when Ken Bannister, VP of a manufacturing company, passed out Chiquita...

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Art Car Museum

Art Car MuseumAt the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just drivingSome people wash and wax their cars, making sure that the finish is exactly as clean and shiny as the day they...

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