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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.
Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Lincoln, Nebraska

Johnson Museum of the Odd

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Lehi, Utah

Hutchings Museum Institute

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.
Dietikon, Switzerland

Bruno Weber's Weinrebenpark

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

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.
Park Ridge, Illinois

Wood Library and Museum of Anesthesiology

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.
San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana Medical History Museum

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Bakken Museum

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile Medical Museum

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

The Pest House Medical Museum

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

Stromboli Island

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.
Williamsburg, Virginia

Eastern State Hospital

America's first public mental health facility.
New York, New York

The Evolution Store

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Pompeii, Italy

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

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

Mendenhall Ice Caves

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