Pizza Brain: Philadelphia's Pizza Museum
The world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia will soon be housed in an unlikely home - not Italy, or New York or even Connecticut, but in Philadelphia, a city better known for its hoagies and its cheesesteaks than its 'za.-- By McLean Robbins
The Tenement Museum in New York City
The Tenement Museum celebrates New York's immigrants by exploring the history of a single tenement building at 97 Orchard Street. Inside lies a rich tapestry of stories tracking the major immigration waves of the 19th- and 20th- centuries.-- By Jessica Marati
The National Bonsai Museum, Washington DC
In 1625, a bonsai artist began training a Japanese White Pine, the very tree that would become the centerpiece of the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, DC.. -- By Melanie Renzulli
America's Psychiatric and Crime Museums
It's no secret that I'm obsessed with the more sordid aspects of humanity. But I'm not alone in my obsession; there are also scads of museums and the like devoted to the seamier side of life, all across the U.S. Here are a few of my favorites -- By Laurel Miller
Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, WA
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Enrico Marconi and that cultish nerd of all nerds, Nikola Tesla, all have a place at the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention in Bellingham, Washington. -- By Pam Mandel
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada
When the plug is pulled at casinos, chapels, and other businesses, Sin City's iconic art form – the neon sign – used to get sent to the scrapyard. That was until The Neon Museum stepped in, ensuring the treasures won't be forgotten. -- By Libby Zay
American Visionary Art Museum - Baltimore, MD
An enormous ball made out of more than 18,000 bras and a floor mat created out of hundreds of toothbrushes are just a couple of the quirky treasures to be found inside Baltimore's imaginative American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM.) -- By Libby Zay
The International UFO Museum in New Mexico
The International UFO Museum and Research Center is dedicated to studying the UFO phenomenon in general and the Roswell crash in particular. -- By Sean McLachlan
Barbed Wire Museums of America
Three museums devote their efforts to this humble but important invention: The Joseph F. Glidden Homestead & Historical Center in Dekalb, IL, The Devil's Rope Museum on Route 66 in McLean, Texas and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum -- By Sean McLachlan
Hawaiian History At Maui's Hale Pa'i
At Maui's Lahainaluna High School -- the restored stone museum known as Hale Pa'i (The Printing House) offers visitors a fascinating window into the history of 19th century Hawaii. -- By Kyle Ellison
The Museum of Bad Art in Boston, MA
Everywhere you travel, you'll find countless art museums dedicated to contemporary art, modern art, fine art and period-focused art; however, when do you ever get to visit a museum devoted to bad art? -- By Jessica Festa
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