Random Museums In America You Won't Believe Actually Exist (16 items)

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  (#3) The Museum Of The Weird In Austin, TX

  If you're looking for weird things, look no further than the aptly named Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas. This museum has displays of unusual creatures, from the legendary Fiji Mermaid to the Minnesota Iceman. They also have a large display of shrunken heads, and other unnatural oddities. Keep Austin weird, baby.   
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  (#2) Glore Psychiatric Museum In St. Joseph, MO

  The Glore Psychiatric Museum is dedicated to the terrifying and sometimes wacky history of mental health. From 17th century psychiatric tools and treatments to the embroidered ramblings of schizophrenic patients, their is no shortage of strange and unusual things on display at the GPM. You can even see a display of the over 100 nails swallowed by one single patient, as well as mannequins reenacting treatment methods through the centuries. It's an ideal spot for first dates.   
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  (#6) The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

  The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is located in the famed French Quarter. Like many other attractions in the area, it is not for the faint of heart. The items in its exhibits span the centuries and fit right in with the city's colorful past. You'll see items designed for bloodletting, voodoo potions, 18th and 19th century surgical instruments, and hand blown glass containers used to hold medical concoctions of all kinds. If you're planning on visiting this museum, maybe save the po' boys for afterwards.  
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  (#8) The Idaho Potato Museum

  Idaho is known for its potatoes, and now it has another tuber-based claim to fame - the Idaho Potato Museum. This museum, located in Blackfoot, Idaho, has a potato signed by former Vice President Dan Quayle, farm equipment used for growing potatoes, and even a history of the vegetable itself. You can pose outside of the museum next to its giant baked potato shaped sign, if you're into that sort of thing.  
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  (#5) International UFO Museum And Research Center In Roswell, NM

  Roswell, New Mexico is perhaps best known for the 1947 UFO (or was it a weather balloon?) crash. Understandably, the town also houses the International UFO Museum and Research Center. The museum opened in 1992, and has exhibits reenacting the Roswell crash, information on ancient aliens, details on crops circles, and even facts on Area 51. The research side of the museum contains books and related documents on alien and UFO sightings around the world. Sadly, that crazy haired dude from the History channel does not act a tour guide.  
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  (#11) The Kazoo Museum In Beaufort, SC

  The kazoo is definitely one of the stranger instruments out there (with inarguably the most whimsical name), so an entire museum dedicated to the not-flute is quite unusual indeed. The Kazoo Museum, located in Beaufort, South Carolina, has - you guessed it - hundreds of different kazoos, from the classic plastic kind to those that look like other instruments (like saxophones) only smaller. As you can imagine, they have a pretty sick gift shop.  

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