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

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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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  (#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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  (#1) The Mutter Museum In Philadelphia

  The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia is widely regarded as an important destination for those interested in the macabre and esoteric. There's a clear and important reason behind this: it contains nothing but weird ass sh*t. The Mutter Museum opened in 1863 with the important mission of displaying medical curiosities and specimens designated for research purposes. Since then, it has expanded, and now holds collections of skulls, a tumor removed from a former U.S. president, and even slides of brain tissue removed from Albert Einstein. It's basically the real-life version of Sick, Sad World.  
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  (#15) The National Mustard Museum In Middleton, WI

  Leave it to the Midwest to dedicate a museum to mustard, one of those game day hot dog must-haves. The National Mustard Museum, located in Middleton, Wisconsin, is the home of everything mustard. Here you'll see more than 5,000 different types of mustard from around the world, a display on mustard education (as in, how to pick the right type for your sandwiches), and mustard memorabilia. The investigation into their commissioned military personnel and said officers off-duty activities with candlesticks in the library remains ongoing.  
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  (#14) New England Maple Museum

  Who doesn't like maple syrup? Communists and puppy-haters, that's who. The New England Maple Museum is dedicated to the history of this tasty syrup, perfect for pancakes and other breakfast treats (seriously, try it on eggs sometime). The museum is based in Pittsford, Vermont, and displays 17th century tools used to harvest and process maple syrup, old photographs, and even information about the history of the area. Their gift shop conveniently sells classic Vermont maple syrup and related treats. Their motto? "Get sticky." No, just kidding. But it totally should be.   
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  (#16) The National Cleveland Style Polka Hall Of Fame

  Near the city that houses the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a tiny museum dedicated to a very different style of music: Cleveland Style Polka. The National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame shares a space with the Softball Hall of Fame and the Shore Cultural Center in Euclid, Ohio. There, you can see an accordion that belonged to Johnny Pecon, stage outfits from Frankie Yankovic, and, of course, hear plenty of the music that these men  (and others!) made. If that doesn't excite you, you're heart is made of stone.  

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