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Small-but-packed museum devoted to all thing paranormal: monsters, space aliens, a showroom dummy that moves on its own, etc. See Bigfoot's fingerprints, a two-headed duck, and Charles Manson's toenail clippings.
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International Paranormal Museum and Research Center
- Address:
- 107 N. Main St., Somerset, KY
- Directions:
- International Paranormal Museum and Research Center. Entrance is the basement doorway of the Carnegie Community Arts Center. Downtown, on the east side of KY-1247/N. Main St., just north of the public fountain at the intersection of KY-80/Mt. Vernon St.
- Hours:
- Tu-Sa 11-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 606-280-8718
- Admission:
- Adults $4.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
The National Cryptologic Museum provides a "peek behind the curtain" at the world of ciphers and code-breaking, courtesy of the super-secret NSA.
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National Cryptologic Museum
- Address:
- 8290 Colony Seven Rd, Annapolis Junction, MD
- Directions:
- A public museum; no security clearance is needed to visit. Baltimore-Washington Pky to MD-32/Fort Meade exit, then follow signs for Canine Rd. You'll quickly turn left at the stoplight onto Colony Seven Rd. Follow a quarter-mile to the museum.
- Hours:
- Tu-Sa 10-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 301-688-5849
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Almost-in-Canada solar calendar envisioned by Jack Olson, who died four years before it was completed in October 2005. A popular spot on the solstices and equinoxes.
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- Address:
- 106th St. NE, Bottineau, ND
- Directions:
- From Bottineau drive west four miles on ND-5. Turn right (north) onto ND-14. Drive 9.5 miles. Turn right (east) onto ND-43. Drive 1.5 miles. Entrance on the left.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Large collection of Lincolnabilia. Abe's Walking Stick of Death, a painting of Lincoln as an Easter Island head, and other oddities. Remodeled and reopened in 2022.
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Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
- Address:
- 120 Mars-DeBusk Pkwy, Harrogate, TN
- Directions:
- Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. On the campus of Lincoln Memorial University. On the west side of US-25E one mile south of its intersection with US-58 or one mile north of its intersection with TN-63. Look for the brown museum sign.
- Hours:
- M-F 10-5, Sa 12-5, Su 1-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 423-869-6235
- Admission:
- Adults $6.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
An ever-changing collection of bad art was originally hung on the basement walls of an old movie theater, next to a bathroom. Now it has a home in a brewery.
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Dorchester Brewing Company
- Address:
- 1250 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA
- Directions:
- Inside the Dorchester Brewing Company. I-93 exit 14, then drive east on Columbia Rd for a quarter-mile. Continue straight onto Massachusetts Ave.(Columbia Rd will turn left, but don't follow it). Once on Massachusetts Ave. you'll quickly see the Brewing Company metal tank on the right; parking is just beyond it.
- Hours:
- Su-M 11:30-9, Tu-Th 11:30-10, F-Sa 11:30-11 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 781-444-6757
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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