These museums represent fascinations with the weird, the macabre, the, well, random. That doesn't mean, however, they're not worth a visit — many of these museums receive high marks from reviewers.

The next open day is planned for May 23. We’ll have to wait a bit longer to visit more of Norfolk’s impressive collection of unusual museums: ...

This Silver Spring, Maryland site scares and educates, with displays of prosthetic eyes, amputated limbs and incomplete skeletons Tony Perrottet A throwback to the private museums of earlier ...