The strangest museums in the world

Have you ever imagined seeing a museum underwater? If this interests you, there's a museum located in the Mexican National Marine Park. To see its 470 submerged statues you will have to equip yourself with snorkeling gear.

When you thought you'd seen it all, there's this: a museum of failed cooking. The Burnt Food Museum in Massachusetts has cakes, meat, and beverages, all burnt to a crisp.

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Chez Galip is the founder of the Avanos Hair Museum, a very strange cave in which about 16,000 strands of hair are hanging from the walls and ceiling. It all began when a friend of Chez Galip had to leave Avanos and left him a lock of hair as a souvenir. Since then, there have been many additions.

We've all made drawings that our mother was very proud of but of which she was the only fan. What we didn't know is that they could have ended up in a museum. The Museum of Bad Art collects 'art too bad to be forgotten' and you can see over 500 pieces that are hard to ignore.

The castle of Leeds has a somewhat peculiar museum theme. Its Dog Collar Museum has a collection of 130 dog collars dating back centuries.

The failure of love has been known to most of us. In the museum of broken relationships, you can see it materialize: bridal gowns, letters, and photos of finished relationships.

There's nothing more disgusting than finding a cockroach at your home. Pest control specialist Michael Bordan grew fond of them, however, and he created the Cockroach Hall of Fame. You can see cockroaches disguised as celebrities and in peculiar, staged situations.

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It seems that some sauces arouse so much passion that there are even museums created in their honor. Mustard has its own, and you can find more than 5,000 types of mustard in it.

The ability to speak without moving one's lips and to even change one's voice completely: to some this is chilling, for others it's an art. Kentucky is home to the Vent Haven Museum, dedicated to all ventriloquists and their dolls.

In the Mütter Museum you can see all kinds of anatomical samples, including Albert Einstein's brain. It is also full of other medical rarities and instruments.

Witchcraft and sorcery cause a lot of curiosity and the town of Zugarramurdi, better known as 'The Witch Village,' has a particular history with witch hunts. It contains legends surrounding the Spanish Inquisition, showing how people lived in the village and how they ended up being burned at the stake.

Bonnie and Clyde's car and Jesse James's guns are some of the things you can see at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment. In pure American style, you'll be immersed in the history of crime from its beginnings to the present day.

If you want to know everything about pork, Erika Wilhelmer's collection at the Schweine Museum is the most complete exhibition for you. It shows all the different breeds and even explains the meaning of the divine pig.

This museum is recreated in the purest Bond style and immerses you in the world of secret espionage. The International Spy Museum includes a series of activities and collections that will make you feel like a spy. There's laser lipstick, flashlights, pistol, watches with microphones, and even a car used by James Bond.

Loren Coleman is the founder of the International Museum of Crytozoology, created to promote the curious discipline of studying specimens not catalogued by science. In this museum we can find legendary creatures such as the famous Yeti, the Chupacabras, or Nessie (the monster of Loch Ness).

Europe's past has a somewhat painful brushstroke and the Inquisition played an important role in it. The Torture Museum collects a large number of instruments dedicated to ending heresy.

Are you a fan of lawnmowers? The British Lawnmower Museum is your museum. It exhibits over 300 mowers, including those of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

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For lovers of extraterrestrials and the unexplored, the International UFO Museum is a piece of heaven. It is based in Roswell, the town where reportedly a UFO was found in 1947. Flying saucers, conspiracies, aliens... they're all part of the museum and the town's history.

When you hear funeral carriages, you probably imagine a dark and gloomy place. In reality, this museum in Barcelona's Montjuic Cemetery has a collection of beautiful and enchanting old carriages. Which doesn't mean it's not a strange museum.

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The largest watermelon fields in the world are located in Beijing. To pay tribute to this summer fruit, the locals built a museum. It displays more than 100 different types of watermelon.

Thailand is honored to have the first museum in the world dedicated to condoms. This is no coincidence because the country is one of the first exporters of this contraceptive. The museum was founded to raise social awareness of the importance of sexual protection in Thai society.

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The world of parasites is immense and in this museum, you can learn everything about them. Have you ever seen a giant tapeworm? Well, there's a 9-meter tapeworm waiting for you there.

If you go to Osaka and you like engineering but also want to have fun with kids, you can't miss the Sewerage Science Museum. You will be able to learn how the piping system works whilst having fun and even enter a giant toilet!

In this museum in Gatlinburg (Tennessee, USA), you can see a collection of more than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from all over the world.

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