Hjortur Sigurdsson is the curator of the Icelandic Phallological Museum founded by his father. The Reykjavik museum displays penile parts from a wide array of mammals. (Halldor Kolbeins/Getty Images )
These unusual museums go well beyond your typical art and natural history.
Five tiers of cells once held prisoners in Jackson, Mich. Cell Block 7 Prison Museum tells the story of life behind bars. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
The tiny building housing the Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum was moved on a flatbed truck from his property to the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center near Logan, Ohio. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
Some people collect stamps or coins, the Rev. Paul A. Johnson collected pencil sharpeners. Visitors to Ohio’s Hocking Hills can see his 3,450 sharpeners at the Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center near Logan, Ohio. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
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Folk-art representations of Coca-Cola bottles greet visitors to the World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta, Ga. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
At the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Ga., visitors see a 19th-century soda fountain similar to the one that served the first Coke. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
Delivered all the way from Argentina, a vintage Coca-Cola delivery truck occupies a corner of the World of Coca-Cola museum. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
Cookie cutters in numerous shapes, sizes and colors occupy a section of a museum complex in Joplin, Mo. Displays in the National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum trace the story of cookie cutters from Europe to America. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
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Life-size marzipan figures draw attention in the Marzipan Museum at the Niederegger confectionary and cafe in Lubeck, Germany, where the sweet made of almonds and sugar is so famous it’s protected by law as an authentic product of the city. ( Katherine Rodeghier/Chicago Tribune )
