Sure, mainstream museums are cool, but you know what’s super cool? Offbeat and quirky museums! We're talking museums for bunnies, tanks, Big Macs, and antiques that you can actually buy. Huzzah!
LessThe best way to visit this strangely wonderful place is with an open mind. Open-faced mouse sandwiches and rotting dice are examples of what you might expect to find here. If you're not into the displays, head to the rooftop where you can enjoy their hospitality with a nice cup of tea.
Not only can you see actual military vehicles (tanks, jeeps, armored cars, etc) from WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and Operation Desert Storm, but the museum can rent one to you, should the need arise.
Located in historic Burbank this closet of curios is stuffed with artifacts and ephemera from a bygone era when traveling circuses and fortune-telling gypsies made their way around the country. Vintage oddities, taxidermy, weird artwork, and unique clothing are tastefully crammed into this small space which shares the same block with a comic book store, Halloween store, and specialty bookstore catering to the horror genre.
This is a used-car dealer like no other - they only sell restored classics. As a collector and purveyor of vintage goods, the dealer has a wide variety of items and memorabilia totaling $1.5 million dollars in value. Much of the collectibles are for sale but they realize that not everyone is in the market for classic items. So, if you just want to stop in to look, the showroom is open during normal operating hours every day except Monday.
"The Valley" has always been and always will be the San Fernando Valley. The Valley Relics Museum pays homage to this basin that so often defines Southern California. Artifacts, photos, and other bits of historical information will be of interest to those who remember this area covered with open tracts of land and orange groves.
This odd “museum” is not officially owned by McDonald’s corp, but by another restaurant called Juan Pollo, purveyors of rotisserie chicken. Although this is the site of the first McDonald’s restaurant owned by the McDonald brothers, it was the business’s new owner, Illinois-bred Ray Kroc, who made it what it is today. Today, the fast food giant disavows this as the location of the “first McDonald’s” in favor of a restaurant in Illinois. All very confusing.
57,000 square feet make up the largest antique mall in the region. With rows upon rows of vintage stuff you could spend the entire day here and still not finish looking around.