Art and natural history have nothing on these museums. From ghosts to medical oddities, these museums cater to a different crowd of people.

1. Kuching Cat Museum — Kuching, Malaysia

Kuching means “cat” in Malay so it’s no wonder that the city of Kuching would have its very own cat museum. Founded in 1993, this fairly large museum (1,035.9 square metres) showcases over 2000 exhibits, statues, and artifacts to do with cats from around the world. If you’ve got some time and are a huge cat lover, then this might be worth your trip. But if your time is short then we’d recommend the dozens of other amazing things you can do in Kuching and Sarawak, like Bako National Park.

2. Siriraj Medical Museum — Bangkok, Thailand

Nicknamed the Musem of Death, the Sririraj Medical Museum houses all sorts of medical oddities and houses 6 permanent exhibits: anatomy, congenital disorders, forensic pathology, pathology, Thai traditional medicine, and toxicology. They are also renowned for the mummified remains of Thailand’s first known serial killer, Si Ouey Sae Urng. He was active in the 1950s and was a cannibal who preyed upon young children. If that doesn’t send chills up your spine then the many skulls and body parts of murder victims in the museum will.

3. Condom Museum — Nonthaburi, Thailand

Located just outside Bangkok, this small but interesting condom museum pays homage to this truly indispensable prophylactic. Thailand, which is one of the biggest makers and exporters of condoms, also encourages its own people to make use of them. Deputy Minister of Public Health Phansiri Kullanartsiri says the purpose of the Condom Museum is to “eliminate Thai people’s negative point of view on condom usage, create awareness of sexual protection and boost their confidence in using condoms.” In addition to condoms, penis pumps and lubricants are also on display. Hooray!

4. Buddha Park — Vientiane, Laos

Less of a museum and more of an outdoor sculpture park, the Buddha Park is located 25km outside of Vientiane. It is a strange and bizarre place filled with over 200 Buddhist and Hindu sculptures scattered about in no discernible order. The park began in 1958 by Luang Pu (Venerable Grandfather) Bunleua Sulilat, who was a priest-shaman renowned for integrating Hinduism and Buddhism. The most interesting of the sculptures is a large dome shaped building where you can enter through the mouth of a demon. Once inside there are three floors, each representing Hell, Earth, and, Heaven with stairs leading to each one.

5. Penang War Museum — Penang, Malaysia

Both strange and sad, the Penang War Museum is also known as “Bukit Hantu” or Ghost Hill. Purported to be haunted, this museum was once a military defense fortress in the 1930s, serving as a British stronghold until World War II, when it fell to the Japanese invasion in 1941. Shortly thereafter, the fortress became a place of torture and death. The place carries with it an eerie presence and was even featured on National Geographic’s TV show, I Wouldn’t Go In There as one of Asia’s 10 most haunted places.