Local businesses, from pubs and cafes to model villages and quirky museums, will appreciate your custom, too.

Swanky shopping, quirky museums and a grand history, Edinburgh is one of Britain's most spectacularly well-endowed cities.

As we approach the 21st century, quirky and macabre museums seem to be making a comeback.

The United States is a curio cabinet of quirky museums.

Unusual British museums A selection of Britain's most bizarre and quirky museums.

L Map The small gift shop housed in this wonderful quirky museum has one of the most unique collections of eclectic items around.

Before driving on to Turku, we dropped by the small town of Salo and its quirky museum, in a converted railroad roundhouse.

There are also two quirky museums.

Cape Breton offers a surprisingly large number of wonderful, quirky museums.

This industrial Finnish city has a lovely setting and several quirky museums, says Deborah King.