1. The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum
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This Gatlinburg museum houses more than 20,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers.
2. The International Towing Museum
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The museum in Chattanooga is dedicated to collecting, restoring and displaying the artifacts and memorabilia of the towing industry.
3. Asheville Pinball Museum
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Buy, sell and learn about pinball machines — and play them, of course! Though the museum is currently shut down because of COVID-19, its website will keep you posted on reopening. The price of admission allows players to try about 80 machines — without quarters or tokens.
4. Vent Haven Museum
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Opened in 1973, the Vent Haven Museum in northern Kentucky houses more than 900 dummies used by ventriloquists from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries,
5. Bell Witch Museum
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Visit the site in Robertson County inhabited by Tennessee’s most famous ghost.