Klown Doll Museum in Plainview, Nebraska

Plainview, Nebraska’s Klown Doll Museum is exactly what its name promises. Inside, nearly 8,000 clown dolls line shelves, fill display cases, and peer out from every corner. Some are cheerful and brightly painted, while others lean toward the eerie, with frozen expressions that seem to follow you as you move through the space. The museum got its start early in the 1950s, when a group of locals started the traveling Plainview Klown Band as a way to increase tourism. Later, in the 1980s, a Chamber of Commerce secretary placed several clown dolls in the Chamber office. More and more clowns wer...