Canyon City, OR

County museums often look alike, a somnolent sameness of vintage clothing, old lamps, and butter churns. Rarely do you find one that exhibits something extraordinary, like multiple stuffed animal freaks. On display are three stuffed two-headed calves. All three were born on nearby ranches, and had been stuffed and part of the museum since it opened in 1954.

Grant County, as you might guess, was once part of the Wild West, and it has only gradually accepted the constraints of civilization. One example is the two-cell jail next door. It belonged to another town but in the early 1960s several more prominent men of the community got drunk one night, drove to the jail, and stole it. The next morning it was sitting next to the museum, and it's been there ever since.