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50 People Reveal Their Most Unusual Obsessions Turned Into Full-On Collections (New Pics)
Not everyone enjoys collecting stamps and coins, some folks are out here building tiny museums of pure chaos and charm. We’re talking presidential stickers, bird-shaped pins, and dolls. You name it, someone’s probably lovingly collecting it. And the best part? They’re proud of it, and honestly, we kind of are, too. It’s like a peek into someone’s joyful little corner of the universe.
So today, we’ve rounded up some of the most bizarrely delightful collections people have shared online. Whether they’re rooted in sweet nostalgia, fueled by oddly specific obsessions, or just the result of “it started as a joke and now I can’t stop,” these collections prove one thing: passion doesn’t have to be practical to be perfect.
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#1
My Collection Of Art Deco Cameras. Mostly Late 1920s To Late 1940s. These Range From “Common” To “Few Known To Exist”
I’m often asked if I shoot with these. No, I do not. To me they are art. Plus - they suck as cameras. That’s why some are so rare. They were cheap, they’re fragile (many are literally cardboard), they sucked then and they suck now. They were highly decorated to draw the eye. Very few of these were used by serious photographers.
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#2
I Love Containers And One Of The Types Of Containers I Collect Is Vintage Pill Boxes And Compacts. Here's My Collection So Far
#3
An Important Collection Worthy Of Display At The Museum Of Natural History
#4
Our Collection Of Botanicals Has Grown To The Point That We Needed A Display Solution. So We Got A Plant Shelf Just For Them. Some Of Our LEGO Birds Also Crashed The Party
#5
Sand From My Uncle’s Travels
#6
My Collection Of Odd Pasta Shapes
Jumping Jellyfishes 1 year ago (edited)
No p*nis pasta? I bought some of that when I was living in Italy and sent it as a joke to my MIL. I asked her later what happened to the joke pasta I sent her, she was like, “joke…?” I told her, “Yes, it was p*nis pasta!” She laughed and said, “I never even looked at it! I made it into pasta salad for the neighborhood potluck!” Ah, she was a wonderful person.
#7
Miniature Books
#8
What Do You Think?
#9
Small Stones I've Found In My Everyday Life
All of my life I've felt drawn to tiny stones, wherever I am. If you kneel down anywhere outside that's solid ground, youll find them eventually. So basically sometimes I feel like until I find these stones, they've never been "seen", and I'm the first human to actually look at them. And for some reason that possibility fills me with peace.
I found all of these stones myself in parking lots, gravel roads, construction sites, hikes, baseball fields, riverbeds, and all the places in between, over the last 10 years or so.
#11
Smalls Found At The Rubbish Dump
#12
Telechron Kitchen Clocks
I had a broken Telechron clock for 20 years, then one day I decided I was going to fix it. I found a YouTube video and that begun a serious addiction. Its been 3 months since I bought my last clock. Sometimes I lay in bed at night and I loose track of time, then I start to itch, I cant stop looking at the clock, how much sleep will I get? What if someone just listed another clock? Should I get on in every color? Why does the bird say cuckoo and not tweet tweet? Where is Greenwich? Why does the Navy get to keep the official time?
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
It bothers me that these clocks don't all show the same time. I mean, not even close! They're not even making the effort!
#13
A Micro Museum For My Mini Rock Collection
#14
My Pigeon Pins
I keep these cuties seperate from my main collection, as I have indoor pet pigeons and they’re very special to me. I’m going to continue amassing as many pigeon pins as I can, because as you can see written in the image, “I like pigeons!”
#15
Lost Shopping List Collection
I do work at a supermarket! This book alone took a little over a year to fill up completely. We’re about to start a second edition.
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
Very interesting! I'm sure there are a few of my lost lists somewhere out there.
#16
Variety The Ocean Offers. All Were Found On Kauai And Will Remain Here
#17
Thought I’d Share My Die Cast Collection. Some Day I Hope To Have A Real One
They’re all Ferrari. This is at least one of every Ferrari model that hot wheels put out, plus a few that hot wheels never made.
#18
My Collection Of Rubber Souvenir Magnet Maps
#19
My Wife Collects These Tiny Things And Makes Displays From Them. Every Time I Look, There’s Something New
#20
My Airline Sugar Packet Collection
#21
My Lighthouse Collection
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Several Cape Hatteras, a Bodie Island, Ocracoke, maybe Baldhead Island. Don't see Currituck and can't remember the others but my son has 1 of every NC lighthouse.
#22
My Collection Of Feathers
#23
I’ve Been Collecting Food-Related Candles For Years And Yesterday I Found These
Fire Singer 1 year ago
Go to Home Goods/TJ Maxx, they had several fun food shaped candles like hot dogs!
#24
My Spice Tin Collection
#25
A Collection Of Small Grotesque Faces
I like ugly unusual weird things. Most are handmade antiques made for walking stick handles, corkscrew handle, matchstick holders, victorian buttonhooks.
#26
Tin And Pinback Collection On A Magnetic Chalkboard I Built
#28
My Mostly Uranium Glass 1963 Split Window Corvette Collection
#29
Been Collecting On And Off Since '97
#30
Breadtag Specimens
#31
I’ve Collected Every Losing Presidential Upper Stickers Since 1960
#32
I Unearthed My Camera Collection
#33
International Toothpaste Display At A San Francisco Bnb
#34
I Collected My Wife And I's Unsolicited Credit Card Applications For A Year
93 total credit card applications. The most from one company is American Express with 26 letters.
Hime 1 year ago
You guys know you can opt out of these things right? The only ones that have a "right" to send you anything, are ones you already have an account with or ones you directly apply for. I have opted out for over 20 years. I very rarely get any in the mail that I didn't sign up for.
#35
Depression Era Food Tins
#36
Filling Up My Curio Cabinet With Tiny Interesting Things. Not Much Space Left
#37
Miniature And Novelty Knife Collection
I’ve been putting this together for a few years, I would like to find more antique pieces, but they are awful pricey. Let me know which one you like the best.
#38
My Garage License Plate Wall Art Collection With Plates From Around The World
I started collecting random plates from flea markets, eBay and from friends a few years ago back to use as wall art for my garage. I'm hoping to keep filling it up over the next few years as and when I find them, although I'm rapidly running out of space to actually put them!
#39
I Have 187 Cat Whiskers In My Collection
#40
My Takara Dancing Can Collection
#41
My Grandma’s Thimble Collection
#42
Hands
#43
Y’all Like Shrek?
#44
My Collection Of Ticket Stubs From Movies I Went To Before The Year 2000
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I've saved the ticket and Playbill from every Broadway show I've seen for the last 25 years. It's a lot, but I have no idea what to do with them.
#45
My Sister Collects These Things
#46
My Hat Collection
#47
My Mother’s Collection Of Old Phones From 1990s To Early 2010s
Upstaged75 1 year ago
Doesn't everyone have these somewhere in the back of random drawers in their house? ;)
#48
Haha, That's A Funny Shirt... Wait What?
#49
Cereal Box Collection
#50
2010s Concert Tickets
#52
My Collection Of Hex Keys From All The Furniture I Have Assembled In My Last 2 Places
Upstaged75 1 year ago
I moved last year and got a bunch of new furniture. I have a whole bag of various sized hex keys (allen wrenches is what I call them). If I never see another box of flat pack furniture it will be too soon.
#53
I Collect Stamps From Places I Visit
I collect stamps from national parks, state parks, light house, museums, post office, brewery, distillery, coffee shop, ale trail, Presidential Libraries, bookstores, Wineries, Visitor Center, Route 66. Just about anyplace that has a stamp I will collect it. I normally carry a pocket size notebook and when it’s full I put he pages in my big book of stamps. I have been collecting since 2015.
#54
This Is 1/10 Of My Great Aunts Mcdonalds Toy Collection— She Went Insane With It In The 90s, And Currently Has 10 Huge Tubs Full Of Toys
Fire Singer 1 year ago
Find the right buyer and some of these could be worth a good deal of money!
#55
My Playing Cards Collection
Auntriarch 1 year ago
A friend gave me a pack of cards with pictures from the Kama Sutra... I'm not sure what to do with them, I never play cards
#56
Found My 20 Year Old Stick Collection While Visiting My Parents
#57
My Little Collection Of Cars
#58
It’s Been A While, Guess It’s Time For A Room Update
#59
My Miniature Collection! May My Players Beware
#60
My Partner's Shrunken Chip Bag Collection With A Proper Bag For Scale
#61
My Parents’ Syrup Collection. We Are Neither Canadian Or From The Northern US
#62
A Portion Of My Rainbow High Doll Collection
#64
My Small Collection Of Resin Statues, Looking Forward To Adding Jupiter And Venus
FlamingZombies 1 year ago (edited)
Can't forget about Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Chibi Moon. And Luna should be with Sailor Moon, not Tuxedo Mask.
#65
My Coworker Has Started Collecting The Waste Toner From The Plotter Printer
#66
My Mostly Lifesize Videogame Gun Replica Collection
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Lady Eowyn 1 year ago
My collection of buttons showing or in the shape of horses. There are several boxes like this. horse-bead...4a7bd8.jpg 
Forrest Grump 1 year ago
Approximately 20% of my collection of antique bottles - made from 1850 - 1930: Bottle-Win...a46c76.jpg 
Lady Eowyn 1 year ago
My collection of buttons showing or in the shape of horses. There are several boxes like this. horse-bead...4a7bd8.jpg
Forrest Grump 1 year ago
Approximately 20% of my collection of antique bottles - made from 1850 - 1930: Bottle-Win...a46c76.jpg
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