You know that feeling when you discover something so wonderfully weird that you immediately want to tell everyone you know?
That’s exactly what happens when you stumble upon The Mermaid Museum® in Berlin, Maryland, a place that proves truth is infinitely stranger and more delightful than fiction.
Let’s be honest here. When you think of Maryland museums, your mind probably drifts to the usual suspects in Baltimore or Annapolis, places with serious collections and even more serious docents who give you the stink eye if you breathe too loudly near a painting.
But tucked away in the charming town of Berlin, there’s a museum dedicated entirely to mermaids, and it’s housed in a historic brick building that looks like it could have been a bank or a town hall back in the day…