Explore Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Talk about sensory overload! Pinball machines clang, rattle and chime, arcade-style video games complete with explosions, gunfire and sirens blink and pulse with light, and the ever-popular Dance Dance Revolution blares out the latest tunes as energetic youngsters hop, jump and stamp their feet to the beat.

Games of chance spit out always-coveted prize tickets for adept young players, and antique fortune-telling machines reveal the secrets of the future. And if you’ve always wanted to see a (rumored to be) real electric chair or a life-size statue of the world’s tallest man, you’re in luck.

is either a little child’s dream or a nightmare, depending on where you look in the incredibly complex 5,500-square-foot space. Either way, there's something for everyone here.

Marvin Yagoda is the founder and owner of the museum, which opened its doors in 1990 in Farmington Hills. Sandwiched between and the now-empty Borders store on Orchard Lake Road, Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum is listed in the World Almanac’s 100 Most Unusual Museums.

Yagoda’s hobby of collecting entertainment antiques has filled this amazing arcade to the rafters with the unique, the strange and the delightful. Next time you find yourself with a dreary day and a couple of bored children to entertain, drop in. You won’t believe your eyes!