I don't know if it's been yet mentioned, but a relevant book would be UNAUTHORIZED AMERICA. A TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE PLACES THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT, by Vince Staten (Harper & Row, $9.95). It does cover some off-the-wall museums, but mostly seems to provide info on "weird" places, like where Seann Penn punched a photog; and, yes, the hotel where Rob Lowe directed his own videos. margaret byrne