The shed where the sharpeners are kept at Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum

©Barbara Noe Kennedy/Lonely Planet

Paul A Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum

Ohio


Who collects pencil sharpeners? Rev Paul Johnson of Carbon Hill, Ohio, did for nearly 20 years, and his eccentric collection of thousands – America’s largest – is on display in a dedicated shed at the Hocking Hills Welcome Center in Logan.

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