At this museum, the tide brings in odd treasures that become a lasting lesson

Corinn Flaherty holds the first doll head she found washed ashore in 2015. It propelled her "descent down the flotsam rabbit hole" and was her inspiration for the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys & Curiosities.

At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste.

(Image credit: Tovia Smith)