They may be dummies, but the 1,100 of them at the world's only ventriloquist museum in Northern Kentucky are picky. For years, they've needed climate control, special lighting, and bigger digs ...

The $1.2 million upgrade, which debuted this spring, outfitted a brand-new building with museum-quality lighting and climate control, plus the pièce de résistance, the Jeff Dunham Theater, a sleek ...