It may be April Fools’ Day and Palm Sunday, but did you also know today is the 121st anniversary of the Wrigley Company’s founding? William Wrigley originally sold soap and baking powder with a package of gum attached to each can, but the gum became so popular he switched products....
When you google “weird museum” you usually get the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets as one of the results. But we don’t want to cover popular google searches on this blog. Also, who wants to write about a collection of toilets when there is a toilet-shaped museum in existence? Opened...
Occasionally people say I’m funny, but I know my humor is sometimes dry and not everyone’s cup of tea. If comedy is supposedly subjective, then that doesn’t explain why a Laughter Museum exists in the world. Even though I’m not surprised to learn this place is located in Germany (hopefully...
A long, long time ago in a land far, far away there were children who weren’t distracted by television and computers. They actually went outside and used their imaginations. Remember that? Besides making up games (OHMYGOD!) there were Raggedy Ann Dolls, Lincoln Logs, Yo-Yos and of course…marbles. Back then you...
The Toy and Action Figure Museum - Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma Located in the mild-mannered city of Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma, The Toy and Action Figure Museum celebrates the bright, wild world of action figures with a cacophonous collection of plastic characters. Opened in 2005, the museum was actually started thanks to...
Don't miss this, great dicks everywhere! Start from tiny penis to incredibly enormous dick, from fish to fowl and over! It's really one of those things you simply have to do, and particularly if you have an adequate sense of humor or are simply interested in male anatomy. The Icelandic...
Years ago when I studied to become a museologist, I learned all about Cabinets of Curiosities or Cabinets of Wonder, precursors to today’s museum. Viktor Wynd, curator and proprietor of The Little Shop of Horrors in London’s East End, was curious “to see how a contemporary wunderkammer might look”. So...
What better way to celebrate the American holiday of overeating, football games and ridiculous shopping “deals” than with American hero Captain James T. Kirk? Thanks to chimaera-stormhawk I now know he will be born in Riverside, Iowa in the year 2233, when hopefully Americans are no longer eating turkeys with...
In my humble opinion, there are not enough sign collections in the world. Yeah, there are the random pieces found in antique stores as well as at the lovely American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. But we need more places like the Sign Post Forest in Canada. Located in Watson Lake...
If you’ve seen one antique mall, then you’ve seen them all. So it’s not life-shattering that B&B Antiques in North Myrtle Beach is closing its doors FOREVA…but what will happen to its impressive display of statues? Yes, the store’s known for having lots and lots of life-size, colorful statues in...
