If you happen to find yourself retracing Mark Twain’s boat trip down the Neckar River in Deutschland, consider making a pit stop at the ruined Heidelberg Castle. He did. Unfortunately, the Apothecary Museum (Deutsche Apotheken Museum) was not yet open during his day, but with over 20,000 objects the place...
In a Father’s Day-related post, let’s look back at the A&W Burger Family, which first appeared in 1963 when the restaurant introduced four choices of hamburgers and their corresponding Burger Family members: Papa Burger, Mama Burger, Baby Burger, and Teen Burger. The fiberglass statue of Papa Burger is 8 ½...
Feb 12 is the birthday of naturalist Charles Darwin. I believe he would be 206 years old…otherwise known as dead. I am lucky to have visited both his birthplace of Shrewsbury (where there is a statue of course) and Westminster Abbey, where he is buried in the north aisle of...
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum is located under the early Victorian arches that support the forecourt of the 1841 railway station in…you guessed it…Brighton, England. The space, originally used to store beer barrels for a brewery, is supposedly haunted. Maybe the ghosts are upset that their pints have been...
Did you know there’s a language for everyone? Well, sort of. Since the 16th century people like Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz have tried to come up with constructed languages. Supposedly there are 500 so-called planned languages, but the most important one is Esperanto, which was invented...
If you have ever wanted to see a pair of old tennis shoes from communist Czechoslovakia, then you’re in luck. At Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center, some items are occasionally on display from the Allen Ginsberg Papers collection. There’s everything from his personal correspondence and childhood diaries to first editions...
This house might look innocent enough, but it’s actually one of the most haunted places in Sweden. This humble abode, located in Borgvattnet Jämtland, is actually a vicarage built in 1876. The first report of hauntings began in 1927 when the resident chaplain Nils Hedlund wrote a letter noting the...
A lot of people will be getting drunk tonight, so why not tell you about the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. I doubt any of you will feel up for a visit tomorrow, but in case you want to go to this place in the near future its in...
Ever try to fix a problem and it doesn’t work? Well, in the 1920s Richter Clyde Perky, the largest landowner in the Florida Keys, tried to do just that when it came to marsh mosquitoes. Supposedly there were so many of them back then that an entomologist caught a record-breaking...
In honor of Presidents Day, a U.S. federal holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of February to recognize the country’s first President George Washington, let’s take a look at some related museums and attractions: 1.National Presidential Wax Museum Located near Mt. Rushmore, this museum not only has realistic...
