If you’ve read this blog long enough, then you already know how much I love historic house museums (read my thoughts on the topic here). Maybe not all old houses should be turned into museums, but the Hearthstone House in Appleton, Wisconsin is an exception. It was the first residence...
Leila Cohoon, founder of Leila’s Hair Museum in Independence, Mo. No, you won’t find curling irons and bump its at Leila’s Hair Salon Museum. Instead visitors marvel at 159 wreaths and 2000 pieces of jewelry made out of human hair. Great way to recycle your hair after you have a...
If you’re up late at night wondering where the oldest surviving American-made chair is located, well, I have the answer you’ve long been waiting for. Outside of Boston, Massachusetts is the Dedham Historical Society, home of the Metcalf Chair, made in 1652 during the Colonial Era. Its date is even...
I dedicate this Mini Cake Museum post to my 900th follower mark2wen (or maybe it’s hopeluststeam). It’s such a special occasion, so why not eat some cake? Okay, the cake might be made of Styrofoam, but the icing is real…and it’s the thought that counts. In the 1970s “Cake Lady”...
Whether I like it or not, everyone and their mother is telling me what beer they are drinking on Untappd. I made a joke on twitter once, something like, “For every beer you drink on Untappd I expect an update from some other social media site that tells me when...
Racine, Wisconsin may have a fancy art museum, but it is also home to a Kewpee. Open since 1923, Kewpee is one of the earliest franchises of hamburger fast-food restaurants. In the 1920s there were over 200 restaurants in the Midwest and East; and by World War II the number...
The World Famous Crochet Museum (‘world famous’ usually means that you’ve never heard of it) is located in a 5-by-8-foot former plastic green Fotomat kiosk. It is part of the random ‘Art Queen Gallery’ (near the northern entrance of Joshua Tree National Park) that is run by Shari Elf, an...
I’m a vegetarian (well, kind of…in that I eat dead animals every 3 to 6 months). But if I ever find myself in Szeged, Hungary that won’t stop me from checking out the Salami and Paprika Museum. You can say cured meat is in my blood because my family used...
With the imposing walls of a ruined medieval castle standing in the background, Conwy’s Quay House is not only the smallest house in Great Britain, but probably also the smallest house museum in the world. I had a chance to visit this itsy bitsy tourist attraction on a day trip...
Even though there are probably better teapot collections in more conventional places (Europe comes to mind), this one deserves a mention as it is one of the most random. The Teapot Museum in Trenton, Tennessee holds the world’s largest collection of Veilleuse-Theieres porcelain dating from 1750 to 1860. A gynecologist...
