Elvis died August 16, 1977 (or did he???). I’ve been wanting to write about this place for, I don’t know, a few years but I’ll let American Guide tell you about it because I am a lazy procrastinator who actually hasn’t even been to the original Graceland (one day I’ll...
I bet you had no idea it’s been 50 years since the Beatles traveled to America for their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Well, let me be the first to tell ya, ladies and gents. For a firsthand account on a Beatles-related attraction I could tell you about that...
I think this week Kanye and I will tell you about our favorite museums of all time. Okay…I know I haven’t seen every museum in the world, but I’ve been to quite a few in my day, especially when I studied them for a year and a half. So I...
After a near-death experience in 1998, folk artist Stephen Huneck built a chapel on “Dog Mountain” in Vermont. He wanted to celebrate the spiritual bond humans have with dogs. On top of the white steeple is a Labrador Retriever with wings, while the interior is decorated with carved wooden dogs...
A fat, pessimistic, and sarcastic cat who loves lasagna, Garfield the comic strip was first published on this date back in 1978. In celebration of its 34th birthday, I’ll relive the time I visited the Fairmount Historical Museum. You probably didn’t know the cartoon is set in Muncie, Indiana. The...
Forget about Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (even though I do like the movie adaptation’s title track by the Ramones) for a minute and turn your attention to Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park, the final resting place for dead pets of the stars. One of the oldest of its kind on...
Yesterday I told you about the brand-new ABBA Museum in Stockholm, but that’s not the only random music museum in existence. Even though Canada is the home of respectable musicians like Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell (let’s forget about Avril Lavigne, Céline Dion, Nickelback, and the rapper called...
This next one isn’t necessarily a museum, but it’s definitely an interesting historical place to visit if you ever find yourself in Urbania, Italy. Well, it’s, like, the only attraction in town but don’t let that stop you. Since 1833, eighteen mummies from the Medieval period stand in individual glass...
I know of a few funeral museums but I never thought there would be one dedicated to a topic so specific like funeral carriages. Like life (or death), getting to this museum in Barcelona is a bit of an adventure. First, you have to report to the city’s Municipal Funeral...
If he was still with us, today would have been Johnny Cash’s 82nd birthday. Considering Valentine’s Day was nearly two weeks ago, let’s honour Johnny’s memory (and his wife June’s, who died four months before him) with a Valentine he gave her back in 1998. It’s on display at the...
