I don’t know where you are in the world, but where I am it’s been raining all week, which means it’s officially autumn. But it also means something else. It’s officially October so I can begin my annual tradition of telling you about spooky museums and attractions and things. And...
Sorry for the limited amount of posts lately. After three years I’m about ready to give up on this tumblog. Just not feeling it lately. But before I take my sabbatical, we have to celebrate the tradition of creepy and weird and scary things as we usually do in the...
Although I’m more of a Nikola Tesla fan, I’ll tell you a little bit about the Thomas Edison Memorial Tower (which also includes the Menlo Park Museum) in Edison, New Jersey. Built in 1938, the tower marks the site of Edison’s greatest triumph, specifically the light bulb, which he unveiled...
Apr 14, 2015 was the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, which means you’ve probably been bombarded with endless articles and links about the event. Well, let me add my own two cents. I once told you about how I’ve visited many Lincoln-related sites over the years from the village...
Aug 17 in 1893 the flamboyant Hollywood sex siren Mae West was born. Known for her witty one-liners (“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough”), the actress/comedienne lives on at the kitschy “Four Ladies of Hollywood” gazebo at the western border of the Hollywood...
For some reason I have the song “That's Your Funeral” from the musical Oliver! playing in my head. Maybe it’s because I have just read about the Bestattungsmuseum (Undertakers’ Museum) in Vienna. Located near the Schloss Belvedere in an old funeral home, the museum contains more than 600 artifacts documenting...
Every year the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago has a Day of the Dead exhibit. The only Latino museum accredited by the American Association of Museums, it has the country’s largest Mexican art collection. So it’s fitting the museum also has one of the biggest displays of Día...
If you have been following this blog for a long time, then you know how much I love visiting cemeteries. I am lucky that Chicagoland has so many interesting and historic ones, from Bohemian National Cemetery to Graceland Cemetery. A lot of these places have photo ceramics, which are porcelain...
The Top Ten Best Museums to Visit on Easter: 1.Ukrainian Easter Egg Museum Ukraine might be having some problems right now, to put it lightly, but it’s home to the only museum in the world dedicated to the Ukrainian easter egg (pysanka) that also happens to be in a egg-shaped...
In 2015 it was exactly sixty years. I once told you about the time I took a road trip through Indiana and paid a visit to his hometown, specifically the Fairmount Historical Museum, which not only has exhibits on Dean, but also Garfield the Cat. Why? Because the creator also...
