The only childhood memory I have of the yo-yo is that I couldn’t get it to work. So in frustration I tossed the stupid thing aside and went to read a book. For people born after 1990, there was actually a time when young people played with real things. Believe...
Al Capone hanging out at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C. Look at his comfortable prison cell (the one he had at Eastern State, before he was transferred to the more grueling Alcatraz). Who knew Scarface was allowed to wear such a swanky suit as a...
What better time to visit the Pysanka Museum than on Easter Sunday. This is the only museum in the world dedicated to the Ukrainian Easter Egg. So appropriately enough it is located in Kolomyia, Ukraine. The museum’s exterior is shaped like an egg, while the inside of the dome resembles...
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming (again…SORRY!) of creepy museums and attractions in the month of October to bring you a post from museum-of-artifacts because today is Octopus Day (yes, you read that last part right): There are a lot of awareness days and months. People like to be aware...
It’s a well-known fact that Michigan is known for cars. More than 2.3 million cars and trucks rolled off Michigan assembly lines last year. And let’s not forget Detroit is called the “Motor City”. So it’s not a surprise the state has a number of car museums, like the Automotive...
We interrupt our regularly scheduled July 4th programming to honour another patriotic holiday, Canada Day. Nearly one-hundred years after the United States gained independence from the British, three colonies were united into a single country called Canada within the British Empire (Canada still exists…the British Empire is now called “Brexit”)....
Tây Ninh, about 50 miles outside of Saigon, Vietnam is home to the headquarters of the Cao Dai religion, founded in 1926, which engages in prayer, ancestor worship, nonviolence and vegetarianism. Supposedly there are millions of Vietnamese adherents. Their temples are quite common in the country. But the Holy See...
I don’t know if this scary or sad or both? A puppy, deformed from radiation due to a nuclear reactor gone wrong, is part of the exhibit on display at the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum. I can’t believe it’s been 30 years since that horrible event happened.
Due to the small number of cadavers available for anatomical study in British medical schools during the early 19th century, many criminals committed grave-robbing, and even murder, to make some money. One such infamous case was the serial killer duo of Burke and Hare. Irish immigrants who lived in Edinburgh,...
If you are really into teeny tiny churches, I recommend checking out this list from Roadside America. But when it comes to huge churches, specifically the world’s tallest church spire and chapel, the Chicago Temple Building wins the title. Constructed in 1924 by the architectural firm of Holabird and Roche,...
