“The Last Taxidermist in Paris” was an article from the January 1985 issue of World of Interiors magazine about Deyrolle, the historic taxidermy shop and natural history emporium. Founded in 1831 by well-known entomologist Jean-Baptiste Deyrolle (and later run by his grandson Émile Deyrolle) the shop was home to a...
Some people have bad body odour and can pass it along like a bad virus. Remember when Kramer said to Jerry in “The Smelly Car” episode of Seinfeld, “You stink!” Well, that’s not true at our next museum, the Museu del Perfum in Barcelona, where any foul smells are overpowered...
Thanksgiving is full of baked goods. Well, it should be. But I guess it’s okay to buy some processed sweet that is on sale at Costco. Whatever, man. It’s your stomach. For some reason, people think not enough calories are consumed during the big meal, so dessert is always included...
In better news, THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM received a shout-out from americanguide. The Guardian named them as one of the best independent travel magazines. You can read the original article here. Thanks again, guys!
In honour of the late Shirley Temple, not only should you pour yourself a Shirley Temple cocktail but you should also pay a visit to your local doll museum. There are many doll collections around the United States, including the Hobby City Doll Museum, which has a huge Shirley Temple...
I’d like to say a fond farewell to the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. I hardly knew ya. It will close in less than a month (October 17th to be exact). Even though I did not visit it when I went to Vegas last year, I came to the conclusion...
We live in politically correct times, well, except for the people of China. At Dwarf Empire, an amusement park of tiny mushroom-like castles that is part of the World Ecological Garden of Butterflies, visitors are entertained twice daily by the hundreds of dwarves who live and work here. Amongst the...
Lasting nearly three minutes with a magnitude of 9.2, the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964 is the world’s second largest earthquake in recorded history. And Jesus Christ wasn’t the only person to die on this day, across Alaska 143 people lost their lives. Over 200 miles of railroad tracks were...
Okay, maybe yesterday’s post on the Dormouse Museum didn’t go over too well, but I have an even more interesting museum for you guys today. It’s the world’s only Umbrella Cover Museum. Opened in 1996 on Peaks Island off the coast of Maine, the museum is the creation of Nancy...
I don’t know how often you think of death, like exactly what will happen to your body when you die. Will you be buried or cremated? Or will your coffin be placed on the side of a cliff? Apparently this is a common practice of the Bo people of southern...
Happy Friday the 13th! It just so happens that today is the 30th anniversary of the shooting of Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. Hit by four bullets fired from a 9mm pistol some 15 feet away, the Pope was struck twice in the stomach, once in the...
Ever lost something important on a plane ride? Knock on wood…I can’t say I ever have, unless you count that vitally important British celebrity tabloid magazine from 2005. Oh, darn! I needed that for my hoarding pile (joke). The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama isn’t a museum, but it’s...
