Did you know there’s a language for everyone? Well, sort of. Since the 16th century people like Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz have tried to come up with constructed languages. Supposedly there are 500 so-called planned languages, but the most important one is Esperanto, which was invented...
If you have ever wanted to see a pair of old tennis shoes from communist Czechoslovakia, then you’re in luck. At Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center, some items are occasionally on display from the Allen Ginsberg Papers collection. There’s everything from his personal correspondence and childhood diaries to first editions...
With the passing (or should I say decaying) of Surrealist artist H.R. Giger let me bring back an old post from a year and a half ago: Follower tonyrios87 informed me about the existence of the HR Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. As you guessed by the name of the...
This house might look innocent enough, but it’s actually one of the most haunted places in Sweden. This humble abode, located in Borgvattnet Jämtland, is actually a vicarage built in 1876. The first report of hauntings began in 1927 when the resident chaplain Nils Hedlund wrote a letter noting the...
A lot of people will be getting drunk tonight, so why not tell you about the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. I doubt any of you will feel up for a visit tomorrow, but in case you want to go to this place in the near future its in...
Ever try to fix a problem and it doesn’t work? Well, in the 1920s Richter Clyde Perky, the largest landowner in the Florida Keys, tried to do just that when it came to marsh mosquitoes. Supposedly there were so many of them back then that an entomologist caught a record-breaking...
In honor of Presidents Day, a U.S. federal holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of February to recognize the country’s first President George Washington, let’s take a look at some related museums and attractions: 1.National Presidential Wax Museum Located near Mt. Rushmore, this museum not only has realistic...
Prince at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York City.
Who doesn’t love a tiny museum, especially in a remote place like the South Coast of Iceland? The Skógar Folk Museum preserves the cultural heritage of Iceland through its collection of fishing tools and equipment; decorative arts and handicrafts; as well as books, manuscripts, and documents. It is the collection...
For three years photographer Simone Rosenbauer traveled throughout rural Australia and documented 41 quirky and tiny museums and their caretakers for a series called Small Museum. The House of Bottles was built by Joseph Eykenbaum in 1969 after he spent two years collecting 13,569 bottles to use in the construction...
Besides being a neighborhood in New Orleans, Saint Roch is also the name of a 19th century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts, crutches and other random offerings. Apparently Saint Roch is associated with the plague or something. The story goes that in 1867 as the yellow fever epidemic took...
Believe it or not, America’s only Einstein Museum is located at the back of a 97-year-old clothing store known for its woolen sweaters and tweed blazers. Among the fine lodens and cashmeres for sale in Landau’s on Nassau Street in Princeton is an exhibit full of reproduced photographs and documents,...
