In 1959 Movieland Wax Museum opened just a few miles away from Disneyland. But this is America and one is just never enough. I mean, come on, how dare we go some place and not be reminded of some other place? So in 1975 the Movieland Wax Museum cloned itself...
As we celebrate Labor Day (Labour to those crazy Canucks) in the U.S. with BBQs and parades let’s stop and remember the 345th anniversary of the Great London Fire. You know, because we were all there. The fire began on 2 September 1666 and ended three days later. One-third of...
Sorry for today’s late post. I’m sure it’s already tomorrow for most of you out there in the world. If anyone knows a good deal on a body transplant, please let me know. No, seriously. I can’t even begin to describe how awful my insides feel right now, so I...
As post offices across America possibly close their doors forever, I thought this would be a good time to tell you about one of the largest U.S. Postal Service museums in the country. Believe it or not, a rather small town in the middle of Michigan (also home to the...
A long, long time ago in a land far, far away there were children who weren’t distracted by television and computers. They actually went outside and used their imaginations. Remember that? Besides making up games (OHMYGOD!) there were Raggedy Ann Dolls, Lincoln Logs, Yo-Yos and of course…marbles. Back then you...
“King of the Road” singer/songerwriter Roger Miller has been dead for twenty years, but his music lives on at the Roger Miller Museum. Located in his hometown of Erick in Oklahoma, not far from the Texas state border, at Roger Miller Boulevard and Old Route 66, the museum is basically...
The other day’s post on alcohol will now be followed with another vice. That would be smoking of course. In Paris, a haven for smokers even with a bistro ban, you’ll find the world’s only Smoking Museum. I mean, let’s not forget…cigarette is a French word after all. At Le...
The Toy and Action Figure Museum - Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma Located in the mild-mannered city of Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma, The Toy and Action Figure Museum celebrates the bright, wild world of action figures with a cacophonous collection of plastic characters. Opened in 2005, the museum was actually started thanks to...
A Penguin Museum in a Box from the Australian Museum This might be for the kiddies, but I want one.
Don't miss this, great dicks everywhere! Start from tiny penis to incredibly enormous dick, from fish to fowl and over! It's really one of those things you simply have to do, and particularly if you have an adequate sense of humor or are simply interested in male anatomy. The Icelandic...
There are not enough museums in the world dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases. Luckily, a few such places exist. The Moulagenmuseum in Zurich, Switzerland is the second largest collection of moulages after the famed Le Musée des Moulages in Paris. What’s a moulage you ask? Molds of rubber,...
One day President Barack Obama will have a Presidential Museum & Library, most likely to be located in Chicago, but until that moment happens we will just have to make due with all the other Presidential Museums & Libraries. Besides driving right by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and...
