I don’t know if I’m scared to fly, but I certainly hate it, especially when it involves long ass overseas trips. Always remember to take an airline that serves free alcohol or you’ll be sorry. Probably the worst part of traveling is all the time spent waiting in airports due...
To the rest of the world, marzipan is that layer on a wedding cake no one really eats, but try telling that to the Hungarians. Believe it or not, there are two museums devoted to marzipan in Hungary, one being Keszthely and the other being Szentendre. Szentendre’s Marzipan Museum is...
It’s not a songbird, it’s not Led Zeppelin’s airplane, it’s not a even a Musical Instrument Museum…it’s the Museum of Making Music. Get it right, man. Part of the National Association of Music Merchants, the mission of the eleven year old museum in California is to “celebrate the rich history...
March 17th is Picture a Museum day. Why didn’t someone tell me? I hope I’m not too late. Can it be a picture of a picture of a closed exhibit of pictures? Sidewalks: Portraits of Chicago was a 2010 exhibit at the Chicago Tourist Center. The exhibit’s images and accounts...
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Even though he was born in a log cabin in Kentucky, Illinois is known as the “Land of Lincoln” because the President lived in the state for over thirty years. Visiting the Lincoln sites in the capital city of Springfield and nearby village of Salem...
There’s Groundhog Day, and then there’s Groundfrog Day. Yep, you read that right. Instead of a groundhog telling you whether or not there will be six more weeks of winter, a bullfrog known as the Snohomish Slew croaks his annual weather forecast for the Pacific Northwest in Snohomish, a small...
The Expression Court has over 50 floating heads designed by artist Sophie Cave. Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
Speaking of neon, there’s a great sign museum in Cincinnati.
I don’t know if there is a continuous loop of elevator music playing at the Elevator Historical Society’s museum, but there should be. With a view of Manhattan, an island full of skyscrapers that could not exist without the invention of up-and-down travel, the museum in Long Island City (supposedly...
Over a hundred years ago a maniac axed to death Josiah Moore, his wife Sarah, and their six children aged 5 to 12 in their home in southwestern Iowa. The murders were so horrifying that it supposedly took the Titanic sinking, which occurred two months earlier, off the front page...
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...
Spring is a few days away so why not get a bit chilly with the Aurora Ice Museum? Located 60 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska the museum uses a patented absorption chiller to keep the temps an icy 20 degrees Fahrenheit all year. Visitors are allowed to rent overnight stays in...
