Whoever wins the election tonight, it’s not a hopeless case for the loser. Because they can still move into the White House. No, not that one in Washington, D.C. I’m talking about the replica in Atlanta, Georgia. Fred Milani, an Irani businessman who made his riches in the building boom...
This might come as a surprise but the Accordion Museum in Canada I once told you about is not the world’s only accordion museum. There are actually several in existence. Because apparently the world needs as many accordion museums as humanly possible. Or should I say musically possible? The New...
My grandfather was a bit of a hoarder, but it never got too out of hand as he managed to keep most of his stuff down in the basement. Considering I lived with them, I have strong memories of a bunch of cast iron thingamajigs down there, so I’m sure...
Whether or not you believe in climate change, you have to admit the current weather conditions are a bit screwy. Or more like unpredictable and extreme. On Christmas Day it was sunny and relatively warm, meaning I did not have to wear a real winter coat. Did I mention I...
January 21st is officially Squirrel Appreciation Day. In the basement of the Cress Funeral Home in Madison, Wisconsin, owner Sam Sanfillippo has a collection of taxidermy, specifically squirrel dioramas. We’ve seen this before on the blog. Dead animals arranged in ridiculous situations, like drinking at a bar or visiting a...
Spooky October continues with some objects from the Smithsonian, specifically the automaton collection. There is the 1871 patent model for the Natural Creeping Baby Doll as well as the Wonderful Creeping Baby Doll from a few decades later. Although these dolls are not supposed to give you the heebie jeebies,...
Uncle Remus Museum.Yes, this place does indeed exist. Located in the small town of Eatonton in Georgia, the museum, open since 1963, is actually a complex of three original slave cabins. Inside visitors can find Uncle Remus-related memorabilia, artifacts, collector items, and shadow boxes containing scenes from the stories. In...
If you look closely at the words printed in the window, you will read Jimmy’s Station Museum. Yes, that’s right. This former Shell Station in Waverly, Iowa has been converted into a museum featuring tons of gas-related memorabilia and restored antique cars. It doesn’t have a website. It’s just one...
If you recall, I once told you about the Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium. Well, Belgians really, really, really like comics…so much that they even have a comic strip walk that starts at the De Brouckere metro station and ends at the Comic Café on the Grand Sablon. Along...
The Lightnin’ Salvage Junk Museum in Gainesville, Florida is part junk museum, part souvenir shop and part pizza parlor. A highlight is the “Walk-O-Junk” made of every item known to man from vacuum cleaners and plastic toys to bicycle wheels and old HP printers. But when a place is called...
Ashley Bryan, who will turn 93 years old in a few weeks, is a writer and illustrator of children’s books. Although he was born in New York City, he has spent the last 40 years living in retirement on Little Cranberry Island in Maine. But that doesn’t mean he’s sitting...
Because Black History Month ends tomorrow and this week’s theme seems to be all about wax, I believe this is the perfect time to tell you about Oran Z’s Pan African Black Facts and Wax Museum. Located in the middle of a strip mall in south Los Angeles, this sprawling...
