The Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) preserves and displays works of Armenian history and culture It’s a surprisingly large museum, with four floors that hold history and ethnographic... »

Museums and Collections, Memento Mori, Cultures and Civilizations , Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by JWOcker

Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is the home of “the quietest place on earth,” as recorded in the Guinness World Records. (It also happens to share the same building as the recording... »

Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by katiebaker4, Rachel and others

Sitting just up the street from Bandar Seri Begawan’s main intersection sits the Royal Regalia Building, a building which in its splendor lies a vast collection of discarded relics and monuments... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by likethefox and Rachel

“Old MacDonald had a farm, ee i ee i oh. And on that farm he had a…pile of dead bodies…?” This will soon be the tune of farmer John O’Laughlin at Grace Lair Farm in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Mr.... »

Strange Science, Memento Mori, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by katiebaker4, Dylan and others

This lavish building, situated in the equally beautiful city of Lausanne, owes its construction and namesake to Gabriel de Rumine, the son of Russian nobility. Upon his death bed Gabriel... »

Museums and Collections, Natural History, Unique Collections, Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by TrevorShawnElia, Rachel and others

Cyrus Eaton, a famed investor and philanthropist of the early 20th century, made his money as a powerful financier in the American Midwest. However, he hailed from the humble beginnings of... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by likethefox and Dylan

Behind appropriately impressive heavy doors and ornate turn of the century stained glass windows, the Explorers Club headquarters on East 70th street looks like it has been been there forever -... »

Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta, Rachel and others

On the outskirts of San Francisco, Stanford University has 600 feet of warehouse shelves filled completely with archival photographs, videos and even handwritten letters about Apple and Steve... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by atimian, Dylan and others

St. Fagans is home to the Welsh National History Museum, a three dimensional outdoor museum where visitors can take a first-hand look at buildings representing Welsh history and culture from... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins, Mazes, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by dougygyro, Annetta and others

Originally built as a combination federal and state courthouse in 1828, St. Louis' Old Courthouse serves as a complete time capsule for the city. Over the decades it has experienced dozens of... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by chelseadeptula and atimian