Marsh's Free Museum is a roadside stop that lures you in with more than tacky seashell gifts (though they have plenty of those too). The walls and ceiling are lined with various knick knacks from... »

Unique Collections, Mummies, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan and Nicholas Jackson

Harry Sheldon was a collector in the late 1800s in Middlebury, Vermont. After his death, his collection remained in his house at 1 Park Street and became the Harry Sheldon Museum. One of his most... »

Memento Mori, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by JWOcker, Nicholas Jackson and others

It is known as “The Holy Right” and every year on August 20th, Hungary takes it out for a walk. The occasion is Saint Stephen’s Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the founder of the Hungarian... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies | Edited by Dylan and re_nakaba

Lenin's mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square offers up one of Moscow's most macabre attractions and perhaps the most famous "modern mummy" in the world. Frozen in time, Vladimir Ilych Lenin's... »

Mummies | Edited by stanestane, Tre and 3 others

About the size of an RV, Torrington Gopher Hole Museum features stuffed gophers (actually, "Richardson's Ground Squirrels) posed to resemble the townspeople. Exhibits include gophers dressed as a... »

Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Mummies | Edited by AquilaRush, rboyle and others

The beautiful church of Chiesa della Santa, like many Italian churches, is filled with stunning architecture, art and decoration. Most visitors, distracted by the gilded fixtures and beautiful... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies | Edited by michelle, Dylan and others

Scattered throughout northern Japan are over two dozen mummified Japanese monks known as sokushinbutsu. Followers of shugendō, an ancient form of Buddhism, the monks died in the ultimate act of... »

Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Dylan, Annetta and others

Gottfried Knoche, born in Halberstadt , Germany in 1813, was a German surgeon, famous for inventing an embalming fluid with which created dozens of mummified bodies, including his own,... »

Memento Mori, Mummies, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

Atop a hill in the picturesque town of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château stands the Collegiate Church of Saint-Bonnet, a beautiful medieval church believed to have been built in the year 1400. The church... »

Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JC

The Vanderbilt Museum on Long Island, New York is housed in the mansion once owned by William K. Venderbilt II (the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the New York Central Railroad... »

Museums and Collections, Mummies | Edited by michelle and Annetta