In 1842, the British soldiers Stoddart and Connolly were executed in front of the Ark Fortress of Bukhara. It was the finale in a year-long torture (in the case of Stoddart it actually lasted four... »

Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others

The Nature Museum in Grafton, VT, is a small natural history museum in a converted house that is dedicated to Vermont flora, fauna, and geology. It houses quite a few treasures in its handful of... »

Museums and Collections, Natural History, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery is a movie monster museum located in Salem, MA. This private collection of James Lurgio features full-size creature creations that are made of resin, latex, and... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by JWOcker, Rachel and others

Collecting trains is a quaint, imaginative hobby. Collectors learn about and understand history as they study and obtain various models that illustrate different points in history, exhibit... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Tyke, Mark_Casey and others

Jack Kevorkian, also known as “Dr. Death,” was born in 1928 in Pontiac, MI, and received a medical degree with a specialty in pathology from the University of Michigan in 1952. Starting in 1990,... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Memento Mori | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Cortlandt Hull is the great-nephew of Henry Hull, the actor who portrayed the titular creature in the 1935 film Werewolf of London. Perhaps because of that, Cortlandt has dedicated his efforts to... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by JWOcker

Built around the turn of the last century and part of the Hofburg palace, this "Jugendstil" greenhouse is filled with a lush, tropical landscape, trickling waterfalls, and within its humid walls... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by vienna and Rachel

By profession, Henry Libby was a dentist, however his passion was being a collector…of pretty much everything, including natural, anthropological, and historical wonders worth studying for... »

Museums and Collections, Natural History, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

John Zaffis is the nephew of controversial paranormal investigators Ed and Lorrain Warren. He followed in their footsteps, and has become famous for his Museum of the Paranormal, which is located... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by JWOcker

In more simple times, an awesome house was really the only thing needed for both the defense and definition of one's empire. That may seem like a quaint notion today, but the grand and enduring... »

Museums and Collections, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Tawsam, Mark_Casey and others