Have you always wondered how that wiggly Jell-O castle that your great aunt serves every Thanksgiving became "America's most famous desert", regardless of it's physically mystifying structure?... »

Museums and Collections | Edited by OrangeRavens, Rachel and others

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Museums and Collections | Edited by vienna

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

We all have different ways of dealing with the mementos left behind when a love is lost. Unable to let go, some of us hide the barrettes he gave us before he left town to “find himself” in a... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Rachel and Seth Teicher

Prosciutto di Parma is not just slivers of salty goodness -- It is a delicacy seeped in tradition and technique, and is the pride of the city of Parma. The fame of Parma ham goes all the way back... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Rachel and Seth Teicher

Tracing the history of cats back 5,000 years, the Kuching Cat Museum houses 2,000 different artifacts, ranging from a mummified Egyptian cat to strange cat headstones. Although the Cat Museum is a... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by serflac and atimian

After a lifetime of working on the prairie, farmer Herman Rusch decided to invest 25 years of his retirement into transforming an old dance pavilion into a bizarre museum and the land surrounding... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by bboas and atimian

Named after the first person to fly over the North Pole (and Brooklyn resident), Floyd Bennett, the field was New York City’s first local airport. Opened in 1931, it quickly became a hub for... »

Natural Wonders, Museums and Collections, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Retro-Tech | Edited by HJHausman

Situated on Berlin's Museum Island, the Pergamon Museum houses original, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar and the Market Gate of Miletus. Both of these extraordinary... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Dampo, atimian and others

Berlin is home to world's first and only museum to honor the legendary New York punk band the Ramones. The museum's founder Flo Hayler started his collection of Ramones memorabilia 18 years ago,... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Dampo, atimian and others