Packed tightly against each other and stretching higher than many buildings around them, brown, earthen dovecotes or pigeon houses fill many Egyptian cities. In the Nile delta at Mit Ghamr,... »

Fascinating Fauna, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

It didn't open until December of 2006. And it's not much more than a small trailer with an electronic sign out front pointing its way. But the Spear Hunting Museum in Alabama has received a lot of... »

Museums and Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

Founded in 1992 in an area of Vermont known as "The Old South End," the Main Street Museum of White River Junction is an experiment in new taxonomy known for its eclectic display space for... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Dylan and Nicholas Jackson

Trundle Manor looks, from the outside, like any other house in the neighborhood of Swissvale near Pittsburgh - except for the coffin on the porch. But the inside is filled with a wide assortment... »

Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Outsider Art, Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Miniatures, Memento Mori, Purveyors of Curiosities, Eccentric Homes, Obscura Day Location | Edited by VonMinx and Nicholas Jackson

The Mount Angel Abbey Museum is a very eclectic collection put together by the community of Benedictine monks that live and work at the abbey of Mt. Angel, Oregon. But the museum isn't the only... »

Museums and Collections, Natural History, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by fatpirate, Dylan and others

A funeral director and taxidermist, Sam Sanfillippo opened up a gallery of his more creative works in the basement of the low-slung brick funeral parlor that he owns and operates in Madison,... »

Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by jlev, Nicholas Jackson and others

A procession of taxidermy animals strides down the center of the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, while thousands of other specimens fill the four floors of the natural history museum. Birds and... »

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

"On reaching the spot where the body had been devoured, a dreadful spectacle presented itself. The ground all round was covered with blood and morsels of flesh and bones, but the unfortunate... »

Fascinating Fauna, Hunting and Taxidermy, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta

Franklin Fairbanks led a pleasant life in northern Vermont. A businessman who inherited the family trade of making scales and politician and served in the Vermont House of Representatives,... »

Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and 2 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