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

In a dimly lit Victorian building with rickety staircases, the china dolls and tin soldiers sit patiently on dusty shelves awaiting their visitors. The toy theatres of the 1800's, an all but... »

Unique Collections, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by serflac and Rachel

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

The Brain Museum in Lima is not for those with a weak stomach. Run by Neuropathologist Diana Rivas, this one-of-a-kind collection contains over 3,000 examples of damaged brains and fetuses,... »

Medical Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Rachel

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

In the late 1960's, artist and mason Jean Prosper Gilis began creating his own sculpture yard and within five years it was complete. Stocked with cement figures that take the form of animals and... »

Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Strange Statues | Edited by bboas and atimian

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

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