In 1985 the same year that Jack Herer published "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," his famous book explaining the benefits of cannabis and hemp, the Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum opened its doors... »

Pharmacy Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and michelle

In a city chockablock with museums, one of the smallest and most unusual is home to about 50 mechanical player pianos and almost 20,000 punched rolls of music. The player piano was an American... »

Unique Collections, Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Amazing Automata | Edited by Annetta

In 1765 carpenters were working in the church of the small village of Wieuwerd, Friesland, when they found a crypt with 11 coffins that looked as if they were brand new. To their astonishment the... »

Mummies | Edited by

Founded with an endowment from a wealthy 18th century cloth and fabric merchant, the Teylers Museum is the oldest museum in the Netherlands, and walking into it feels like stepping back in time by... »

Bioluminescent Spots, Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities | Edited by Lupercus and M Rebekah Otto

There are several things that will strike you as strange about this Dutch replica of Saint Peter's Cathedral in Oudenbosch. First, it is a monumental piece of neo-classical architecture in a... »

Curious Places of Worship | Edited by cjwvos and Henry

Baby arms in jars, skeleton dioramas, and displays of medical devices draw the morbidly fascinated to Museum Boerhaave in Leiden, Netherlands. Walking through the exhibits halls filled with... »

Wonder Cabinets, Strange Science, Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science | Edited by RottenHead, Tre and 2 others

Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. It is a model of a Dutch town on a 1:25 scale, composed of typical Dutch buildings and landmarks, as are found... »

Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by curiosity_nl and Dylan

The "Czar Peter House," constructed in 1632, is a historical building in Zaandam, the Netherlands best known as the place where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy.... »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by curiosity_nl

Schokland wasn't always an island. The oldest evidence of human settlements on Schokland dates back to 4500 BC when it was still part of the mainland. As time went by, the sea level raised, the... »

Anomalous Islands | Edited by curiosity_nl and ack sed

This tiny Flessenscheepjes museum in Enkhuizen is said to hold the world's largest collection of bottle ships--over 750 of them. An incredible variety of miniature boats--rescue boats, whaling... »

Unique Collections | Edited by curiosity_nl