This 40-meter-tall bearded stone face overlooking the Danube River looks like something straight from Middle Earth. In reality, it is the recent creation of a Romanian businessman. Decebal... »

Strange Statues | Edited by stanestane

This Romanian museum of hunting arms and taxidermy trophies is often found quiet and empty -- all dark wood, fur, horn, and tooth. Most of the trophies are from the late 19th and early 20th... »

Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba

The Sibiu Pharmacy Museum is housed in a 1569 Gothic townhouse where the oldest pharmacy in Romania operated for over 150 years. The pharmacy was known as La Ursul Negru (The Black Bear), and... »

Pharmacy Museums, Instruments of Science | Edited by michelle

The Zoological Museum, housed within the Babes-Bolyai University, can be rather difficult to locate. Rickety metal spiral staircases, long halls, unmarked doors: it can all be rather confusing.... »

Natural History, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by michelle