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Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil
Erected in 1919, the monument honors the boll weevil, a pest which destroys cotton crops and was once the scourge of Southern, Mexican and South American, agriculture.
However, as always,... »
Strange Statues | Edited by cornutt
A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies
The museum was started by an a Farley Berman, an American GI who married a French spy while stationed in North Africa. The two spent 40 years traveling the world and collecting antiques, oddities... »
Unique Collections, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk
Brother Joseph Zoettl was born on January 24, 1878, with a difficult life ahead of him. Hunchbacked and poor, he was only 14 when he signed up to join the St. Bernard Abbey hoping to escape his... »
Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
What Better Place to Take a Seat?
When driving between Atlanta and Birmingham, the best place to take a break is in Anniston, AL, equidistant from these two prominent Southern cities and home to one of the largest chairs in the... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by Sofy
A 58-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama
Reminiscent of the Colossus of Rhodes (but at only half its supposed height), this 56-foot statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, towers over Birmingham, Alabama. It is the world's largest cast... »
Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan and Henry
Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models
The Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum houses the largest medical collection in the Southeast, displaying 200 years of the medically obsolete, the primitive and the innovative, the bizarre and the... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan and Henry
Medical Museum featuring small wooden 16th and 17th century anatomical models
Features a collection of small ivory 16th and 17th century anatomical models, the pathological collection of Dr. William Boyd, and a collection of 19 wax anatomical moulage. The standout, however,... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas
The Anninston Natural History Museum holds one of the oldest taxidermy collections in the United States, created by H. Severn Regan in 1930 with a donation of over 1000 birds, nests and eggs... »
Museums and Collections, Natural History, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Josh, Henry and others
