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Hygiene

Bern, Switzerland

Beetz Patented Urinal

One of the few places in the world that let's you legally relieve yourself on a UNESCO world heritage site.

Zurich, Switzerland

Ehgraben (Medieval Sewage Ditch)

Use a key to unlock this medieval sewer tunnel.

Lavatory de La Madeleine

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

Using teeth as tools likely led to early tooth decay.

Ancient Gum Reveals Stone-Age Teens Chewed on Bones and Made Poison

And had some pretty bad oral health.

Olivia Young January 24, 2024

Matakana, New Zealand

Matakana Toilets

A serene, almost spiritual place to do one's business. Who knew a public toilet could inspire and awe?

A popular tourist destination since becoming a filming location for Game of Thrones, The Dark Hedges is a road enveloped by beech trees in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Avian Love, Medieval Myths, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White December 8, 2023

Kitakyushu, Japan

TOTO Toilet Museum

This futuristic-looking museum was built for the centennial of Japan's most innovative toilet.

Podcast: Museum of Clean

Keeping history squeaky-clean.

The Podcast Team April 3, 2023

Ferdinand's VII latrine-forniture when it was exposed in the Museum of Romanticism in Madrid.

Toilet Cabinet of Ferdinand VII

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

Victorian Bath House sign

London, England

Victorian Bath House

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

The hill as seen from the Vistula side.

Gnojna Góra (Dung Hill Lookout Point)

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

Latrines.

6 Old Latrines Worth a Visit, Even If You Can't Use Them

March your tuchus to these historic bathrooms to see how people used to take care of business.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 8, 2021

The roll truth, and nothing but.

A Brief History of TP, From Silk Road Hygiene to Pandemic Hoarding

An author's end-game expertise has never been more timely.

Shoshi Parks May 8, 2020

Attendant proudly serves coffee and snacks atop refurbished urinals.

London's Subterranean Victorian Bathrooms Now House Bars and Cafés

People drink gin and coffee where gentlemen once relieved themselves.

Katherine Waters September 18, 2019

Accept no substitutes: Authentic Aleppo soap bears its maker's mark, and the Arabic name for the city of its origin.

In Syria, War and Modernity Are No Match for the World's Oldest Soap

The artisans of Aleppo keep plying their ancient trade, one bar at a time.

Nora Wallaya August 1, 2019

London, England

Urine Deflectors of Fleet Street

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

Because plain chamber pots are so 2016.

12 Chamber Pots You Can Buy Right Now

From the gold-laden to the practical, a chamber pot for every person who never knew they needed one.

Mariana Zapata December 22, 2016

A Polish communist era water closet

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Museum of Soap and History of Dirt

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.