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New York, New York

The Cartoon Wall at Overlook

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.
In Pacanów, Koziołek Matołek is everywhere.
goats

The Cartoon Goat From Poland Who Wandered the World in Search of Shoes

Koziołek Matołek resonated with generations of Polish children.
Sarah Laskow April 27, 2018
The Springfield Doughnut.
Springfield, New Zealand

Springfield Doughnut

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."
Donald Duck is (inexplicably? unsurprisingly?) the most popular Disney character in Sweden.
disney

In Sweden, There Is No Christmas Without Donald Duck

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.
Natasha Frost December 22, 2017
Some damn fine power lines from hit anime <em>One Punch Man</em>.
television

Why Is Anime Obsessed With Power Lines?

Exploring the reasons behind the genre's lavishly detailed electrical infrastructure.
Eric Grundhauser December 11, 2017
The original Winnie the Pooh & Pals.
New York, New York

The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
Kilroy Was Here.
Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
dinosaurs

Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur

Gertie the Dino could hurl a mammoth into the air.
Michael Waters June 30, 2017
Rascal was cute, but he might not have been the best thing for Japan.
disasters

It's the 40th Anniversary of the Raccoon That Ate Japan

Four decades ago, a cartoon raccoon created an enduring ecological problem.
Eric Grundhauser June 14, 2017
Dr Seuss, Cat in the Hat, and a book with lines from Oh The Places You'll Go.
Springfield, Massachusetts

Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
The Silver Snoopy pin.
objects of intrigue

NASA's Silver Snoopy Award, Explained

The cartoon beagle has been flying with the space agency since the 1960s.
Eric Grundhauser May 31, 2017
A staged gunfight at Little Beaver Town, 1961.
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Little Beaver Town

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.
Personal gadgets for sale in Akihabara around 2008.
Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
objects of intrigue

This 19th-Century Book Chronicles Victorians' Strange Cat Fears And Fascinations

A cartoonist illustrated and wrote accounts of weather-predicting and love spell-binding cats.
Lauren Young January 17, 2017
music

Watch Early Rotoscoping Turn Cab Calloway into the Ghost of a Walrus

Simultaneously eerie, cute, jazzy, and artistic.
Molly McBride Jacobson September 21, 2016
You know Smokey the Bear—but have you met Woody the Smiling, Animated Log?
forests

Smokey the Bear Has Nothing on These Forgotten Forest Mascots

Meet The Guberif, Johnny Horizon, Howdy The Good Outdoor Manners Raccoon, and more!
Cara Giaimo August 24, 2016
games

Puzzlers Just Got a Little Closer to Solving Gravity Falls' Final Mystery

Dipper and Mabel's epic summer is still keeping it weird, months after the show went off the air.
Sarah Laskow and Eric Grundhauser July 26, 2016
shipwrecks

I Made a Shipwreck Expert Watch The Little Mermaid and Judge Its Nautical Merits

How realistic was the shipwreck Ariel looted?
Sarah Laskow July 21, 2016