Collections - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

1308 Items Tagged

Collections

Share Tweet
At the museum, Elvis is alive and well.
museums

Philadelphia’s Neon King Gets a Glowing Castle

Longtime neon connoisseur Len Davidson finally has a museum to house his impressive collection.
Max Ufberg June 1, 2021
Uranophane from the German site of Menzenschwand in Baden-Württemberg.
abandoned

A DIY Guide to Collecting Radioactive Rocks Gets Glowing Reviews

The free how-to dispels myths and minimizes the hazards of hunting and hoarding these special specimens.
Sarah Scoles May 20, 2021
A small uranium-glass pitcher (left) and uranium glass plates (right).
radioactive

The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

Their tools are black lights and Geiger counters.
Amiee Maxwell May 17, 2021
outsider art

Podcast: The Institute of Illegal Images

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 3, 2021
Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is one of several American museums whose collections include the remains of Black people.
science

U.S. Museums Hold the Remains of Thousands of Black People

Cadavers from marginalized communities have been co-opted for collections since the 1700s.
Delande Justinvil and Chip Colwell April 12, 2021
Geologist Daphne Lee, in her office at the University of Otago, has collected drawers full of impressively preserved plant fossils found at Foulden Maar.
collections

New Zealanders Are Rallying to Save Local Fossils From Destruction

For years, miners and geologists cooperated to uncover uniquely preserved fossils at Foulden Maar. But the site’s future is uncertain.
Kate Evans April 6, 2021
abandoned

Podcast: Gold Medal Flour

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 31, 2021
Crisco released a slender cookbook aimed at "the Jewish Housewife."
libraries

Inside the World's Largest Jewish Cookbook Collection

A librarian with a love for eBay built this trove of culinary history.
Anne Ewbank March 24, 2021
Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective
New Orleans, Louisiana

Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
The Terrorium Shop
Denver, Colorado

The Terrorium Shop

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.
Mongoose fighting cobra.
Brisbane, Australia

Seized Endangered Species Exhibit

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.
The 1968 Leeway transparent plastic pram on display at the London Pram Fair.
collections

The Rise and Fall of Britain's Biggest Pram Collection

One devoted Englishman accumulated hundreds of historic baby carriages.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie February 8, 2021
ReGEN Haus
Fillmore, California

ReGEN Haus

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.
Novis Mortem Collective
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Novis Mortem Collective

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.
Januš Parulis Museum of Life and History of Hrodna
Hrodna, Belarus

Januš Parulis Museum of Life and History of Hrodna

An unusual museum home to a vast collection of items that represent everyday life.
Les Oakes and Sons Architectural Reclamation Yard
Cheadle, England

Les Oakes and Sons Architectural Reclamation Yard

Inside this reclamation yard is a unique collection of horse-drawn vehicles.
Devoted collectors are often drawn to bricks with striking typography and design. These appeared in Patrick Fry's <em>Brick Index</em>.
architecture

Inside the World of British Brickophiles

To devoted collectors, the humble building materials are full of stories—and well worth stockpiling.
Karen Chernick January 5, 2021
Because of their exoskeletons, insects can remain in a collection for hundreds of years if they're well cared for.
insects

A Massive Collection of Dead Insects Lives Inside Filing Cabinets in a Canadian Office

Growing since 1886, this taxonomic library is among the largest insect repositories in the world.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson November 25, 2020