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West Chester, Ohio

Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

The Japanese presence near Houston was commemorated in postcards.

How a Japanese Family Jumpstarted Rice Farming, Deep in the Heart of Texas

It was eventually stifled by nativism and border anxiety.

Isaac Schultz January 8, 2020

Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

Permanently Closed

Jerry Lee Lewis Museum

Ferriday, Louisiana

Jerry Lee Lewis Museum

The childhood home of Jerry Lee Lewis was converted into a museum dedicated to his musical legend.

Hendrickson House Museum

Wilmington, Delaware

Hendrickson House Museum

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

Artists like Ajay Sharma—seen here shooting a video—are flocking to the 14th-century monument.

The Many Lives of Delhi's Jungle Palace

From royal abode to performance-art venue, Malcha Mahal has a rich and mysterious history.

Abhimanyu Kumar and Aletta Andre January 7, 2020

Napier Prison

Napier, New Zealand

Napier Prison

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

Bremen, Germany

Bremer Ratskeller

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

The reredorter.

Somerset, England

Muchelney Abbey

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

The American Museum of Cutlery.

Cattaraugus, New York

American Museum of Cutlery

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Literary Café

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum.

Byrdstown, Tennessee

Cordell Hull Birthplace Museum

The longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in this humble cabin.

We've all gotten used to the strangeness of calendars, but some argue they don't have to be quite so strange.

Why Calendars Are So Weird, and What Might Be Done About It

Imagine a calendar that is the same every year—sort of.

Dan Nosowitz December 31, 2019

Amsterdam Tulip Museum.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Tulip Museum

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

An employee prepares French dragée candies, which fit into a lineage of wedding and confetti edibles.

The Edible History of Confetti

Before the paper variety, nuts, hops, and dates rained down—and put out the occasional eye.

Christa Weil Menegas December 30, 2019

Door of No Return.

La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

This Champagne inspector wears a mask to protect her face from shattering bottles.

How an English Energy Crisis Helped Create Champagne

Desperate bottle-makers turning to a new fuel resulted in a sparkling innovation.

Jai Ubhi December 27, 2019

Fortress of Bač

Bač Fortress

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.