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Groningen, Netherlands

Groningen University Museum

Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.
objects of intrigue

How a Tiny Hamlet's Wondrous Tapestry Preserves a Complex Past

Inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, artists and embroiderers in a Newfoundland village commemorated a lost way of life.
Tim Johnson December 2, 2021
São Paulo, Brazil

Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo (Memorial of the Resistance)

The building that once housed the dictator's secret police is now a museum that documents the history of an oppressive regime and those who fought against it.
Conche, Newfoundland and Labrador

French Shore Interpretation Centre

A small museum in Newfoundland is home to a 227-foot tapestry that preserves the remote region's colorful history.
London, England

Museum of London Docklands

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
cryptozoology

Podcast: International Cryptozoology Museum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team November 24, 2021
Freetown, Sierra Leone

National Railway Museum

After Sierra Leone's railways shut down in 1974, a collection of engines and other artifacts spent decades hidden away in this old workshop—now a museum.
List

9 Marvelous Museums in California for the Curious Kid

The museums of the Golden State are where learning is effortless and ‘interactive’ is an understatement.
London, England

The Wallace Collection Armory

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
Leeds, Alabama

Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.
Lekki, Nigeria

Nike Centre for Art and Culture

Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.
Shreveport, Louisiana

Spring Street Museum

Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Jimmy Stewart Museum

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.
architecture

Podcast: The House on the Rock

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team November 8, 2021
St. Petersburg, Florida

Imagine Museum

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.
List

12 Places to Experience Arts and Culture in St. Pete/Clearwater

From world-class museums to artwork that seems like it could come from another planet.
vampires

Dracula Lives! (in Philadelphia)

The Rosenbach museum is home to Bram Stoker’s original notes on vampires and a growing collection of undead literature.
April White October 27, 2021
Xilitla, Mexico

Leonora Carrington Museum

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.