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Tirana, Albania

House of Leaves

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
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Video: A Resilient Fairytale Cottage

This house, considered the most ornate small cottage in Texas, features incredible architectural ornate details as well as a combination outhouse and former lending library.
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Podcast: Grace Hopper’s Bug

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 15, 2022
Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Chelyabinsk, Russia

Chelyabinsk Meteorite

The largest-known fragment of an asteroid that exploded over the southern Ural region in 2013.
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Video: Next Stop: Space History

This facility is home to a lifesize replica of the original shuttle Independence—the only one of its kind in the world that’s mounted to an aircraft carrier.
The end results of the museum's workshop.
Krakow, Poland

The Living Obwarzanek Museum (Żywe Muzeum Obwarzanka)

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.
Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Museo de Arte Popular (Popular Art Museum)

This museum is dedicated to showcasing the collection of the Mama Viña y Oscar Foundation.
Homografiska Museet
Dalsland, Sweden

Homografiska Museet

This small museum explores questions of representation, diversity, and identity.
Male and female mastodon skeletons with footprints behind them.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Longest Known Mastodon Trackway

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Al Mubarakiah, a Kuwaiti ship built at Fairfield.
Glasgow, Scotland

Fairfield Heritage

A community museum celebrates Glasgow's mighty shipbuilding days.
Stockholm, Sweden

Bistro Nobel Signed Chairs

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.
A ride by steam locomotive through the Robinson Canyon.
Ely, Nevada

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.
Cars in the Museum.
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Swigart Museum

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.
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Podcast: National Atomic Testing Museum

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 8, 2022
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Video: Reliving the 19th-Century Schooling Days

School is always in session at the West Bay Common School Children’s Museum, where the 1898 Schoolhouse Session is designed to showcase a day in the life of a turn-of-the-century student.
Adem Jashari's house
Prekaz, Kosovo

Memorial Complex Adem Jashari

The site where the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army was killed is now a memorial.
A guillotine and an iron maiden (replica).
Tokyo, Japan

Meiji University Museum’s Criminal Materials Department

Exploring crime and punishment in feudal and pre-modern Japan.
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Video: Step Back In Time In Plano

Though Plano now houses many modern business campuses, this North Texas community never lost sight of its historical roots.