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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Horror Studies Archive

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.
Sale, England

Cosgrove Hall Films Archive

The materials from one of the United Kingdom’s most famous animation studios are now preserved in a suburban library.
Tokyo, Japan

National Film Archive Permanent Exhibition

An exhibit tracing Japan's cinematic history in an often-overlooked national museum.
Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy

Piccolo Museo Del Diario (Little Museum of Diaries)

A museum dedicated to highlighting the extraordinary in ordinary lives.
Woodhouse, England

M&S Archive

A trove of history focused on Marks & Spencer, the British department store.
A rainbow display at the Queer Zine Archive Project, curated by QZAP interns Cole Lehto, Clementine Penner, and Kit Gordon in the summer of 2023.
libraries

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

In private collections and public libraries, the pages of these handmade publications hold a wealth of queer history and community.
Emma Cieslik March 31, 2025
Glasgow, Scotland

Moving Image Archive

Here you can see more than 100 years of Scotland’s history captured by amateur and professional filmmakers.
Hargeisa, Somalia

Hargeysa Cultural Center's Tape Wall

An extensive audio-only collection of cultural heritage saved from a genocide.
The tentacles of a colossal squid sit on the surface of the water as it is defrosted at Te Papa labs in Wellington on September 16, 2014. The squid was caught by a fishing boat longline in the Antarctic over the summer and kept on ice until scientists worked to thaw it out to begin examining the specimen.
pet cemeteries

Wonder Is Everywhere: The ‘Real’ Kraken, an Ancient Pet Cemetery, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White June 10, 2024
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (<em>Phoebastria immutabilis</em>) in her 70s, was spotted courting potential mates at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
meteorites

Wonder Is Everywhere: the World’s Longest Snake, Disappearing Meteorites, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White April 25, 2024
An adaptation of Banksy’s “Flower Bomber,” this image shows a librarian throwing Margaret Atwood’s <em>The Handmaid's Tale.</em>
libraries

6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History

They will not be shushed.
April White April 5, 2024
A female astronomer peers through Yerkes Observatory's massive refractor telescope in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
observatories

Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory

It all started with a photo of Einstein.
April White January 9, 2024
Camp Century trench construction in 1960. Caption reads "Metal arch forms being emplaced over undercut trench."
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Viking Hoaxes, a Secret Nuclear Ice Base, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White November 22, 2023
This photo reveals interviews with James Brown, Annie Lennox, Al Green, Boris Grebenshchikov (the "Grandfather of Russian Rock"), and many more.
objects of intrigue

Unearthing Gems in a Massive Archive of Rock Star Interviews

“They are unpolished and unvarnished.”
April White November 6, 2023
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the first widespread adoption of color television, as seen in this 1962 BBC test pattern from an early satellite television broadcast. <em>Late Night Horror</em> was an innovator in the field.
horror

The Twisty Tale of the BBC Show Supposedly So Terrifying That It Was Destroyed

"Late Night Horror" was weird, innovative, and—mostly—will never be seen again.
Pat Cassels October 16, 2023
Longfellow House is a stately manor on Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, owned by the literary family for nearly 130 years. It was also used as a headquarters by George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
literature

Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America's Most Historic Homes

Boston’s Longfellow House was a 19th-century refuge.
Anya Gruber June 26, 2023
Sepp Kipfstuhl of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project examines a sample taken from where fast-moving and slow-moving ice meet in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: The New Tornado Alley, the Coolest Library in the World, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White June 23, 2023
How do historians piece together long-lost stories of those who would be considered part of the LGBTQIA+ community?
victorian

5 Overlooked LGBTQ Stories to Celebrate Pride Month

How do you learn—and save—a history that was often too dangerous to write down?
April White June 16, 2023