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Clubs

Yeoman Warders Club.

London, England

Yeoman Warders Club

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Le Chat Noir.

Le Chat Noir Collection

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Congressional Country Club in 2011.

Bethesda, Maryland

Congressional Country Club

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

The Ceremonial South Pole

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

Members of the Ichthyophagous Club are caricatured on a menu at one of their banquets.

The Club Dedicated to Eating Unconventional Aquatic Creatures

The Ichthyophagous Club changed America's relationship to seafood.

Anne Ewbank October 30, 2017

The complete Odd Fellows skeleton studied by Alapisco.

31 days of halloween

Stumbling on Skeletons in Old Odd Fellows Lodges

The fraternal organization has literal skeletons in their closets—and cupboards, back rooms, and attics.

Cara Giaimo October 30, 2017

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Breakfast Club

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

PEEK&POKE, a computer club in Croatia.

Rijeka, Croatia

PEEK&POKE Computer Museum

This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.

Mammoth skull donated to the Adventurer's Club in 1925 by club member Joseph Chilberg.

Los Angeles, California

The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Parties where playwrights like Moliere read aloud were precursors to rowdy book clubs.

Even in the 1700s, Book Clubs Were Really About Drinking and Socializing

And "a considerable element of boisterous good humor."

Sarah Laskow June 26, 2017

A proper Thirteen Club table, illustrated in the booklet that accompanied the 257th official meeting.

The 1880s Supper Club That Loved Bad Luck

How to remove the stigma from the number 13? Through a series of macabre dinner parties, of course.

Cara Giaimo April 25, 2017

Prague, Czechia

Cross Club

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Matchmaker Amy Van Doran in the Modern Love Club.

New York, New York

Modern Love Club

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Oberhafenkantine Berlin at its current location at Arena Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Oberhafenkantine Berlin

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

Main door of the Karachi Press Club.

Karachi, Pakistan

Karachi Press Club

The headquarters of Pakistan's first press club remains a haven for debate and discussion.

Pekelné Doly, or "Mines of Hell," motorcycle club.

Cvikov, Czechia

Pekelné Doly (Mines of Hell)

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

Permanently Closed

A clink of the axes to start the match.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Urban Axes

The first American axe throwing club.

The 2-room classic Greek revival building on Main Street

Weary Club

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.