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Pages from the manuscripts.
libraries

Found: Medieval Manuscripts Stolen From Italy, Hiding in the Boston Public Library

The library obtained them legitimately, but they were never meant to be in America.
Sarah Laskow April 20, 2017
Freud's psychoanalytic couch.
London, England

Freud Museum London

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
The Mummy's Hand, in real life and in art.
collections

Edward Gorey, Pack Rat

The famous illustrator was a devoted collector of… well, almost everything.
Cara Giaimo April 19, 2017
Gods Own Junkyard
London, England

God's Own Junkyard

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Tottori-shi, Japan

The Sand Museum

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.
Displays at the National Farm Toy Museum
Dyersville, Iowa

National Farm Toy Museum

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.
A toilet car, a coffee mug car, and a cricket bat car.
Hyderabad, India

Sudha Cars Museum

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.
"The Machine," a display at the Kafka Museum.
Prague, Czechia

Franz Kafka Museum

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Permanently Closed
Blaschka glass sea creature at the Corning Museum of Glass exhibit.
Ithaca, New York

Blaschka Glass Sea Creatures

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.
A place to sit and read in the oldest Jewish library in the world
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Biblioteca Ets Haim

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.
Llandudno, Wales

Great Orme Summit Complex UFO Room

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.
Permanently Closed
North Fort Myers, Florida

The Shell Factory

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Permanently Closed
Window Panel with Saint Vincent on the Rack
Sarasota, Florida

Medieval Art Exhibit at the Ringling Museum

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
The whole collection, back in the vault.
libraries

The Folger Shakespeare Library Will Lend Chilly Readers a Handmade Shawl

The reading room's head of circulation has created an informal lending library of coziness.
Sarah Laskow March 28, 2017
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

International Intellectual and Puzzle Museum

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
One of the many, many trains found in the warehouse.
collections

Found: A Secret Warehouse Full of Toy Trains

Trains, trains, and more trains.
Sarah Laskow March 27, 2017
Ithaca, New York

Gourdlandia

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.
Oklahoma - Where the wind comes sweeping down the... lane?
Nowata, Oklahoma

Bowling Ball Yard Art

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.