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A variety of tools on display.

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

Comedy Carpet.

Blackpool, England

Comedy Carpet

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

Bazaar of Kashan

Bazaar of Kashan

A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.

Waka house.

Okains Bay, New Zealand

Maori and Colonial Museum

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

Siida Sámi Museum and Nature Centre.

Siida Museum

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

Researchers studying language in northern Peninsular Malaysia discovered a new language.

Found: An Unknown Language Spoken in a Single Malaysian Village

It has no words for ownership and lots of ways to talk about sharing.

Vittoria Traverso February 6, 2018

Your Vietnamese coffee probably comes out of this tin.

The Secret Ingredient to America's Vietnamese Coffee

Chicory blends from New Orleans provided a taste of home.

Anne Ewbank February 5, 2018

A young man bursting out into laughter.

Do We Code-Switch Our Laughter?

Laughing is not only contagious, but also contextual.

Christina Ayele Djossa January 26, 2018

The white tombs of Hijron ka Khanqah.

New Delhi, India

Hijron ka Khanqah

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

Maritime gallery.

Port Arthur, Texas

Museum of the Gulf Coast

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

Museu da Tatuagem

São Paulo, Brazil

Museu da Tatuagem de São Paulo

Brazil's only museum dedicated to the art and evolution of tattoos.

Lospalos, Timor-Leste

Uma Lulik

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

Pomerode's German architecture on display at the Carl Weege house museum.

Pomerode, Brazil

Carl Weege Immigrant House Museum

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Schlaraffia Room.

Chicago, Illinois

DANK Haus German American Cultural Center

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

<em>Rain Blossoms</em>, printed 1928.

Remembering Lilian Miller, the Pioneering Woodblock Artist Caught Between East and West

The many contradictions of a diplomat's daughter who wanted all her work destroyed.

Natasha Frost December 1, 2017

Szafarnia, Poland

The Chopin Centre in Szafarnia

The manor house where the Polish composer spent childhood summer holidays is now a museum and concert hall.

Tomar, Portugal

Museu dos Fosforos

Europe's largest collection of matchbox designs is a fascinating exploration of the cultural history of the world.

New York, New York

Hispanic Society Museum and Library

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.