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dinosaurs

For Sale: Dozens and Dozens of Enormous Animatronic Dinosaurs

Nothing adds prehistoric flair to a decorating scheme quite like a moving T. rex.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 5, 2020
The full auction lot includes original bricks from the ship and a diving helmet.
shipwrecks

For Sale: Shipwrecked Whisky That Spent Decades Underwater

Winning bidder take note: It is not safe to drink.
Matthew Taub August 5, 2020
The monolithic Space Age entities are for sale, and surrounded by two stretches of fencing.
cold war

For Sale: A Cold War Bunker and Missile Silo in North Dakota

“It’s the ultimate in social distancing.”
Isaac Schultz August 4, 2020
Don't forget to visit the Tapestry Room.
haunted

For Sale: The Most Haunted Mansion in Ireland

Loftus Hall holds tales of Satan, colonialism, and getting stood up by the Queen.
Matthew Taub July 29, 2020
Stephen Hawking's personal <I>The Simpsons</i> figurine.
science

For Sale: Proof That Legendary Scientists Were Real People, Too

Letters and trinkets show off the personal sides of Einstein, Hawking, and Schrödinger.
Matthew Taub July 1, 2020
Ever a dutiful student, Isaac Newton took notes to learn about the plague.
plague

Sold: Isaac Newton’s Notes About the Bubonic Plague

His scribbles—which mention the curative power of toad vomit—sold for $81,000.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 15, 2020
One of the verses printed in the <i>Baltimore Patriot</i>, with instructions to sing to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven."
music

For Sale: The First Printing of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'

A celebration of freedom, published next to advertisements for the slave trade.
Matthew Taub May 27, 2020
The museum-in-a-box was immediately snapped up by the Bodleian Library.
food

Sold: A 19th-Century 'Chocolate Museum' in a Box

It's now part of a collection of edible books.
Rebecca Rego Barry April 29, 2020
Lurking off of a South Jersey highway, a Springsteen song come to life.
cold war

For Sale: An Abandoned Cold War Missile Launch Site by the Side of the Road

It's a ghost town, but it's got a pool.
Matthew Taub April 22, 2020
This is what a piece of the Moon looks like after 1,000 years on Earth.
space exploration

For Sale: A Slice of Stunning, Anomalous Moon Rock Meteorite

It waited 1,000 years in the desert, just for you.
Matthew Taub April 15, 2020
Where it all started.
music

For Sale: The Wooden Stage From The Beatles' First Concert

Including its old Victorian-era nails.
Matthew Taub March 24, 2020
The inset map of Utopia, with the accompanying Utopian script (and Latin translation just below it).
books

For Sale: Sir Thomas More’s Utopian Alphabet

The humanist scholar fudged a language into existence.
Isaac Schultz March 2, 2020
The Royal Mint coins—available in bronze, silver, and gold—are a testament to English paleontology.
dinosaurs

For Sale: Royally Minted Coins, Decorated With Dinosaurs

It’s change 165 million years in the making.
Isaac Schultz February 20, 2020
The rooftop house, pictured here on the left, goes way back.
architecture

For Sale: A Sprawling Carriage Factory and the House on Its Roof

A Syracuse rooftop still holds some pretty puzzling real estate.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 19, 2020
After 50 years, Nappanee, Indiana's premier Amish attraction has closed its doors.
farms

For Sale: 28 Acres of Historical Amish Stuff

Amish Acres featured a gigantic barn, buggy rides, and the longest-running Amish musical.
Sabrina Imbler February 3, 2020
The 14-page manifesto went missing for 50 years in the middle of the 20th century, before being found in a Swiss bank vault.
manuscripts

Sold: Pierre de Coubertin’s Blueprint for the Olympics

The 14-page speech is now the world’s most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.
Isaac Schultz January 13, 2020
The historic bar has been a meeting point for area cowhands and sheepherders for nearly a century.
bars

For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

You could own the busiest watering hole for miles.
Luke Fater December 5, 2019
A detail of "Stockbridge Mainstreet at Christmas (Home for Christmas)" by Norman Rockwell. The center building is currently up for auction.
paintings

For Sale: A Quaint Building Straight Out of a Norman Rockwell Painting

A Victorian storefront made famous in a 1967 painting is on the market—winter wonderland not included.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 4, 2019