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Myrtleford, Australia
Myrtleford Old School Museum
An insight into the town's history of tobacco farming and involvement in World War II.
Glasgow, Scotland
The Tenement House
This museum offers a glimpse into early 20th-century Glasgow life.
BogotĂ¡, Colombia
Museo GeolĂ³gico Nacional JosĂ© Royo y GĂ³mez
A small museum filled with unique fossil finds, including one of the oldest specimens of ground sloths found in Colombia.
Amherst, Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Entomology Collection
This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Schrader's Little Cooperstown
The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
museums and collections
The Forgotten Kenyans Who Excavated Ancient Monuments
A new exhibition celebrates the African archaeologists and excavators omitted from historical records.
museums
Podcast: Jadeite Cabbage
A tiny stone cabbage has a big backstory stretching from Beijing’s Forbidden City to Taipei's National Palace Museum.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks Community Museum
This free series of exhibitions honors the fascinating history of the region.
Tacoma, Washington
Buffalo Soldiers Museum
Sharing the often-overlooked story of America's Black soldiers.
Fresnedillas de la Oliva, Spain
Museo Lunar
The small Spanish town that played an important role in a human's first steps on the moon.
Murshidabad, India
Hazarduari Palace
In the palace with a thousand doors, not all of them are guaranteed to lead you somewhere new.
Schulenburg, Texas
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum
Joseph and Victor Stanzel were Texas farm boys who built a model aircraft empire.
Itinerary
The Secret History & Hidden Wonders of Charlotte, North Carolina
Between tree-lined streets and a boom town feel, Charlotte surprises with a deep-rooted history and plenty of must-see spots.
Cambridge, Maryland
Spocott Windmill
Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.
objects of intrigue
The Mystery of New Zealand's Tamil Bell, an Archaeological 'UFO'
The strange bronze artifact perplexed scholars for more than a century, including how it traveled so far from home.
Central Islip, New York
The Gallery of Shorthand
A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.
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Near Cape Town, the SĂ£o JosĂ© Shipwreck Is a Unique Symbol of A Painful Legacy
More than 200 enslaved people perished when the Portuguese ship sank in 1794.
LeĂ³n, Nicaragua
Museum of Traditions and Legends
Housed in a 20th-century prison, this small museum recounts local Nicaraguan myths.
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