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As the 20th century wore on, hearses got slicker, sleeker, and much more covered in chrome.
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The Curious Afterlives of Hearses

When they no longer carry caskets, some of these vehicles end up in museums—or even pawn shops.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 5, 2018
The human impact on animals is tangible.
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A Dutch Exhibit Highlights Startling and Unusual Animal Deaths

Preserved specimens include the McFlurry Hedgehog and the CERN Weasel.
Molly Quell April 4, 2018
Lithuanian Ethnocosmology Museum.
Kulionys, Lithuania

Lithuanian Ethnocosmology Museum

The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.
Springfield, Missouri

Wonders of Wildlife Museum

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.
Seongmin Ahn's "Multifaceted Potato" incorporates actual potatoes.
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The Art Show That's All Potatoes

It's courtesy of the tuber's biggest hype man.
Anne Ewbank April 2, 2018
B.C. era urn.
San Antonio, Texas

Roman Urn Collection at SAMA

Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.
A postcard depicting the North Pacific Hall in the American Natural History Museum.
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19th-Century Museums Swapped Priceless Artifacts Like Trading Cards

Victorian curators filled holes in their collections by exchanging “dupes.”
Daniel Crown April 2, 2018
A taxidermy grizzly bear.
Choteau, Montana

Old Trail Museum

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.
Medicines, tonics, and other cure-alls mingle in the drawers.
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Exploring a Hidden Archive of New York City's Historic Trash

A museum's basement holds a trove of fascinating castoffs.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 2, 2018
Cosmosphere.
Hutchinson, Kansas

Cosmosphere

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
Camera Museum.
London, England

Camera Museum

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
A front view of the house as it stands today.
West Chester, Pennsylvania

Brinton 1704 House

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.
Formerly used prosthetic limbs are everywhere in the visitor centre.
Vientiane, Laos

COPE Visitor Centre

In the world's most bombed country relative to its size, this incredible organization helps pick up the pieces.
Permanently Closed
Canmore, Alberta

Curbside Museum

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.
Many of the murals have themes relating to nature.
Santiago, Chile

Museo a Cielo Abierto

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.
Permanently Closed
Close up of the T-Rex head from the left.
Huntsville, Alabama

K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Ornate original features.
Kampen, Netherlands

Schepenzaal

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.
English versions of stoneware specimen jars at the Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London.
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Natural History Museums Once Fermented Reptiles in Household Pickling Crocks

The ceramic jars were cost-effective for storing specimens, but brought nasty surprises when unsealed.
Lindsay Bloch March 21, 2018