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Everly Brothers Monument, Central City, KY.
Central City, Kentucky

Everly Brothers Monument

Home to a monument dedicated to the American Rock duo along with a collection of music memorabilia.
Sod House
Aline, Oklahoma

Sod House Museum

The only remaining sod house Oklahoma built by a homesteader in 1894.
Carlow Military Museum
Carlow, Ireland

Carlow Military Museum

Curated by a small staff of veterans, the Carlow Military Museum valiantly provides a personal perspective on over 800 years of Irish history.
Museum of Badger Army Ammunition
North Freedom, Wisconsin

Museum of Badger Army Ammunition

Housed inside a former munitions plant that was once one of the largest in the country.
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Podcast: Clown Egg Register

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 23, 2022
Entomologists use insects like the leopard moth as a climate record. Scientists estimate that the leopard moth, which once lived primarily in Europe, will expand its range as far as Latin America and Oceania as the climate changes.
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What Can a Long-Forgotten Moth Tell Us About Climate Change?

The 149-year-old specimen is one of millions at Britain's Natural History Museum.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing August 18, 2022
Tirana, Albania

House of Leaves

A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.
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Video: A Resilient Fairytale Cottage

This house, considered the most ornate small cottage in Texas, features incredible architectural ornate details as well as a combination outhouse and former lending library.
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Podcast: Grace Hopper’s Bug

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 15, 2022
Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Chelyabinsk, Russia

Chelyabinsk Meteorite

The largest-known fragment of an asteroid that exploded over the southern Ural region in 2013.
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Video: Next Stop: Space History

This facility is home to a lifesize replica of the original shuttle Independence—the only one of its kind in the world that’s mounted to an aircraft carrier.
The end results of the museum's workshop.
Krakow, Poland

The Living Obwarzanek Museum (Żywe Muzeum Obwarzanka)

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.
Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Museo de Arte Popular (Popular Art Museum)

This museum is dedicated to showcasing the collection of the Mama Viña y Oscar Foundation.
Homografiska Museet
Dalsland, Sweden

Homografiska Museet

This small museum explores questions of representation, diversity, and identity.
Male and female mastodon skeletons with footprints behind them.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Longest Known Mastodon Trackway

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.
Al Mubarakiah, a Kuwaiti ship built at Fairfield.
Glasgow, Scotland

Fairfield Heritage

A community museum celebrates Glasgow's mighty shipbuilding days.
Stockholm, Sweden

Bistro Nobel Signed Chairs

Maybe the only restaurant in the world where your seat will be signed by a Nobel laureate.
A ride by steam locomotive through the Robinson Canyon.
Ely, Nevada

Nevada Northern Railway Museum

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.