Objects Of Intrigue

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

This ancient sword lay in a waterlogged tomb for 2,500 years, but managed to remain relatively untarnished and impressively sharp.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

A king's bloodstained shirt is among the gruesome collection of artifacts displayed below Stockholm's Royal Palace.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.