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Blythe, California

Mojave Shoe Station

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.
Close-up view of the tree
Perryville, Missouri

Hadler Shoe Tree

An old tree that is the final resting place for many pair of shoes.
Statue of Tenzing Norgay
Darjeeling, India

Himalayan Mountaineering Institute

Inside this Darjeeling museum, you can see a pair of boots that once stood at the top of the world.
Henry Wilson Shoe Shop
Natick, Massachusetts

Henry Wilson Shoe Shop

A small, red building located along a state highway where the 18th Vice President made shoes in his youth.
Shop Window Today
Alkmaar, Netherlands

J. Boom

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.
Tokyo, Japan

Owaraji (Giant Straw Sandals)

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.
A gaudy shoe at the footwear musuem.
Mexico City, Mexico

Museo del Calzado (Footwear Museum)

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.
Peter Scott's Shoes.
Woodhall Spa, England

Peter Scott's Shoes

This tiny shoe shop claims to be the smallest store of its kind in Britain.
World's Largest Boot
Red Wing, Minnesota

World's Largest Boot

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.
Boot Hill
Upper Allyn, Australia

Boot Hill

Thousands of used shoes create a unique public art exhibit along this old paddock fence.
The entrance to the Northampton Museum.
Northampton, England

Northampton Museum and Gallery

The museum houses one of the world's largest shoe collections, boasting over 12,000 pairs.
This poulaine, uncovered on the Thames, features an ankle strap and a sexy, plunging front.
objects of intrigue

Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?

Going to foolish lengths for fashion.
Sabrina Imbler May 22, 2019
The many heads of social justice.
Alexandria, Egypt

Tamr Hena Museum

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
The floral-etched toe of the baby boot.
medieval

Found: A Fancy Baby Boot From the 14th Century

Archaeologists in Switzerland unearthed a fragment of a very small shoe.
Sabrina Imbler April 1, 2019
The east wall.
Oakham, England

Oakham Castle Horseshoes

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.
These socks, made in Egypt in the fourth or fifth century and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, are all the better for your sandals, my dear.
ancient technology

The Crafty Historian Bringing Ancient Socks to Life

They look great with sandals.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 17, 2019
These boots were made for training, maybe.
science

For Sale: A Boot That Almost Went to the Moon

If it hadn't been somehow considered unacceptable.
Matthew Taub December 12, 2018
The Thames mud can provide ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials such as leather.
shoes

Found: Unfortunate 'Booted Man,' Who Met a Muddy End 500 Years Ago

The footwear would have been well-suited to tromping through the London mud that preserved it.
Anna Kusmer December 6, 2018