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Handy Guides to the World’s Most Curious Places

La Isla de las Muñecas
A collection of 8 coffins with their lids and carved figures, found in a rocky niche on the north-eastern slopes of Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh, in June 1836
Robert the Doll
Lviv’s Yard Of Lost Toys
On Doll’s Head Trail

19 Places to Find the World's Creepiest Toys

You won't see these macabre playthings on anyone's Christmas list.

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Including La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls), Burke & Hare Murder Dolls, Robert the Doll, and Yard of Lost Toys

The Grave of John Matthews
This is the Irwindale California headquarters of Huy Fong Foods.
Mesolithic rock painting of a honey hunter harvesting honey and wax from a bees nest in a tree. (Dating around 8000 to 6000 BC)
Formidable crowd at the 2021 Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival!
Earth Eagle Brewings
The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside

A Delicious Guide To the History and Science of Food

Eight places to get a literal taste of the gastronomical landscape around us.

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Including Grave of John Matthews: The Soda Fountain King, Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Factory, Man of Bicorp Cave Painting, and Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival

The dandiest frog of them all
Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest
Contestants line up for the Tuff Shed Coffin Races
Chios Rocket War.
A monster with two smaller monsters in tow.

Baby Jumping and Worm Charming: 60 of the World’s Oddest Traditions

Some of the weirdest rites and rituals, from Ethiopia to Louisiana.

60

Including Rayne Frog Festival, Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest, Frozen Dead Guy Days, and Chios Rocket War

Cabazon’s T-rex dressed up for Valentine’s Day
The tyrannosaurus rex greets visitors.
“The Greatest Heart.”

Take a Jurassic Road Trip To These 13 Dinosaur Parks

Prehistoric roadside attractions line the highways of Oregon to Massachusetts.

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Including Cabazon Dinosaurs, Prehistoric Gardens, Hisey Dinosaur Park, and Depression Era Dinosaur Park

The museum is really an interactive bakery.
Entrance to the Cork Butter Museum
Moxie Museum
The finished product
Painstaking, life-size recreation of a 1958 ramen boom town.

40 Museums Devoted Entirely to Food, From the Delicious to the Disgusting

The perfect places to whet your appetite.

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Including Museum of Prosciutto di Parma, St. Martin’s Croissant Museum, The Butter Museum, and Moxie Museum

Mmuseumm
Detail of the Tiffany-designed elevators. Economical cast iron, not bronze!
Barthman’s Sidewalk Clock
Trinity Church cementery

The Unusual Sights of Manhattan's Financial District

An off-the-beaten-path walking tour of weird and wonderful sights at the tip of the Manhattan Isle.

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Including Mmuseumm, The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse, The Woolworth Building, and 5 Beekman Street

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