Washington, D.C.
Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
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Washington, D.C.
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
Washington, D.C.
An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.
Parkville, Australia
Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Los Angeles, California
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
Victoria, British Columbia
A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.
Boston, Massachusetts
One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Petersham, Massachusetts
This series of landscape dioramas tell the story of New England forestry in exacting miniature detail.
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
New York, New York
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
New York, New York
Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
Discover the taste of mold.
New York, New York
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
New York, New York
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.
New York, New York
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.