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Poznań, Poland

Medieval Execution Pole

This 16th-century pole was once used in brutal public executions.
Dutch Windmill Museum
Nederland, Texas

Dutch Windmill Museum

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.
Isles of Scilly, England

Valhalla Museum

Around 30 ship figureheads are housed at this 11th-century abbey and gardens.
automata

Podcast: Musée Mécanique

Inside a vintage arcade in San Francisco.
The Podcast Team May 8, 2024
Ventnor, England

Longshoreman's Museum

An unusual seafront museum hides behind an unassuming Ventnor giftshop.
Strolling by carnival food stands at the Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island.
museums

Atlas Obscura’s Guide to Nebraska’s Wackiest and Most Wondrous Summer Events

From the “World’s Largest Chicken Dance” to a week-long star party, don’t miss these funky events in the Cornhusker State.
Weston, Missouri

National Silk Art Museum

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.
Manama, Bahrain

The Legends of Dilmun

Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?
Rome, Italy

Profondo Rosso

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Sveta Srca
Pula, Croatia

Sveta Srca

A former church turned museum, complete with changing exhibitions.
St. Louis, Missouri

Moto Museum

Explore the history and craftsmanship of a century of motorcycles at this St. Louis showroom.
Marshall, Missouri

Nicholas-Beazley Aviation Museum

This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town
Easton, Pennsylvania

National Canal Museum

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (<em>Phoebastria immutabilis</em>) in her 70s, was spotted courting potential mates at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
meteorites

Wonder Is Everywhere: the World’s Longest Snake, Disappearing Meteorites, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White April 25, 2024
Copenhagen, Denmark

Viksø Helmets

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.
Winter Park, Florida

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Winter Garden, Florida

Central Florida Railroad Museum

An unsuspecting brick building outside Orlando houses decades of train ephemera.
Heritage Models Museum
River Hebert, Nova Scotia

Heritage Models Museum

This Novia Scotia museum showcases local history through miniature models built by one man.