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The World’s Only Ventriloquism Museum is in Northern Kentucky

Vent Haven is a must-see for lovers of oddity museums, quirky collections, or off-the-beaten-path places.
George Jacobs, whose witchcraft trial is shown here in Thomkins H. Matteson's 1855 painting, was one of 19 people hanged as a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials.
murder

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts

Tensions between Salem and Danvers were there from the start—contributing to the ensuing witch hysteria.
Theresa McKinney October 26, 2023
theaters

The Black Composers of New Orleans Opera Are Finally Getting Their Due

And it's all thanks to this mother-daughter dream team.
Shoshi Parks September 13, 2023
Athens, Greece

Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos (Panagia Speliotissa)

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.
A group of teenagers hug a bronze statue with a baseball cap
Hudiksvall, Sweden

Bosse Östlin Statue

A heated sculpture pays tribute to an actor who loved hugs.
The white exterior of a Victorian theater with red neon lettering
London, England

The Mousetrap at St. Martin's Theatre

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.
Ogallala, Nebraska

Crystal Palace Cowboy Revue

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.
There's still much scholars don't know about Villa. Even the exact year of her death remains a mystery.
subterranean

The Female Architect Behind Buenos Aires's Underground Necropolis

Ítala Fulvia Villa oversaw the building of the colossal Sixth Pantheon—but history nearly erased her contributions.
Daniel Maurer March 8, 2023
film

Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

The inside story of a flop that changed one theater's history.
The Podcast Team February 2, 2023
After an adventurous life, this golden eagle sculpture is again on display at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.
objects of intrigue

The Unbelievable Life of the Lobero Golden Eagle

The sculpture had been shipwrecked, shot at, auctioned off, and lost—twice.
Darcy Rhyno January 6, 2023
museums

Podcast: Bread and Puppet Museum and Theater

What is it like to have a radical puppet collective as a neighbor?
medieval

Podcast: Chapel Creek Ranch

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 14, 2022
"Wake Up, Daisy!" (Daisy is stage left.)
New York, New York

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.
Tokyo, Japan

The Whale Monument

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.
Yul Brynner Monument, Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, Russia

Yul Brynner Monument

A tribute to a Hollywood icon far from Tinseltown.
During Cambodia's Pchum Ben festival, offerings are made to hungry ghosts.
maori

From Cambodia’s Hungry Ghosts to Assam’s Mobile Theaters, Our Favorite Indigenous Stories of 2021

Perseverance and ingenuity from around the world.
Sarah Durn December 22, 2021
An <em>Opera dei Pupi</em> heroic knight puppet.
art

Palermo's Unique, Centuries-Old Puppet Tradition Enters a New Era

The Sicilian city's puppeteers are finding novel ways to keep the art form alive.
Anna Staropoli December 10, 2021
In September 2021, thousands came to Cornwall to see the <em>Ordinalia</em>, a cycle of three, 14th-century religious mystery plays originally written in Cornish.
medieval

The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language

One challenge: finding actors who speak Cornish.
Richard Collett November 18, 2021