World’s Largest Quilting Needle

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

The former epicenter of the Ecuadorian textile industry, turned museum.

At 32 feet long, this swing is big enough for the whole family—and then some.

A huge collection of artifacts in a picturesque setting.

Weave yourself into over a thousand years of history at this textiles museum through demonstrations and a hands-on hataori experience on a traditional loom.

The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

A tiny museum dedicated to the charkha, a traditional spinning wheel that became a symbol of national resistance during Gandhi's freedom movements.