The Largest Museum of Handbags in the World, the Oldest of Which Were Used to Carry Bibles

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Nov 14, 2016 12:30 PM

England’s Foremost Purveyor of Funeral Furniture Hasn’t Changed a Bit Since the 1960s

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Nov 11, 2016 12:30 PM

Brawny Guys Rolling Around in Oil Is One of the Oldest Sports in the World

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Nov 10, 2016 1:15 PM

This Election Day, Let This Smiling Peanut Remind You of a Kinder Time in Politics

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Nov 08, 2016 12:30 PM

Each Day This Small Cannon Is Fired to Mark the Time

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Nov 07, 2016 12:30 PM

This Lone Granite Pillar Is the Last Marker of the Republic of Texas’ International Border

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Nov 04, 2016 12:30 PM

These Mechanical Goats Have Been Battling It Out for 465 Years, All Because of an Overcooked Deer

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Nov 03, 2016 12:30 PM

This Museum Has Cuckoo Clocks, a Rare Pipe Organ, and Vintage Motorbikes. But Mostly Cuckoo Clocks.

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Nov 01, 2016 12:30 PM

A Gazebo Calling Back to the Fifth Episode of The Twilight Zone Still Stands in the Creator’s Hometown

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Oct 27, 2016 12:30 PM

A Narrow Strip of Land is Home to the Tallest Migrating Dunes in Europe

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Oct 26, 2016 12:30 PM

Thousands of Jack O’ Lanterns Light Up Each Halloween Outside of This Historic West Virginia Home

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Oct 25, 2016 12:30 PM

The First Tunnel to Be Dug Beneath a River, Repurposed as an Art Space

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Oct 24, 2016 12:30 PM

This Wisconsin Ball of Twine Might Not Be the Widest, but It’s the Heaviest

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Oct 20, 2016 12:30 PM

This Art Gallery/Sci-Fi Museum Brings the Retro-Future to Today

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Oct 18, 2016 12:30 PM

This Scalding River Was Thought to Be a Myth, Until One Geoscientist Made It His Quest to Find it

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Oct 12, 2016 12:30 PM

The Oldest Continual Pilgrimage Site in Britain Was Supposedly Created by a Beheading

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Oct 11, 2016 12:30 PM

An Idaho Legend Carved Out a Cave Village With His Own Two Hands

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Oct 07, 2016 4:45 PM

England’s Hovercraft Museum Celebrates Amphibious Vehicles That Cruise on a Cushion of Air

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Oct 05, 2016 12:30 PM

A Program of Communist Glamour in Post-Stalin Poland is Preserved in This Colorful Museum

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Oct 04, 2016 12:30 PM

This Two-Room Factory Has Been Cranking Out the Musical Signifier of Zaniness for a Century

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Sept 29, 2016 12:30 PM