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From voodoo to barbed wire, there’s an offbeat museum for every taste
This Silver Spring, Maryland site scares and educates, with displays of prosthetic eyes, amputated limbs and incomplete skeletons
June 2011
| By Tony Perrottet
Clipped hedges and a house full of antiques are the main attractions for this museum north of Baltimore, Maryland
June 2011
| By Robert M. Poole
A throwback to the private museums of earlier centuries, this Los Angeles spot has a true hodgepodge of natural history artifacts
June 2011
| By Tony Perrottet
With more than 2400 variations of barbed wire, this La Crosse, Kansas, museum has a lot to teach the non-farmers out there
June 2011
| By James M. Cornelius
In Sahuarita, Arizona, in the midst of a retirement community, tourists can touch a Titan II missile, still on its launch pad
June 2011
| By Tom Miller
Wooden masks, portraits and the occasional human skull mark the collections of this small museum near the French Quarter
June 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Learn about the evolution of the surfboard from 1912 through 2008 in this small gallery in Oceanside, California
June 2011
| By Rodes Fishburne
"You compete me"
June 2011
| By Megan Gambino
Learn how to make two dishes from 17th century English cookbooks
April 22, 2011
| By Amy Arden
By using cookbooks from the 17th century, one intrepid writer attempts to recreate dishes the Bard himself would have eaten
April 22, 2011
| By Amy Arden
Cats and failures highlight this list of the memes that have gone mainstream. Which ones did we miss?
April 18, 2011
| By Megan Gambino, Ryan R. Reed, Jesse Rhodes and Brian Wolly
Our world is a place where information can behave like human genes and ideas can replicate, mutate and evolve
May 2011
| By James Gleick
Recreating a Roman banquet seemed like a good idea
May 2011
| By Philomène Offen
Every generation brings a new definition of masculinity and femininity that manifests itself in children’s dress
April 08, 2011
| By Jeanne Maglaty
A 1971 table tennis competition between the U.S. and China laid the groundwork for a foreign relations breakthrough
March 21, 2011
| By Jeff Campagna
For centuries, British monarchs have had their marriages tested by war, infidelity, politics and diplomatic intrigue
March 21, 2011
| By Sarah Zielinski
Photographer A.F. Van Order captured the thrills and spills of board-track motorcycle racing in the 1910s
April 2011
| By David Schonauer
If the internet is dumbing us down, how come I've never felt smarter?
April 2011
| By Donald Morrison
Learning a minority language opens doors—and hearts
March 2011
| By Thomas Swick
For over a century, the Valentine’s Day treats, and the messages printed on them, have matched the tone and jargon of the times
February 08, 2011
| By Annette Foglino
Doris Day, Miles Davis and Devo share the stage
February 2011
| By Richard Middleton
For some athletes, there is no such thing as cabin fever, as the snowy outdoors provides yet another outlet for competitive sport
January 11, 2011
| By Jim Morrison
Pigs, fish, beans and cakes are among the many delicacies consumed around the world to celebrate the new year
December 28, 2010
| By Annette Foglino
In an act of rebellion against the prevailing Sans serif aesthetic, designers looked to celebrate creativity in their digital fonts
December 20, 2010
| By Jess Righthand
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