IN AUTOCRACIES, putting up mausoleums for ex-presidents is common. China, North Korea, Russia and Vietnam all encourage visitors to gawp at embalmed bodies and tour museums that glorify their dear, ...

Most of us spent some chunk of our formative years in one museum or another. Scifi addicts are no strangers to the pleasures of accumulation, organization, and presentation of knowledge (not to ...

The Spy Museum’s glossy new home is finally opening with thousands of never-before-displayed artifacts on view, including a Stasi bra camera and a drone disguised as a dragonfly. One of the most ...

These museums are certainly odd but really interesting to travel for and browse through. 1. Museum of Toilets, New Delhi Don't go to India’s capital without visiting the Sulabh International Museum of ...

If there's one thing I love finding when I travel around Pennsylvania, it's a weird museum. A few years ago, I put together a list highlighting some of the weirdest museums in the state. Since there ...

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Curious about the history of currywurst? Searching for some facts about Spam? Unusual museums worldwide celebrate their favorite foods. And summer... The Olympics begin this afternoon, and the stores ...