World’s Strangest

In our last two macabre getaways, we planned an almost-cross-country trip to see various items tied to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and took in the best of the America’s medical oddities. Today, we go worldwide in a quest for more cadavers, gore and anatomical monstrosities outside the US. All aboard! Museum Vrolik – Amsterdam, Netherlands Originally the private [...]

On our last macabre getaway, we planned an almost-cross-country trip to see various items tied to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This time around, we’re hitting the road to gawk at cadavers, outdated instruments and the rest of America’s finest medical curios and anatomical monstrosities. Let’s go! 2000+ Objects Removed from People’s Throats © Richard T. Nowitz/CORBIS We’ll start, [...]

Last week a bunch of you shared really interesting stories about movies filming in your area of the country. Now you all have a chance to get a film crew out there to document your famous film location. Well, sort of. The A.V. Club just started a new video web series called Pop Pilgrims – which [...]

John Belitsky and pal Dan Wuebben wanted to do something “magical” so the pair hopped on a taxi cab in New York … and ordered a cross-country trip to Los Angeles: The 2,448-mile trip took six days and included a stop in Las Vegas where the friends won $2,000. [...] On 22 April, after their winning streak [...]

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