While we’ve all spent time in expansive museums spread across many storeys, can you say that you’ve been in one of the smallest museums in the world? While most of them will only take a few minutes to visit and there might not even be enough space to turn around, they are no less fascinating.
The Worlds Top Anatomical Museums
When visiting a new city for the first time, it’s often a popular choice to visit the local museums, where visitors can appreciate the culture and art of the region. But for many, visiting an anatomical museum is generally not very high on the list. Despite this, there are a number of museums around the […]
Top 4 Military Museums in the World
Since the beginning of human history, we have always been at war with each other. From ancient biblical crusades to modern world wars, mankind has forever found reasons to go to war, and while it’s perhaps not one of our more positive traits, it has created an endless amount of fascinating history over the centuries. […]
5 Books Never Out of Print
Most books published have a shelf life, so, even if titles are reprinted several times, they will eventually go out of print. A few books, however, have achieved the coveted status of always having been in print, from the moment they were first published. Those titles are the true classics; works that have spoken to […]
7 Weirdest Museums Around the World
Most of the world’s museums are fairly tame places that tell the complex stories of natural and human history. Most of them, certainly, but definitely not all of them. The world’s weirdest museums are strange, even creepy, places. However, if visitors have a particularly macabre sense of humour, those questionably venerable institutions might be some […]
The 20th Centurys Most Valuable First Edition Books
There are certain works of the contemporary literature scene that, like pillars, have provided a creative structure and context that other magnificent books have built upon. They are also a great investment! Though these writers all approached their work very differently, they have all ensured that their books will give a high rate of return […]
7 Best-Selling Novels of All Time
When you hear words like Mega-Seller and Blockbuster, you probably immediately think of an action-packed film starring an impossibly beautiful couple battling through a series of unlikely situations and narrowly, but assuredly, coming out on top. But these terms can apply to books, too, and you may be surprised at which titles have managed to […]
The 8 Longest Books Ever Written
The world has changed over the last few decades, with scientists and psychologists noting that modern, younger generations tend to have shorter attention spans than the generations that came before them. This is due mostly to the current generation of millennials having grown up with technology and the Internet at their fingertips. This also means […]
Exploring The World’s First Sculpture
Humankind has been creating art since we first began using tools. Some of this art came in the form of art on cave walls, some on rocks in the open that has since been washed away by the elements, and some in the form of sculptures that were carefully and meticulously crafted by some of […]
5 Rarest & Most Expensive Books
First editions of great books are the ultimate prize for readers around the world, but above and beyond the personal delight these can give you, they’re worth a bundle as well! Find out which versions of some of the best-known literature are worth a small fortune. 1. First Folio by William Shakespeare Originally entitled Mr […]