The Hungarian "Gloomy Sunday" is an infamous song. Hauntingly beautiful, the story goes that the song was so sad, so depressing, so completely soul crushing, that upon hearing it even once, Hungarians were driven to suicide. And not just a few, during its era, hundreds of suicides were attributed to the melody. The song, written by [...]...

The brass, copper, and glass of a 17th century chemist's lab. As seen at the Pharmecuetical Museum of Sibiu, Romania. Housed in a historic building dating from 1568, the museum contains a gorgeous 18th century pharmacy, this reconstruction of a chemist's workshop, and a fascinating homeopathic collection....

From the Volkskundemuseum (Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art) in Salzburg, Austria. Housed in a tiny building perched high on a hill, it resides in what's known as the "Month Palace," built in a single month on a bet between royalty. There were a number of these diminutive dolls in the museum, tightly wrapped [...]...

Morbid Anatomy has lead us once again to an extraordinary site, "Picturing the Museum: Education and Exhibition at The American Museum of Natural History". From Morbid Anatomy: The website features photographs spanning from the late 19th- to the late 20th-Century that pertain to exhibition and education history at the museum; all of the images exhibited [...]...

Vajdahunyad Castle is nestled within the shady trees, pebbled paths, and placid ponds of Budapest's City Park. If you aren't expecting it, the castle reveals itself slowly, one by one the top of the tower peaking over the tree tops, the dome, the dancing statues circling it, and then the elegant windows come into view, [...]...