"Curiosities" Blogs & Blog Posts

In a residential neighborhood east of San Francisco in Berkeley lies the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents, a tiny museum of smells. Opened in 2017, the archive is a multi-room cabinet of curiosities filled with odiferous artifacts old and new from aro...

A 64-year-old woman in Taiwan had difficulty sleeping because of a rustling sound in her ear. She finally visited an ear, nose, and throat clinic where doctors peeked into her ear canal. Turns out, she had a spider inside her. Video below, showing th...

This adorable reticulated giraffe was born last month at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee. Her lack of spots has already made her a media darling. "Giraffe experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere on th...

Two-headed snakes are rare and fascinating but usually they have some semblance of separate necks before coming together into one body. But this strange serpent essentially has two faces! I think they should name it Janus. Hatched a month ago at...

Pancho & Lefty, the wonderful two-headed snake, is back to good health and wowing crowds once again at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas. For the last couple of years, Pancho & Lefty has been privately recovering from an injury to one of hi...

This creepy character mysteriously showed up on the doorstep of the Wayne County Historical Museum in Indiana this week. The museum is seeking information about who may have bequeathed this curiosity to the institution for safekeeping. Until they lea...

The delightful dolly above is one of many unusual items found on a Texas beach that will be auctioned off this weekend to benefit the Amos Rehabilitation Institute, a conservation organization that protects sea turtles, birds, and other wildlife. Org...