Review: Bucharest’s Tour of Communism and the Jewish Trail

by Chris | Jun 16, 2017 | Romania, Tour Reviews, Unique |

If you’re a long-time reader of One Weird Globe, you know I don’t go on many guided tours. When we do, it’s because the information out there isn’t all that helpful or there’s more to the story that’s not on the internet. In other...

Explore the only garbage truck collection in the United States

by Chris | Jun 7, 2017 | Bizarre, Unique, United States |

Officially, it’s the Waste Pro Garbage Truck Museum. Unofficially, it’s probably the biggest collection of its type. I know, I know, you’re coming to Florida for beaches and all sorts of other places. Why on earth would I go out of my way to find a...

Destination: the eclectic ‘Smithsonian of the South’

by Chris | Jun 5, 2017 | Quirky, Unique, United States | 1 comment

Go on, admire the stuffed alligator hanging above your head. Welcome to the Lightner Museum, the self-described ‘Smithsonian of the South’. While researching my next book, What The Florida, I came across this oddball in St. Augustine, and it ended up being...

First impressions, the Bucharest edition

by Chris | May 31, 2017 | First Impressions, Romania |

As this post goes live, we’ve been in Bucharest for just under a week. We’ve settled into our Airbnb, meandered through the Old Town a couple of times, and figured out the local grocery stores. That means one thing: we’re ready to rock Romania. Some...

12 Things I Wish I Knew Before Traveling to Dubrovnik and Split

by Chris | May 26, 2017 | Croatia, Things I wish I knew | 5 comments

(Much like other Things I Wish I Knew posts, this one’s focused on the lessons learned, in the hopes that they help you on your own trip.) Dubrovnik and Split are two of Croatia’s most popular tourist destinations — and with the high season coming soon,...

Experience blindness and type some Braille at Zagreb’s Typhlological Museum

by Chris | May 24, 2017 | Croatia, Offbeat, Unique |

I thought it was a typo on the sign at first, to be honest. How ironic, I thought, that the sign for the Typological Museum would have a typo in it.  It’s not a typo, though —  derived from typhlos (‘blind’) and logos (‘thought’ or...

The 10 Weirdest Places in Florida

by Chris | May 22, 2017 | United States | 2 comments

I spent months traveling through Florida to find the weirdest of the weird. Here are the ten weirdest places we came across. Want more? What The Florida is my next book — and it’s coming June 1st. Pre-order now or learn more. Harvey’s Ford Truck Collection...

At this museum of mushrooms, what can kill you is just a few centimeters away

by Chris | May 8, 2017 | Croatia, Offbeat, Unique | 1 comment

Yep — you read that right, a mushroom museum. Call it Muzej gljiva if you prefer using the Croatian name, and think of it as an education center. This collection exists thanks to the hard work of Dr. Romano Božac. From starting a mushroom association in 1983, a...

Destination: the Museum of Spanking Machines and Initiation Devices (Illinois, USA)

by Chris | May 5, 2017 | Bizarre, Unique, United States |

After nine years and 1,900+ posts, I have sometimes wondered how many more genuinely weird places there are in the world. We’ve seen Buddhist hell. A museum of ancient Peruvian erotic pots. A park where paper is made from elephant poop. A museum of counterfeit...

Destination: the other OTHER Roman coliseum — this one’s in Pula, Croatia

by Chris | May 3, 2017 | Croatia, Unique | 1 comment

What’s with the ‘other OTHER’ title? Awhile back we enjoyed one of the Roman coliseum in El Jem, Tunisia. I called that one the ‘other’ Roman coliseum, after the much more widely known Coliseum in Rome. That makes this one the other OTHER...