The 10 Weirdest Places in Florida
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
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)
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
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...
Random pictures: the ‘exploring Croatia’ edition
As always, random picture posts cover some of the fun scenes and places that haven’t or won’t get featured in a post of their own. See more random picture posts here. A tribute to the fallen tooth — as you might guess, it’s located just outside a...
Random pictures: the ‘Zagreb street art’ edition
It’s not political like the street art in South America, but it’s still wonderfully colorful. Have a look. Walk along Ulica kneza Branimira (or ride along half a dozen trams) for plenty of graffiti / street art. This single wall has dozens of pieces along...
8 Things I Wish I Knew About Toronto Before Arriving
While Toronto may not be as exotic as southeast Asia or some Eastern European countries, the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) has plenty of reasons to check it out. Here’s what I wish I knew before arriving. We spent about 2 1/2 months in the Toronto area – a bit of a...
From Canada to Croatia: the journey behind the journey
So we’re sitting at my in-law’s dining room table in Nova Scotia… Getting ready for the next big adventure. We had just completed an epic road trip from Nova Scotia to Toronto to Key West — and back to Nova Scotia. There’s a fair bit of...
See the teeny, tiny place where four men lived underwater — Destination: the Man in the Sea Museum
For centuries people have been exploring and working underwater. At the Man in the Sea Museum, it’s time to enjoy some of those stories. Panhandle Florida is a lighter on the weird stuff than the peninsula, but the Man in the Sea Museum is a delightful place to...
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