Category: Wunderkammer
A Wunderkammer is literally a “cabinet of wonders,” It is an exhibition space in which miscellanea and curiosities are gathered together. Without categorization, the exhibits can be explored and enjoyed in their own right.
The Russian Space Shuttle
The Buran shuttle was a Russian orbital vehicle developed as a response to the US Space Shuttle which was suspected by Russia to have military capabilities, although their security advisors could not be sure...
Hermannsdenkmal
Located in the Teutoburg Forest in the Westphalia region of Germany the statue of Hermann (or Arminius as he was known to the Romans) commemorates the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the...
South Carolina Beach Monster
A bizarre creature that washed ashore last week in South Carolina. (Discovery News) A bizarre creature that washed ashore last week in Folly Beach, S.C., sparked speculation in the area and on the Internet...
Washington Swimming Pool Phantom
As far as ghost stories go, the one they tell at Arlington’s Overlee Community Pool is spine-tingling: A young girl in Victorian garb, appearing in the window of a 100-year-old house that sat on...
Shoe shop haunted by ‘ghost’ of Luftwaffe pilot
Scared Sophie Dack-Stainer has been left trembling by the spooky soul haunting the shoe shop she runs. In November 1940 a German Luftwaffe plane crashed into Stainer’s cobblers in Poole, Dorset, killing the three...
Phantom Sweet Thrower
Security cameras at the IGA supermarket in Adelaide caught a packet of sweets being thrown after the store had closed and no one was about. The shop owner, Norman Hurst, is convinced that a...
Australian Spider Invasion
After the recent severe floods, masses of spiders have been forced to seek new accomodation in and around Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. The normally solitary wolf spiders have congregated in their thousands...
‘Face of Jesus’ on Barn Conversion
Sam Dalby, a self-employed painter and decorator, uncovered a face of Jesus Christ on a wall while working on a barn conversion. The face of Jesus, as uncovered by decorator Sam Dalby Photo: CASCADE The...
