What is a Local Expert? (73)


Welcome to the TravelPod forums
This is the place where TravelPod bloggers exchange travel tips with each other. Have a question? Ask one of our Local Experts by clicking "new topic" in any category. (Please read the forum rules before posting)
TravelPod Forums Activity: Topics Needing Help | Top Contributors

> 10 Wackiest Museums
raniroo
post Jun 17 2009, 04:14 AM
Post #1


Sightseer
*****

Group: Local Expert
Posts: 946
Joined: 25-September 06
From: Sydney
Member No.: 19411




Through all my travels I have seen some weird places and even weirder tourist attractions....so when I read this article it brought back some memories....and also made me think that some people really do collect alot of useless stuff!


Wackiest Museums

The first one leading the list is....

"Iceland Phallological Museum

Or, the Penis Museum. I know this is serious, but seriously, how can you absorb stats like this without a little giggle: 272 specimens with 55 belonging to 16 different whale species, one from a rogue polar bear (aren’t they all rogue?), and dozens from seals, walruses, and all sorts of land mammals.

The Iceland Phallological Museum proudly claims to hold in their possession “legally certified gift-tokens for four specimens belonging to Homo Sapiens” (that’s us, guys). I’m not 100% clear what this means exactly, but it sure sounds interesting. Also on display are “…other practical utensils related to the museum’s chosen theme."

Have you been to any weird or wacky museums or tourist attractions?


--------------------
If you really look like your passport photo, you need the holiday!

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
User is offlinePM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
 
Reply to this topicStart new topic
Replies
kitkatgo
post Aug 3 2009, 12:14 PM
Post #2


Navigator
******

Group: Local Expert
Posts: 1367
Joined: 21-August 06
From: Southern California
Member No.: 13816




The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle in Kent, England:


http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php?ref=y...g_Collar_Museum

puppeh.gif


--------------------
~Kit
California Local Expert

Visit my travel blogs:
http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo
User is offlinePM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
sianeth
post Aug 4 2009, 03:48 AM
Post #3


Jet Setter
*******

Group: Local Expert
Posts: 2643
Joined: 9-June 07
From: Edinburgh, Scotland
Member No.: 60100




QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Aug 3 2009, 06:14 PM) *

The wackiest one I've been to is the Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle in Kent, England:


http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php?ref=y...g_Collar_Museum

puppeh.gif


Hahha! They look more like bangles than dog collars!
User is offlinePM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post

Posts in this topic
raniroo   10 Wackiest Museums   Jun 17 2009, 04:14 AM
starlagurl   Ah! They don't have the famous Tokyo Paras...   Jun 17 2009, 10:43 AM
kathryn77   Ha ha ha!! All the more reason for going ...   Jun 17 2009, 03:36 PM
wakingdream   I've been to the Songkran Niyomsane Forensic M...   Jun 17 2009, 03:51 PM
raniroo   I've been to the Songkran Niyomsane Forensic ...   Jun 18 2009, 09:39 AM
wakingdream   [quote name='wakingdream' post='106075' date='Jun...   Jun 18 2009, 03:20 PM
sianeth   Where I used to live in Southport there was a lawn...   Jun 18 2009, 04:44 AM
wakingdream   Where I used to live in Southport there was a law...   Jun 18 2009, 08:54 AM
kathryn77   Where I used to live in Southport there was a law...   Jul 9 2009, 02:40 PM
starlagurl   Rani, it speaks for itself: http://www.museumofbad...   Jun 18 2009, 09:40 AM
sianeth   Also in the locality there is a Pencil Museum and ...   Jun 18 2009, 01:42 PM
starlagurl   That...is amazing... The oldest pencil in the wor...   Jun 18 2009, 02:05 PM
jeremystravels   My friends told me about the Teddy Bear museum on ...   Jun 18 2009, 02:10 PM
polydemic   I would think that the Sex Museum of Amsterdam wou...   Jun 19 2009, 05:33 PM
starlagurl   Some might find the Mutter Museum, in Washington,...   Jun 23 2009, 09:35 AM
ashleyrenee   Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally ...   Jun 19 2009, 07:42 PM
polydemic   Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally...   Jun 20 2009, 06:25 PM
starlagurl   Redmond Oregon has a rock garden which is totally...   Jun 22 2009, 10:13 AM
aopaq   I visited the Devil Museum in Kaunas Lithuania whi...   Jun 20 2009, 07:53 PM
raniroo   I founds some more wacky and tacky museums Automa...   Jun 22 2009, 12:57 PM
starlagurl   Nice! I might make another post about it then...   Jun 22 2009, 01:50 PM
raniroo   Nice! I might make another post about it then...   Jun 24 2009, 12:02 PM
barsie   I've been to the salt museum- it's interes...   Jun 24 2009, 09:19 AM
starlagurl   Thanks! *mmmmmmmwah*   Jun 24 2009, 01:52 PM
pietari   The wackiest museum I've been to is the Sex Mu...   Jul 12 2009, 11:37 PM
jrheavymetal   In Ellsworth, Maine they have the telephone museum...   Jul 15 2009, 02:30 AM
kathryn77   In Ellsworth, Maine they have the telephone museu...   Jul 15 2009, 03:56 PM
sianeth   Yes, I went to the Torture Museum in Amsterdam... ...   Jul 15 2009, 04:05 PM
jrheavymetal   Wow...a torture museum, I'm beginning to think...   Jul 16 2009, 03:06 AM
starlagurl   So Sian...they wear that on their head then?   Jul 16 2009, 08:02 AM
sianeth   I think it goes round their neck and their fingers...   Jul 16 2009, 08:38 AM
starlagurl   Ohhhhhhhhahaha what a funny thing to do to someone...   Jul 16 2009, 09:26 AM
wisconsin_fan81   what about the terror museum in Budapest? http://...   Aug 2 2009, 11:12 AM
jrheavymetal   Looks interesting...   Aug 2 2009, 02:39 PM


Fast ReplyReply to this topicStart new topic

 


- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 19th May 2013 - 10:44 PM
Top Hotel Destinations

Acapulco Hotels
Atlanta Hotels
Austin Hotels
Beijing Hotels
Cancun Hotels
Charlotte Hotels
Chicago Hotels
Dallas Hotels
Denver Hotels
Honolulu Hotels
Houston Hotels
Indianapolis Hotels
Kissimmee Hotels
Las Vegas Hotels
London Hotels
Los Angeles Hotels
Mexico City Hotels
Miami Hotels
Miami Beach Hotels
Montreal Hotels
Myrtle Beach Hotels
Nashville Hotels
Negril Hotels
New Orleans Hotels
New York City Hotels
Orlando Hotels
Paris Hotels
Phoenix Hotels
Playa del Carmen Hotels
Puerto Plata Hotels
Puerto Vallarta Hotels
Punta Cana Hotels
Rome Hotels
San Antonio Hotels
San Diego Hotels
San Francisco Hotels
Seattle Hotels
Tampa Hotels
Toronto Hotels
Washington DC Hotels



Copyright © 1997 - 2011 TravelPod.com, a proud founder of travel blogs on the web. All Rights Reserved.