Wild Travels
Episode 105
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FUNERAL HISTORY Houston, TX
The National Museum of Funeral History puts the "Fun" back into "Funeral", giving a surprisingly upbeat spin to what could have been a real downer of a collection. Trust us when we say that caskets (like the one for a family of 3), hearses and embalming fluid have never been quite this entertaining.
STRANGE SPRINGFIELD: Donner Party/Santa Anna’s Leg/Half-Eaten Celebrity Sandwiches/Two-Story Outhouse Springfield, IL
Who knew that smack dab in the Land of Lincoln you will find a plaque commemorating the ill-fated Donner Party expedition, a Mexican general's prosthetic leg displayed in a state museum, a collection of half-eaten celebrity sandwiches and the world's first two- story outhouse?
ED'S MUSEUM Wykoff, MN
Ed Krueger was a highly participatory and much beloved member of the community in tiny Wykoff, and he also had a penchant for throwing away ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. When he died, the town chose to keep Ed's homemade museum up and running, which means that you've got a chance to ogle at a seriously odd and incredibly voluminous collection of...stuff.
FANTASY WORLD of SCULPTOR DR. EVERMOR Baraboo, WI
Enter the Land of Dr. Evermor, and you will find a sea of sculptures (assembled from salvaged metal parts) that all attest to the quirky brilliance of their creator -- culminating in his five-story tall, mind-boggling masterpiece, "The Forevertron."
VOODOO DONUT WEDDING Portland, OR
We attend a (semi-) authentic Voodoo wedding at a Portland donut shop that involved jumping over a broom and summoning the spirit of soul legend Isaac Hayes. Oh, and the donuts were creatively decorated and extraordinary.