mardi gras The House of Dance and Feathers in New Orleans Natalie Dressed

unusual museums Take a trip to Wisconsin's Fiberglass Mold Graveyard Popkin

cabinets of curiosity Medical museum embroiled in brouhaha over bequeathed body parts David Pescovitz

david cronenberg Watch David Cronenberg's "Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection" (2023), featuring four 18th-century life-size wax anatomical models Jennifer Sandlin

gifts Three great art books that'll arrive by Christmas Bob Knetzger

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

the uncanny Bizarro Bazar keeps the world weird Ferdinando Buscema

books Old weird war technology like parachuting pigeons and and flying sharks David Pescovitz

Space Buy your own space artifact at this meteorite auction – or just read the fun descriptions Clive Thompson

books Morbid Curiosities – A dark and delightful glimpse into 18 macabre collections Wink

History The vast, unplayable history of video games Gita Jackson

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery

Exceedingly eerie preserved corpses of the Palermo Catacombs Ivan Cenzi

Excerpts Dr. Mütter's Marvels: intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz