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A great medical museum of arcane specimens. Where else can you see the bullet that killed Abraham Lincoln and a human hairball? Nowhere else, that's where.
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- Address:
- 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD
- Directions:
- South of I-495 Beltway, exit 31 south onto Hwy 97, turn right/west onto Seminary Rd, which becomes Linden Lane. Turn left into US Army Forest Glen Annex.
- Hours:
- Daily 10-5:30 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 301-319-3300
- Admission:
- Free, donations welcome.
- RA Rates:
- The Best
Paul Bunyan "Vandal" Amputation Traced to Hapless Photo Opportunist
The waving arm of an old Paul Bunyan on Washington Street, Brainerd, Minnesota, was wrenched off as a teen posed by "leaning" on it, police authorities confirmed. Locals first suspected vandals had torn the statue's arm off, and this story was repeated in the media -- but the errant photo opportunist had promptly driven to police HQ and confessed to the mishap.
The statue, a 1930s vintage combo of concrete, wood and chicken wire, may be difficult to repair, and town officials are considering a new, safer pose for the venerable monument. Duct tape and plastic are bandaging the gaping hole in the meantime.... Update: The arm was re-attached but the structure was too crumbly to hold, so a pine tree was positioned beneath to help support it.
[08/11/2002]- Directions:
- Stood on the south side of Hwy 210/Washington St., just east of S. 6th St., next to the water tower.
- Status:
- Gone
Wax museum focuses on local black history and accomplishments. Stark, compelling wax exhibits on Slave Ships and auctions.
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- Address:
- 2505 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, MO
- Directions:
- In the North St. Louis neighborhood, on the north side of St. Louis Ave. just west of N. 25th St.
- Hours:
- W-Sa 10-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 314-241-7057
- Admission:
- Adults $7.50
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
I investigated the Country Doctor Museum today and it's worth a visit! It's a private collection, not a state run museum, so the $3 price didn't seem steep. The full tour took about an hour and was given by a volunteer retired registered nurse. The Country Doctor Museum opened in 1967 and expanded again in 1994. The instruments used in Stonewall Jackson's arm amputation were in the collection and on display, but there were other equally (or more) interesting items on exibit.
One of the items I found interesting was a genuine iron lung used to treat polio patients in the 1950s. There was also a genuine 1700s fake leg complete with knee joint. There were many early dentist instruments (looked more like torture instruments to me), a complete history of amputation instruments from steel blade and wooden handle through complete stainless steel and silver sets.
There was a portable surgery table from the Civil War. There was also a complete, original (and still running) model T once owned by a country doctor in the area.
Here's the real kicker.. they have one of the three surviving paintings (painted by a follower of Martin Luther) called "Christ, the Apothecary of the Soul" from the early 17th century. (from the back of the card I purchased about the painting) -- Early 17th Century painting depicting Christ in an allegorical pharmacy weighing the sins of mankind and dispensing Christian virtues from labeled drug containers (Righteous, Belief, Patience, Virtue, Joyful, Charitable, etc.).
If you exit the museum and go down Vance Street AWAY from Peele road and you take your first left onto 581 you'll see a "See Rock City" bird house in front of the car dealer.
[Greg Brown, 09/07/2000]Country Doctor Museum:- Address:
- 7089 Peele Rd, Bailey, NC
- Directions:
- From Raleigh take I-64 east to I-264, exit at Bailey, turn right on Hwy 581 - Oak Ave, then right on Deans St/Alt 264, at next block turn left on Peele Rd.
- Hours:
- Tu-Sa 10-3 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 252-235-4165
- Admission:
- Tour $8.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Happy giant, tracing lineage as an International Fiberglass Texaco Big Friend, modified to sell prefab homes in Pahrump. Scrapped Dec. 2012; eviscerated remnants were outside Pahrump Valley Museum. Oct. 2016: Moved east for restoration.
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- Hours:
- Oct. 2016: Gone, moved east.
- Status:
- Gone
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The amputation tools for Stonewall Jackson complete the tour started in "A Hello to Arms."