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  2. Walter Potter - Wikipedia

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    Potter's collection, billed as "Mr Potter's Museum of Curiosities" was to build into a "world-famous example of Victorian whimsy", with special coach trips from Brighton being arranged; [5] and the village and Potter's museum were so popular that an extension was built to the platform at Bramber railway station. [4]

  3. List of science centers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    SMART-Center (Science, Math, Art, Research, and Technology) [6] Wheeling: West Virginia: No No Yes No SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC) [5] [6] Sacramento: California: No Yes Yes Yes Sony Wonder Technology Lab: New York: New York: No No No No South Dakota Discovery Center [6] Pierre: South Dakota: No No Yes Yes Southern Museum of ...

  4. Jamaica Inn - Wikipedia

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    The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling.Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor, it was originally used as a staging post for changing horses. [1]

  5. List of museums in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    American Dime Museum, [17] Baltimore, museum of curiosities [18] [19] Antique Toy Museum, Baltimore, closed in 2012 [20] Bagpipe Museum, Ellicott City [21] Brannock Maritime Museum, Cambridge - collections merged with Richardson Maritime Museum in 2004 [22] Christian Heritage Museum, Hagerstown [23] Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, closed in ...

  6. Viktor Wynd - Wikipedia

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    The museum was featured in a BBC Four documentary on cabinets of curiosity. [ 3 ] [ non-primary source needed ] He previously ran a curiosity shop, Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, dealing in taxidermy , shrunken heads and other oddities, [ 4 ] including the erect mummified penis of a hanged man. [ 5 ]

  7. Centre County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The land of the future Centre County was first recorded by James Potter in 1764. Potter reached the top of Nittany Mountain and "seeing the prairies and noble forest beneath him, cried out to his attendant, 'By heavens, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!'" [4] Centre County was created on February 13, 1800 by Act 2092 of the Pennsylvania Legislature from parts of Huntingdon, Lycoming ...

  8. 15 Harry Potter-Inspired Airbnbs You’ll Want to ... - AOL

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    Airbnb. It’s Harry Potter en Français at this charming little medieval property in Colmar, France.Think exposed stone walls, four-poster mahogany beds, rich red drapes, leather couches ...

  9. CuriOdyssey - Wikipedia

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    CuriOdyssey was formerly Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, and Coyote Point Museum. Located at 1651 Coyote Point Drive in San Mateo, California , it is part of the Coyote Point Recreation Area, which overlooks the San Francisco Bay . [ 6 ]