Glacial Errata, No. 13

Five Things for the Week of April 7, 2025.

One: Naturhistoriches Museum Wien

Some spectacular alligators from the Vienna Natural History Museum.

Photo by Colin Dickey

Two: University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

In 2017 I drove across country researching my book The Unidentified, and before reaching Zion, Illinois, a town founded by Flat Earthers, I stopped in Iowa City.

Photo by Colin Dickey

Three: Musée de Minéralogie

There are so many amazing museums of natural history throughout Paris, but this one is sometimes overlooked and is filled with amazing geologic specimens.

Photo by Colin Dickey

Four: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

There is no way to convey, in a single photograph, how many jars of fish are in this room. Trust me. So, so many jars of fish.

Photo by Colin Dickey

Five: Olive Gunnison Collection at the Akin Free Library, Pawling, New York

A supremely overlooked gem in the middle of nowhere, New York.

Photo by Colin Dickey