Wonder Walkabout

The Wonder Walkabout offers portals to some remarkable digital destinations discovered by the Curiosity Shoppe staff.


Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.Alice: I don't much care where.The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't much matter which way you go.Alice: ...So long as I get somewhere.The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you're sure to do that, if only you walk long enough.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Index

Atlas Obscura

an unusual locations & events website

Archimedes Laboratory Project

a collection of mental & perceptual activities

Big Game Hunter

a comprehensive website specializing in the history of American boardgames.

Celebration of Mind

a K-12 recreational math activities website

Chinese Puzzles

a beautiful well-researched site specializing in the history of Chinese puzzles

Grand Illusions

a huge collection of unusual and puzzling toys (YouTube)

Jaap's Puzzle Page

a recreational math website

Science Friday

a science news & entertainment podcast with articles

Slocum Puzzle Collection

a virtual museum of mechanical puzzles
Atlas Obscura articleSlocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection

Rob's Puzzle Page

an annotated online museum of 7,000 puzzles and books about puzzles