Virginia Claire McGuire

Joined: Feb 20, 2013

Virginia C. McGuire is a part time reference librarian in Philadelphia. She is also a freelance writer specializing in real estate, architecture and gardening. She enjoys hunting for entertaining oddities on the internet and making friends on Twitter. Follow her @vcmcguire.

The "Skinny House" in the North End of Boston is an extremely narrow but surprisingly tall spite house.

10 Houses Built Out of Spite

10 States with Fossil-Hunting Sites for the Public

11 of the Best-Loved Regional Candies

8 Houses Built Just for Spite

15 Gorgeous Little Free Libraries

Little free libraries have sprung up all over the world in the last five years.

15 Outlandish Chicken Varieties

With their poofy crests and feathery feet, these glamorous chicken breeds are a little fancier than your average barnyard birds.

15 Incredibly Specific Special Collections Libraries

Special collections libraries are a strange and wonderful world, full of odd collections and even odder researchers. We chose a handful of our favorites.

11 Vocabulary Words for Typography Nerds

On the 11th of every month, we publish a bunch of lists of 11. Virginia C. McGuire gets us started.

13 Sculptures Made Out of Books

Books are beautiful in their own right, but these artists have managed to improve on perfection.

Coffeehouse Culture in 18th-Century London

You walk into a coffee shop and look around. People of all descriptions are sitting at tables, reading the news, talking about the world, and drinking dark strong cups of coffee. Scenes like this play out in coffee shops all over the world in 2013, but th

13 Canadian Alcoholic Beverages for Your Canada Day Boozing

Celebrate Canada Day by drinking as the Canucks do.

20 Canadian Nobel Laureates

Although many of Canada's Nobel Prize laureates spent the bulk of their career elsewhere, we've complied a list of people with a strong connection to Canada who were awarded Nobel prizes in various disciplines.

10 Plants That Smell Like Meat

10 Houses Built Around Trees

Some might say that tree houses are just for kids, but the architects of these innovative homes might beg to differ.

6 Cool Insects You Can Raise at Home

Don't let Mother Nature have all the fun!

6 People Who Tried to Steal Famous Documents

Diamond heists and stolen paintings might get more press, but historical documents tempt a certain kind of thief just as much.