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Secret Tiled Staircase
Secret Tiled StaircaseAn artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San FranciscoThe 16th Avenue Staircase is 163 steps of mosaic tiles, a colorful staircase hidden in the quiet Sunset...
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The Senator, Bald Cypress
The Senator, Bald Cypress3,500 year old tree was the second oldest in the United States, burned down by drug user who stated, "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."Update: On 2/29/12,...
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The Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted ForestThe Enchanted Forest is an old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars. Artist Doris Needham and her husband Ernest needed a place...
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Ni'ihau Incident
Ni'ihau IncidentA Japanese pilot crash lands on Ni'ihau after Pearl Harbor attack and terrorizes locals for a week When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th, 1941, the island of Ni'ihau was...
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Los Angeles Zoo Botanical Gardens
Los Angeles Zoo Botanical GardensThe L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million yearsMost zoos have some sort of native botanical landscape that for...
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Camera Obscura
Camera ObscuraAn offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lensLeave your driver's license at the office of the senior center in Santa Monica and in return you will receive a key to the...
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House Attack
House AttackThe house that took a plunge into the facade of a museumMuseum Moderner Kunst (MUMOK) pride themselves on their extensive collection of 20th and 21st century modern art, and their status as...
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El Diablo Restaurant
El Diablo RestaurantThe chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.Using an exciting - and questionably safe - food preparation technique, the chefs at the El Diablo...
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The Flintstone House
The Flintstone HouseA burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280Drivers heading north to San Francisco on Interstate 280 will notice a peculiar home just east of...
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AquaDom at Radisson Blu Berlin
AquaDom at Radisson Blu BerlinThe largest free standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in BerlinTouted as the largest cylindrical fish tank in the world - 25 meters high and 12 meters...
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Berlin Botanical Garden
Berlin Botanical GardenThe second largest botanical garden in the world, with over 22,000 plant speciesEstablished as a kitchen garden in 1679, the Botanical Garden in Berlin is the second largest...
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Green-Wood Cemetery's Brooklyn Theatre Fire Memorial
Green-Wood Cemetery's Brooklyn Theatre Fire MemorialMass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst firesOn December 5, 1876, a lantern on the stage of the Brooklyn Theatre would cause a horrific...
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The Return of the Cows
The Return of the CowsArt and a pun, all in one.There aren't many reasons to visit quiet Dietrich-Bonhoeffer Strasse, which lies on the bleeding edge of gentrified Prinzlauerberg's encroachment into...
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Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter Museum
Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter MuseumTypewriter museum housing more than 1,500 machines preserves the history of the grandfather of computers.Open since 1998, this purpose-built museum in Italy’s Bolzano...
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Bourn Mansion
Bourn MansionA brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights William Bourn II was said to be the richest man in San Francisco. Inheriting a fortune in...
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Postman's Park
Postman's ParkA quiet memorial to 'Heroic Self Sacrifice' in the heart of the City of LondonThis small and quiet park has a hidden gem, a wall of memorial plaques opened in 1900, commemorating the...
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24-Hour-Sprinkles
24-Hour-SprinklesIngenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly HillsIn what could quite possibly be the most frivolous yet exciting advancement in the...
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Arizona Cactus Garden
Arizona Cactus GardenA hidden world of exotic succulents and cactiAlthough this garden is officially called Arizona Garden, it is located in a remote enclave of Stanford University campus in...
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Sungei Road Thieves Market
Sungei Road Thieves MarketA licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.Nestled in between construction sites, half-built apartment buildings, and...
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The Evergreens Cemetery
The Evergreens CemeteryFinal resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victimsOpened in 1849, The Evergreens Cemetery is a nonsectarian graveyard that runs along the Brooklyn/Queens...
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