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Empire Mine State Park
Empire Mine State ParkThe Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."The Empire Mine was the shining diamond of the setting of the gold rush,...
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Scottish Rite Temple
Scottish Rite TempleOne of the largest Masonic temples in the world, created at the height of the oil boom in ostentatious styleWith ornate rooms designed to meticulously replicate historic periods and...
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Stanford Mausoleum
Stanford MausoleumGuarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplationOriginally planned as the site for Leland and Jane Stanford's...
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Humongous Fungus Fest
Humongous Fungus FestCovering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic a famous fungus with it's own festivalWhile it may no longer be thought of as the largest and oldest living organism in the...
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Palais de Rumine
Palais de RumineFlorentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White SharkThis lavish building, situated in the equally beautiful city of Lausanne,...
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Nemo 33
Nemo 33The deepest indoor swimming pool in the worldIn the early 90's, diver and traveler John Beernaerts used a table mat to sketch out his brainchild for a friend during dinner, a marvelous pool for...
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Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate
Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic EstateNeoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic PhantasmThe Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate, located in western Oakland, should first and foremost be famous...
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Coromoto Ice Cream Shop
Coromoto Ice Cream ShopShop with the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarreTrout, mushrooms in wine, hot dog -- these are just three of the 900 ice...
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Body Farm in Pennsylvania
Body Farm in PennsylvaniaA macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science“Old MacDonald had a farm, ee i ee i oh. And on that farm he had a…pile of dead...
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Kokoen Garden
Kokoen GardenNine Gardens in one - with tea serviceThe Kokoen garden, sometimes called Himeji Kokoen, is just a five minute walk from Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. If, for example, you...
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Koh Hingham
Koh HinghamThe cursed island of black pebblesIn Thailand stands Ko Hingham, a small uninhabited island which no one would ever bother to visit. Unless, of course the Gods had decided to adorn the...
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Yester Castle
Yester Castle Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall"The original stone keep at Yester, built before 1267, is generally considered to be by Sir Hugo de Giffard. A grandson...
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Abigail's Elegant Victorian Mansion
Abigail's Elegant Victorian MansionExperience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."A combination bed and breakfast, living history museum, and eccentric collection...
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Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Reynolds-Alberta MuseumAn automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, CanadaThe Reynolds-Alberta museum has one of the world's best historical collections of...
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Seattle's Official Bad Art Museum of Art
Seattle's Official Bad Art Museum of ArtSeattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe RacerThe Official Bad Art Museum of Art (also known by the acronym "OBAMA") is located inside Cafe Racer in...
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Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well
Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying WellOnce thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".Mother Shipton was said to be a...
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Museum of Exotica
Museum of ExoticaAn invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic. John Wickett's Museum of Exotica may be the least-known museum of San Francisco. This is not in the least...
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Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch
Rustic Canyon's Murphy RanchWorld War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hillsHidden under dense foliage and down a treacherous decaying flight of hundreds of concrete stairs lies a World...
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Takara Sake Museum
Takara Sake MuseumThe only museum of Sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college townSake museums are common in Japan, the birthplace of the rice-based alcohol, but Berkeley,...
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Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden
Lake Merritt's Bonsai GardenBonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United StatesMore than 50 superb bonsai and many viewing stones (suiseki) are on...
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