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Dogs of the Titanic
Dogs of the TitanicThe canine companions that got seats on the lifeboats, and those that went down with the shipOur tragic romance with the stories of those on the RMS Titanic has led to intense...
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Launch Site of the Titanic
Launch Site of the TitanicA museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launchHow do you mark and memorialize the site of a tragedy that technically sits more than two and a half miles under...
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Wreck of the Titanic
Wreck of the TitanicFascination continues to surround one of history's most infamous shipwrecksGhostly images of the Titanic's wreckage, looming massive and upright on the seafloor, continue to compel...
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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
Glasgow Museums Resource CentreThe Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the seaIt seems that we never tire of stories about those on the RMS Titanic. The wealthy passengers above deck who...
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The Easter Egg Museum
The Easter Egg MuseumA collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-seasonGermany's only easter egg museum was opened in 1993 as an attraction for tourists after the ski season ends, right around...
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Singapore's Rooftop Pool
Singapore's Rooftop PoolThe largest pool at its elevation sits on top the most expensive resort in the world.The Singapore skyline boasts the largest swimming pool of any other skyline in the world....
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Deception Island
Deception IslandAn abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industryDeception Island has been coveted and then deserted by many,...
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'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb Sculpture
'Le Pouce,' The Giant Thumb SculptureCésar Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in Paris' La Défense corporate parkAmongst the blur of towering glass skyscrapers, immaculately...
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The Cockpit
The CockpitA friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting The Cockpit has been around for a very long time. The quirky triangular building has been standing as a pub on this corner since the 16th...
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Hospital Torax de Tarrassa
Hospital Torax de TarrassaThis chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost huntersThe Chest Hospital of Terrassa was operated by the...
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London Wall
London WallScattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wallIt's not uncommon to long for times past, when things were simple – when everyone watched the same TV...
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Guildhall's Underground Amphitheater
Guildhall's Underground AmphitheaterA 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall YardPeople find all kinds of interesting things in their basement – antiques, memoirs, collectables. But...
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The Glasgow Necropolis
The Glasgow Necropolis"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."Fifty thousand bodies are buried in the 37 acres of the Glasgow Necropolis which...
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Casina delle Civette
Casina delle CivetteA fairy tale castle in modern RomeThere is actually a real fairy tale castle in Rome. It was built under directions from its weirdo owner Giovanni Torlonia (last descendant of a...
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Maryhill Burgh Halls
Maryhill Burgh HallsA community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh HallIn 1878 the original Maryhill Burgh Hall opened as a result of the town's increasing population growth and the...
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St. Mary's Aldermanbury
St. Mary's AldermanburySmall church is moved and reassembled over 4,000 miles away in what the London Times called "perhaps the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the history of architecture," If you were...
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Carabanchel Prison
Carabanchel PrisonIn memorandum - Infamous panopticon prison built by its former inhabitants stood abandoned, but not emptyCommunist leaders, union leaders, monarchists and activists made up a...
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Chios Rocket War
Chios Rocket War The Chios Rocket War "Rouketopolemos", in which two churches in the town of Vrontados shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in a strange Easter celebration Two rival...
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Magic Lantern Castle Museum
Magic Lantern Castle MuseumOnly Museum dedicated to the history of the Magic Lantern A magic lantern, the earliest known slide projector, dates all the way back to the late 1600s. Athanasius Kircher, a...
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Ellora Caves
Ellora CavesThis complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient...
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