Jug Rock
Jug RockThe only freestanding table rock formation east of the MississippiThings that look weird get names. That was just as much the case 150 years ago as it is today, if not more so. Sorry, nameless...
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Museum of Radiology Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history The Museum of Radiology is located in the waiting room of the Military Hospital of Brussels. While patients wait to receive...
View ArticleNational Museum of Roller Skating
National Museum of Roller SkatingMuseum contains the largest collection of historical roller skates in the world, dating from 1819In 1956, Antonio Pirrello had an idea. Unsatisfied with the...
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West Wallabi IslandThe oldest known European structures in Australia are the remnants of a story filled with mutiny, murder, jealousy and greed Sometime after midnight on June 4th 1629, “The Batavia”...
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Penis FountainAmsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imaginationAmsterdam is a city of permissions and tolerance, and home of one of the most famous red light districts in the world....
View ArticleThe Forts of Dessalines
The Forts of DessalinesAn entire town in Haiti memorializes one man and his historic revolutionThe air was still, the moment tense. A legion of ragged, weary troops watched wide-eyed and breathless as...
View ArticleAnn Arbor’s Fairy Doors
Ann Arbor’s Fairy DoorsWhimsical portals to another worldIn 1993, While Jonathan B. Wright was renovating his century-old home, his young daughters made a delightful discovery: itty, bitty, six-inch...
View ArticleCitadelle Laferrière
Citadelle LaferrièreThis iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defenseWar creates great art. You hardly ever hear that claim being made by the often-artsy peaceniks of the world,...
View ArticleMuseum of Unnatural History
Museum of Unnatural HistoryGiftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humorThis is not your run of the mill museum giftshop; that is of course, unless you consider a can of...
View ArticleVortex Spring
Vortex SpringA humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavernFreshwater and Florida isn't always a combination that conjures good feelings among the locals. More often...
View ArticleIceCube Research Station
IceCube Research StationThe world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South PoleWhen your grade-school science teacher described the various methods one can use to...
View ArticleThe Wolfsonian
The WolfsonianOver 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world. The Wolfsonian- Florida International University is a museum, library, and research center in the heart of Miami Beach’s...
View ArticleMajuli Island
Majuli IslandWorlds' largest inhabited river islandThe Brahmaputra River of Assam is a mighty river. At times, the width from one bank to another is more than fifteen miles, and in the vast flowing...
View ArticleHolbein Horse
Holbein HorseA horse statue that receives constant makeovers from graffiti artists and localsThe Holbein Horse is a foal statue created by Werner Gürtner in 1936. Made of concrete and approximately as...
View ArticleConflict Kitchen
Conflict KitchenA take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.In this world of clashing ideals and contention, there are some universal...
View ArticleLos Callejones de Las Majadas
Los Callejones de Las Majadas"Alleys of Stone" form natural mazes in Spanish natural parkForming a labyrinthian stone maze are the natural karst formations of the Los Callejones de Las Majadas or...
View ArticleAleister Crowley ‘s Thelema Abbey
Aleister Crowley ‘s Thelema AbbeyWhere Aleister Crowley taught magik in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars" his "chamber of nightmares." In 1919 , Aleister Crowley - a mystic and occultist known as "The...
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Legs InnLegs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer headsPolish immigrant Stanley Smolak created the fantasy-like world of Legs Inn during...
View ArticleSewers of Toronto
Sewers of TorontoA well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's wasteIt takes a truly special set of circumstances to turn sewage into a landmark. Or, more...
View ArticleSans Souci Palace
Sans Souci Palace Palace of Henri Christophe, a slave who became the brutal kleptocrat of HaitiThe Sans-Souci Palace was the royal residence of King Henri Christophe I of Haiti, the self imposed...
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