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Saint Louis Cemetery #2 in New Orleans, Louisiana
The second-oldest cemetery in New Orleans, this aptly named necropolis was built in response to rampant disease.Beginning in 1823, following the trends of other urban centers, New Orleans began moving...
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Saint Louis Cemetery #1 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Opened in 1789, the Saint Louis Cemetery #1 is New Orleans' oldest city of the dead.Despite its dryly numerical name, more than 600 fascinating tombs line maze-like narrow walkways, including the final...
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National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana
Perhaps once thought too narrowly focused, this museum was known as "National D-Day Museum" before a recent name change, as well as a status upgrade.Although it still concentrates primarily on events...
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Abandoned Six Flags Amusement Park in New Orleans , Louisiana
On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, washing out several areas of New Orleans and submerging lives and properties beneath flood waters some feared may never recede.The...
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Mother-in-Law Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana
"Mother in Law Mother in Law"Satan should be her nameTo me they're bout the sameEvery time I open my mouthShe steps in, tries to put me outHow could she stoop so lowIn 1961, a hit song by R&B...
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The Cow Bones of Mount Diablo in Walnut Creek, California
Where there are cattle, there are eventually dead cattle, and Macedo Ranch has no shortage of bovines.In the public foothills of Mt. Diablo State Park, you can't miss the cows, but you might have to...
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Bodmin Jail in Bodmin, England
Bodmin Gaol is a former prison turned tourist attraction in England.The prison was designed by Sir John Call in 1779. It was built using the labor of French prisoners of war, and was used for 150...
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Olm in Postojnska Jama, Slovenia
The olm (Proteus anguinus) is a species of blind amphibians endemic to the the deep underground caves of the Dinaric karst of southeastern Europe. The unusual appearance of the olm is the result of...
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State Darwin Museum in Moscow, Russia
It's fitting that the largest natural history museum would be dedicated to one of history's most prominent and celebrated naturalists.Charles Darwin was an English naturalist. He established that all...
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Down House in Downe, England
Charles Darwin left a formidable legacy for scientists, as well as for unsuspecting clergy.From 1842 until his death in 1882, Darwin and his cherished family live in Downe, England, 15 miles or so...
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Darwin Centre Spirit Collection in London, United Kingdom
The Natural History Museum, one of the three large museums on Exhibition Road in London, is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons. But those are not the only life and earth...
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Ascension Island in Saint Helena
Ascension Island is just a dot on the globe: a tiny chunk of cinder, 90 kilometers square, almost half way between South America and Africa.Geologically speaking, the island is fairly young. It was...
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Archie the Giant Squid in London, England
Held in a custom-made acrylic tank filled with a 10% solution of formol-saline, the giant squid at the center of the London Natural History Museum Spirit Collection was caught off the coast of the...
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16th Street Train Station in Oakland, California
The crumbling station at 16th Street in Oakland is the last remaining relic of the Bay Area's glory days of rail travel. At one time, the city of Oakland was graced with three monumental train...
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in London, England
Built as one of London's "Magnificent Seven" Victorian era park-cemeteries, Tower Hamlets Cemetery opened in 1841 on 27 acres to accommodate burials of all denominations, opening in 1841 and closing...
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Chew Kee Store in Fiddletown, California
Mankind has always counted on a few creature comforts, even in the most rugged of conditions. Traditionally, these include liquor, companionship, and remedies for what ails us. The first two have never...
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The Gravestone Courtyard in Paris, France
In the heart of l'Ile de la Cite, on the left side of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, a street called Chanoinesse winds its way through the heart of Paris.A small part of the street was spared by...
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Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida
There are many motivations to create one's own castle. Divine inspiration, as a way of cheating death, as a monument to human ability, or simply a compulsive inability to stop building. However few...
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Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters in Milan, Italy
“Often I find myself recalling, and with what ease, certain words spoken to me, some on the balcony with the moon as witness, others at that window I shall always look upon so gladly, with all the many...
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Tomb of Ines de Castro in Alcobaça, Portugal
The passionate but ill-fated love affair of Pedro, crown prince of Portugal, and his wife’s lady in waiting is both the stuff of bodice rippers and slasher films.In 1340, the young Ines de Castro met...
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