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Vikingsholm Castle in Tahoma, California
Inspired by Scandinavian architecture and Viking lore, Vikingsholm Castle was built for Lora Josephine Knight in 1928-29 by 200 workers.Before construction, ideas for Vikingsholm were gathered on a...
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Premises Studio Music Studios and Cafe in London, United Kingdom
Built by two jazz musicians as an alternative to more expensive recording studios in London, The Premises continues today as one of the most popular studios in the nation. The facility has played host...
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Trelleborg Viking Ring Fortress in Slagelse Municipality, Denmark
Clashing swords! Trampling Boots! A Viking battle cry!These sounds fill the air of Trelleborg during the annual Viking fair of Denmark in July. The weeklong Viking extravaganza features an authentic...
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The Warehouse Cafe in Port Costa, California
In a building dating back to 1889, often surrounded by a boisterous crowd and numerous motorcycles, the Warehouse Cafe in Port Costa is a legend unto itself.The cavernous, dimly-lit interior space is...
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Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway
In 1903 a farmer named Knut Rom made an extraordinary discovery on his property: a complete ship from the Viking era, along with two skeletons and a treasure trove of grave goods.The ship Rom...
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Mare Island in Vallejo, California
The once massive shipbuilding engine of the Bay Area is now open for exploration of its bird-filled wetlands, grassy hills, its famous dry docks, and historic buildings (perfectly preserved and nearly...
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Te Wairoa Buried Village in Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, New Zealand
When Mount Tarawera erupted in June, 1889 the surrounding countryside was completely remade. New Zealand's largest volcanic eruption killed over 100 people and created an entirely new landscape of...
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Norwich Plantation Garden in Norwich, United Kingdom
One would hardly guess that this elegant plantation garden was once an abandoned chalk quarry. Henry Trevor, a 19th century upholsterer and cabinet maker, had a vision of beauty and tranquility when he...
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The Zimmer Clock Tower and Museum in Lier, Belgium
Residents of Lier, Belgium have merely to look towards the Zimmer Tower if they desire to learn the difference in minutes between the apparent solar time and the mean solar time.The equation of time is...
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Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel in Basel, Switzerland
This "Pharmacy Museum" contains collections of old pharmaceuticals, pharmacy furniture, an alchemistic lab, laboratory utensils, and ceramic mortars.In 1925, pharmacist Josef Anton Häfliger donated his...
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Nave Espacial de Varginha in Varginha, Brazil
Something strange took place in Varginha, Brazil on January 20, 1996. It is hard to say where it began, but many point towards two sisters and their friend who said they saw a "creature" with a thin...
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William J. Syms Operating Theatre in New York, New York
Construction of the William J. Syms Operating Theatre was facilitated by the theatre's namesake, a gun dealing millionaire who, upon his death in 1889, bequeathed $350,000 to Roosevelt Hospital, with...
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Church of the Intercession in Manhattan, New York
Church of the Intercession holds an eerie underground crypt and is adjacent to the sprawling Trinity Cemetery.The chapel was built in 1915, and while originally it was part of Trinity Church which has...
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The Coffin - Le Cercueil in Brussels, Belgium
The gruesome ambience of this bar offers the drinker an immersive macabre lesson in hell-bent bar-hopping. Le Cercueil was unleashed onto the world in 1974 following the release of the horror movie,...
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Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia
We all have different ways of dealing with the mementos left behind when a love is lost. Unable to let go, some of us hide the barrettes he gave us before he left town to “find himself” in a ornate box...
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Brig o’ Balgownie in Bridge of Don, United Kingdom
Nestled among the trees of Seaton Park in Aberdeen lies Scotland's oldest medieval bridge. The subject of folklore and poetry, today it is a charming footpath from which young people jump into the Dee...
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The Prison Gate Museum - Museum de Gevangenpoort in The Hague, The Netherlands
Ironically (or appropriately) situated in the acclaimed “International City of Peace and Justice,” the Prison Gate Museum in The Hague exhibits all too well how ‘peace’ and ‘justice’ have evolved over...
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Old Burial Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nestled unobtrusively between a church and bustling Massachusetts Avenue lies the Old Burial Grounds, established in 1635.Visitors can find the graves of eight Harvard presidents, nineteen...
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, Kansas
In July 1897, famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart was born here, at the Gothic Revival cottage belonging to her mother's parents.The home was built in 1861 and was expanded by Earhart's grandparents, with...
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Amelia Earhart Earthworks in Atchison, Kansas
Created in 1997 by Kansas artist Stan Herd, the portrait of aviator Amelia Earhart covers 42,000 square feet of hillside in her home town of Atchison, Kansas.The earthworks were constructed on a...
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