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Fly Ranch Geyser

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure

This alien looking geyser on the edge of Black Rock Desert is actually man made. Man made by accident, that is. There are actually two geysers on the property. The first was created nearly... »

Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Disaster Areas | Edited by Tre and Dylan

Vaux's Swifts at Chapman School

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall

Vaux's Swifts, small insect-eating birds sometimes described as "cigars with wings", migrate south en-mass each year, roosting as they travel in hollowed trees and industrial chimneys. Since... »

Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Dylan

Nek Chand Sani

A palatial sculpture park, built illegally and in secret by Nek Chand over a period of 36 years.

While graffiti artists boast over colorful pieces dashed off in the night, they have nothing on Nek Chand (born in 1924). Working illegally and in secret for over 36 years, Nek Chand created a... »

Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

Housed in a remaining Victorian villa in Bournemouth is a fascinating museum of local artifacts including fossils, stuffed animals and preserved in formaldehyde. Many of these objects are unique.... »

Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections | Edited by ropami50 and Dylan

American Alpine Club Library

All Mountains - All The Time

The American Alpine Club is where great Alpinists live on forever. The club is chock full of historic archives, gear, and books from the 1500s to the present, all about the history and culture... »

Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by , Dylan and others

Madison Boulder

A Very Big Rock in New Hampshire

Madison Boulder is thought to be the largest glacial erratic - an erratic being a boulder of a certain type of rock that was transported by glacial ice and deposited on bedrock of different type... »

| Edited by Dylan

Frog Museum

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs

The Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland is a collection of 150-year-old satirical tableaus of domestic life in the 19th century — all involving stuffed frogs. The museum began in the... »

Unique Collections | Edited by Josh and Dylan

Rhinestone Cowboy House at the JMK Arts Center

A bedazzeld house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Loy Allen Bowlin was known for his shuffle-step dancing, jokes and off-key singing. He was, of course, most well known as the "Rhinestone Cowboy" for his artistic rhinestone creations,... »

Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and Henry

Museé Fragonard

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard

Founded in 1766, the Fragonard Museum is one of the oldest museums in France. Honoré Fragonard was one of the first medical masters of France, and his extensive collection contains rooms devoted... »

Strange Science, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Salamalecs and 2 others

Russell-Cotes Museum

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Housed in one of the last remaining Victorian villas in Bournemouth, it was originally lived in by Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes. The main part of the museum is based on the collection of... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by ropami50 and Dylan

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