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Micro-Nations
A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna
After a dispute with the government over construction of his spherical house in central Vienna, the Austrian artist Edwin Lipburger declared his property an independent nation in 1984 and renamed... »
Micro-Nations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and Josh
Ruins of the Crusaders headquarters
Krak des Chevaliers is the most imposing symbol of the crusades.
This a massive crusader fortress was built during the first crusade on a strategically important spot 40km from city of Homs, in... »
Micro-Nations, Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane and Annetta
A science teacher's kingdom, complete with castle, enormous pipe organ, and area for epic water battles
Preston Boomer is the science teacher you always wished you had.
Mr. Boomer, who goes by the nickname "Boom," has taught science at the San Lorenzo Valley High School for some 53 years. However... »
Inspired Inventions, Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Micro-Nations, Eccentric Homes, Mazes, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Treeman
Holy Mountain of Athos is a place out of time, a slice of history that might have never existed. Here, even the calendar is different from one used by the rest of the Greece.
For most of its... »
Micro-Nations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by stanestane
A micronation of epic proportions
Australia has a long standing tradition of defying government. One such tradition, secession from government, took prominence in the 1970’s and 80’s thanks to the efforts of a group of five... »
Micro-Nations, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Lockeblade
Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.
Dean Kamen is largely known as the eccentric inventor of the Segway. When he bought a two acre island off the coast of Connecticut (though officially in New York state) and local governments... »
Micro-Nations, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Sarah
An experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India, which may hold a dark secret
A dozen miles north of Pondicherry, India, there is a town to which you already belong and already have citizenship, and which awaits your arrival. However, to live there you will need to give up... »
Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by wythe
The most disputed archipelago in the world
If one were to combine all 650 atolls, reefs, rocks and islets that constitute Spratly Islands into one landmass, it would barely make up five square kilometers.
Scattered over 400,000 square... »
Micro-Nations | Edited by stanestane and Henry
Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim
Bookended by walls of signs in Hebrew and English detailing a strict dress code and a hard-line approach to public morality, Meah Shearim can be considered the most ideologically unique... »
Intriguing Environs, Micro-Nations | Edited by Incendiary and stanestane
