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Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys
Maison d'Ailleurs, or the "House of Elsewhere," revolves around extraordinary journeys... of the mind, at least. It is a museum of science fiction, utopias, and other futurist writings.
The... »
Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and wythe
The bear pit or Bern, empty for the first time in nearly 500 years
On the edge of the old town of Bern, Switzerland, lay one of Bern’s most famous tourist attractions: the Bärengraben, or Bear Pits. The city, is smothered in bears, bear cookies, bear sculptures,... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site
With its Alpine landscape, Switzerland is not a country that most people would associate with wine. But on the gentle slopes of the northern shore of Geneva Lake, the gentle climate actually... »
Intriguing Environs | Edited by stanestane
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there
The legend of the cave revolves around its namesake, St. Beatus, a monk living around 100 AD, who chose the cave in which to spend his pious hermitage. To his annoyance, however, he discovered... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba
Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane
Some would say that the definition of true art is its ability to provoke a response in the observer, be it positive or negative, emotional or rational. Art Brut--"brut" in the sense of raw--is a... »
Outsider Art | Edited by stanestane, ack sed and others
The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift
The tower 5 of Felskinn Aerial Tramway in Switzerland may be the only tower of an cable car (also known as an Aerial tramway or ropeway) through whose legs a ski-lift runs.
Tower 5 has a second... »
Inspired Inventions, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha
Featuring Zürich's only authentic 14th-century plague doctor's uniform!
An extensive collection of antique medical implements, complete with cringe-inducing contemporary illustrations of the implements in use. The surgery-stitch sampler is gorgeous and the plague... »
Medical Museums | Edited by hannahmae and Dylan
The disturbing and bizarre within a quaint medieval city
In the quaint medieval city of Gruyére, Switzerland, one may meander among the cobblestone streets imagining a world far distant. While the delightful old Gruyére cheese factory is available to... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by danomar, michelle and others
A 500 year old scuplture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why
Standing in the middle of Bern, Switzerland, is the Kindlifresser, or “Child Eater.” The fountain sculpture towers above the ground a baby half stuffed into his mouth, and a sack full of three... »
Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Memento Mori | Edited by Dylan and wythe
