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Image of "El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island located in Chile | "El Gigante" the unfinished but largest of the Maoi
Chile

"El Gigante" and the stone Moai of Easter Island

The largest stone Moai on Easter Island

One of the first realizations one has about Easter Island is, it's not an archipelago. There are no other islands surrounding it. No, in all directions there is nothing but empty ocean for greater... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Retro-Tech, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas, Rites and Rituals, Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow, re_nakaba and 2 others

Image of The Nitrate Towns of Chile located in Chile
Chile

The Nitrate Towns of Chile

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly empty

Until 1909, Chile had something very special. Known as white gold, Chile saltpeter, or more technically as Sodium nitrate, it was an extremely valuable commodity for two main reasons: it could... »

Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by

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