Places

The Baptismal Pool - Fields of the Woods in North Carolina, US
North Carolina, US

Fields of the Woods

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains

Most people have heard of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, but far fewer are familiar with Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, the Smokey Mountains very own (non-Mormon) 'latter day saint.' Tomlinson went to the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina to... »

Unusual Monuments | Submitted by Anonymous

The Museum of Roman Ships at Fiumicino in Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy

The Museum of Roman Ships at Fiumicino

Roman-era ships unearthed...

An accidental discovery delivered this unique collection. In the early 50s when the Italian government began excavating for a new airport, they stumbled upon an ancient port built by Emperor Claudius in 46 C.E... »

Incredible Ruins | Submitted by M. Rebekah Otto

3D Center of Art and Photography in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

3D Center of Art and Photography

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses

In 1994, the fledgling Cascade Stereoscopic Club began dreaming of a shared space where their passion for the history and art of three-dimensional photography could reach the public... »

Museums and Collections | Submitted by littlebrumble

Buddy Lee doll collection. - Kidd's Toy Museum in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Kidd's Toy Museum

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence

Frank Kidd began collecting antique toys and banks as an adult, filling his automotive parts office with vehicular toys. Throughout the years his hobby expanded, citing a lack of playthings during his childhood... »

Unique Collections | Submitted by littlebrumble

The Criminology Museum in Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy

The Criminology Museum

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

Operated by Italy's federal Prison Administration, this unique collection of prisons, torture, and criminal anthropology was open only to government officials from its founding in 1931 until 1994... »

Unique Collections | Submitted by M. Rebekah Otto

Pennsic War Campground in Pennsylvania, US
Pennsylvania, US

Pennsic War Campground

A campground becomes a 15000 member/medieval town for 2 weeks every year

It all began rather innocuously in 1966, at a party in a backyard, for a group of graduating medieval studies graduates... »

Cultures and Civilizations | Submitted by Anonymous

Watts Towers in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Watts Towers

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture

The Watts Towers in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, are a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m)... »

Outsider Architecture | Submitted by Mary Marshall Fowler

The 6-m Large Zenith Telescope. - Large Zenith Telescope in British Columbia, Canada
British Columbia, Canada

Large Zenith Telescope

Large spinning bath of liquid mercury used to probe the early universe

With a six-meter diameter and weighing in at three metric tons, the Large Zenith Telescope is the third-largest optical telescope in North America and the largest liquid mirror telescope in the world... »

Inspired Inventions | Submitted by Trevor

The LASFS sign outside the Burbank Blvd. clubhouse. Photo by Pip R. Lagenta - Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard

Every Thursday night, scores of science fiction and fantasy fans gather for the weekly meeting of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society... »

Strange Science | Submitted by Trevor

Laerdal Tunnel in Bergen, Norway
Bergen, Norway

Laerdal Tunnel

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight

The longest tunnel in the world extends 15.2 miles (24.5 km) between the cities of Laerdal and Aurland in western Norway... »

Inspired Inventions | Submitted by anhie nguyen