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• November 3, 2009 As she is spoke updated the Hole in the Rock description
  

  Hole in the Rock

  A house carved into a rock

  Travelers along U.S. Highway 191 in Southeastern Utah are amazed to discover this unique 5,000 square foot home carved directly into the rock. Inside are fourteen fabulous rooms arranged around... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by As she is spoke

• November 3, 2009 As she is spoke updated the Bochnia Salt Mine description
  

  Bochnia, Poland

  Bochnia Salt Mine

  Poland's oldest salt mine has nearly everything one needs to live underground forever

  When settlers of Bochnia, Poland discovered a rich vein of rock salt running beneath their town in 1248, it was the medieval equivalent of striking gold. Minerals brought out of the Bochnia mine... »

  Wonders of Salt, Curious Places of Worship, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 2 others

• November 3, 2009 As she is spoke updated the Alnwick Poison Gardens description
  

  United Kingdom

  Alnwick Poison Gardens

  The sign at the garden gate reads "Warning, these plants can kill you"

  Inspired by the legendary botanical gardens in Padua where the Medicis plotted the untimely, frothing ends of their enemies, an English duchess created this garden, dedicating it entirely to flora... »

  Extraordinary Flora, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by Annetta, wythe and others

• November 3, 2009 As she is spoke updated the Esperanto Museum description
  

  Vienna, Austria

  Esperanto Museum

  Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto

  Esperanto, often represented by a green star, was invented in the 1870s by optometrist L.L. Zamenhof. Since Zamenhof was a speaker of Russian, Yiddish, German, Belarusian and Polish, it seems... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• November 3, 2009 As she is spoke updated the Solomon's Castle description
  

  North America

  Solomon's Castle

  Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates

  Standing in a central Florida swamp, shining in the sun, is a hand-built medieval castle complete with a moat. The sculptor Howard Solomon started building the castle in 1974 out of aluminum... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tre and As she is spoke