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• October 5, 2009 Bee added L'Anse Aux Meadows
  

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  L'Anse Aux Meadows

  An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years

  Situated at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland in Canada is a village settled by the Vikings and estimated to have been established around AD 1000, or 500 years before Christopher Columbus... »

  Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Bee, stanestane and others

• October 4, 2009 Bee added The Vegreville Pysanka
  

  The Vegreville Pysanka

  Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt

  Located in Vegreville, Alberta, the world’s largest easter egg (in the fashion of a Ukranian Easter egg or "pysanka") weighs in at 5000 lbs, is 31 ft. tall, and 18 ft. wide, and took over 12,000... »

  Unusual Monuments | Edited by Bee

• September 28, 2009 Bee added Haughton Impact Crater
  

  Haughton Impact Crater

  The closest thing to Mars on Earth

  Approximately 23 million years old, the Haughton Crater is one of the world's northernmost impact craters, and about the closest thing to Mars on Earth. For NASA, and anyone interested in a... »

  Martian Landscapes, Long Now Locations | Edited by Bee, Dylan and 2 others

• September 28, 2009 Bee added Secret Swing
  

  Secret Swing

  Secret Swing

  In 2003, artist Corwyn Lund erected a playground swing off of the infamous Graffiti Alley of Toronto, Ontario. As the location of the swing became more widespread on the internet, it evolved into... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by Bee and Sofy

• September 25, 2009 Bee added Lower Bay Station
  

  Lower Bay Station

  Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line

  Lower Bay station is nestled directly beneath Bay station on Toronto's Yonge-University subway line. In use for only six months during 1966, it is a remainder from the TTC's attempt to divert... »

  Subterranean Sites | Edited by Bee and Nicholas Jackson