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• November 18, 2011 Byron added Somerset House
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Somerset House

  A place to immerge yourself with Art, Culture and Creativity.

  Excellent place to discover when visiting London. In fact, a real surprise, because once you are reaching the building either from the Thames side or from the Strand you are intrigued by the... »

  Outsider Architecture | Edited by Byron

• November 8, 2011 Byron has been to Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow
  

  Port Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

  An architectural gem the Radisson is an award-winning five star Nordic-style hotel with modern Glasgow architecture and attitude.

  In true Scandinavian style, the Radisson is a stylish yet subtle mistress, with more quirks than normally found in rival international hotel brands. While art prints of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and... »

  Outsider Architecture | Edited by JocksAway

• August 16, 2011 Byron liked Angel Wine Tower
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Angel Wine Tower

  Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience

  Angels Wine Tower Bar, the first wine tower in Europe, offers a thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience with more than 4,000 bottles of wine in a soaring glass case. It also... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Henrick, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

• August 11, 2011 Byron liked Nike Laakdal Wind Park
  

  Veerle, Belgium

  Nike Laakdal Wind Park

  Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby

  A group of six wind turbines huddled together in Laakdal, Belgium, the Nike Laakdal Wind Park is comprised of RePower MD77s with 1,500 kw of generation capacity. Each turbine was built in 2006 and... »

  Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and Byron

• July 25, 2011 Byron added House That Moved
  

  Exeter, United Kingdom

  House That Moved

  Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot

  Long famous for its ancient and historic buildings, Exeter has one house that stands out from all of the rest. As the story goes, the move that would be remembered generations later began on... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Byron and Nicholas Jackson

• July 1, 2011 Byron liked Flygbussarna
  

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Flygbussarna

  Sculpture of a bus made from wrecked passenger cars

  Every single day, thousands of Swedes drive to the airport in their cars, spewing harmful carbon dioxide into the air and contributing to global warming. In an effort to convince them that they... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• July 1, 2011 Byron liked Big Bowl
  

  Cathie Lake, Australia

  Big Bowl

  Australian holiday town hosts world's largest bowling ball

  Australia is home to more than just a couple of big things. The big country, it has been said, has a love of similarly-oversized objects. The Big Bowl is only one of a loosely related set of about... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• May 31, 2011 Byron liked Broken Kilometer
  

  Broken Kilometer

  One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes

  The Broken Kilometer, 1979, is composed of 500 highly polished, round, solid brass rods, each measuring two meters in length and five centimeters (two inches) in diameter. The 500 rods are placed... »

  Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by jamesb and leiris

• May 31, 2011 Byron liked 59 Rivoli
  

  Paris, France

  59 Rivoli

  Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios

  The mid-1800s Haussmann era building at 59 Rivoli was an artist squat for years before being renovated by the city and returned to a collective of artists. After Crédit Lyonnais abandoned the... »

  Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by allison, Nicholas Jackson and others

• May 20, 2011 Byron liked Crater Lake
  

  Crater Lake

  The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in myth

  Crater lake has been known by a number of names. It was first known (to non-Native Americans anyway) as "Deep Blue Lake," as named in 1853 by its "discoverer," John Wesley Hillman, an American... »

  Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by canuck, Dylan and 2 others

• May 17, 2011 Byron liked Colour Experience (Color Museum)
  

  Bradford, United Kingdom

  Colour Experience (Color Museum)

  A museum devoted to the science of color

  In 1884, a group of color enthusiasts formed a group known as the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Still in existence today, the group aims to advance the science of color in the world and group... »

  Museums and Collections, Instruments of Science | Edited by michelle and Dylan

• May 17, 2011 Byron has been to Chappe Optical Telegraph
  

  Region Alsace, France

  Chappe Optical Telegraph

  Before the electric telegraph, a chain of stone towers carried messages across France

  Smoke signals, drum telegraphs, and the marathon runner are all examples of man’s effort to conquer the tyranny of distance. However, the first truly successful solution to the problem of rapidly... »

  Instruments of Science | Edited by Josh

• May 17, 2011 Byron has been to Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing
  

  Dusseldorf, Germany

  Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rhine Powerline Crossing

  An electrical pylon under whose legs a normal gauge train can run

  The electricity pylon of the Rhine powerline crossing Düsseldorf-Reisholz is one of the few lattice towers in the world under whose legs a normal gauge railway runs. It is the railway connection... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by Alpha and Dylan

• May 10, 2011 Byron has been to Allies
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Allies

  Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt

  When former Prime Minister Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965, Britain mourned, just as the United States had done twenty years before when President Roosevelt died suddenly while still in... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by PaperTiger and Nicholas Jackson

• May 10, 2011 Byron updated the Finch and Co
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Finch and Co

  English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual

  The Finches are antique dealers. But unlike other antique dealers, they have collected a cabinet of curiosities and antiquities from around the world that not only reflects the diversity of human... »

  Wonder Cabinets | Edited by Madiha Bataineh, Nicholas Jackson and others

• April 14, 2011 Byron updated the The Osmotheque
  

  Versailles, France

  The Osmotheque

  Perfume museum and library

  Thomas Mann once said, "if you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it," and surely the fragrance designers behind the Osmotheque's perfume collection would... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Madiha Bataineh, Nicholas Jackson and others

• April 14, 2011 Byron updated the Frankfurt Wishing Wells
  

  Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  Frankfurt Wishing Wells

  Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments

  Frankfurt, a city so rich with bustling businesses also holds a strong card in the arts with its beautiful, carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments. A... »

  Unusual Monuments, Peculiar Fountains | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and others

• April 4, 2011 Byron updated the La Cité Médiévale de Carcassonne
  

  Carcassonne, France

  La Cité Médiévale de Carcassonne

  Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France

  Named a World Heritage Site in 1997, La Cité has a history spanning more than 2,000 years. The largest former fortress in Europe, it has played a decisive role in the history of Languedoc. An Iron... »

  Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by mratomic, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

• March 17, 2011 Byron updated the Nihonji Daibutsu: The Great of Buddha of Nihonji
  

  Japan

  Nihonji Daibutsu: The Great of Buddha of Nihonji

  This giant seated Bhudda of Healing dates to the 1780s

  This giant Buddha is a unique one, being an effigy of Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Healing, known as Bhaisajyaguru in Sanskrit. The immense image of Yakushi was carved out of Mt. Nokogiri, named... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Curious Places of Worship, Giant Buddhas | Edited by Clinton and Byron

• March 10, 2011 Byron posted to the forums: Introduce yourself!
  Hi, am Byron. I have visited this site only a few times and enjoying it. Great to see so many topics/ subjects from around the world. Keep in touch.
• March 9, 2011 Byron liked London's Lilliputian Police Station
  

  London, United Kingdom

  London's Lilliputian Police Station

  London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth

  You can find London's smallest police station tucked away in the southeast corner of Trafalgar Square. But you can also be forgiven for missing it: it looks more like a neoclassical Tardis than... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and 2 others

• March 9, 2011 Byron has been to Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral

  Hear the quietest sound from across the dome

  In the walkway that circles the inside of Christopher Wren’s great dome whispered words can be heard clearly directly across 137 feet. The trick of acoustics is an artifact of the perfection of... »

  Instruments of Science, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta

• March 3, 2011 Byron updated the Catherine de Medici's Chamber of Secrets
  

  Blois, France

  Catherine de Medici's Chamber of Secrets

  Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room

  For generations, the room full of tiny cabinets at the famous Chateau de Blois has been described to visitors as Catherine de Medici's private apothecary cabinet of horrors, home to her extensive... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by Annetta and Byron

• March 3, 2011 Byron liked St. Regis Lhasa Resort Swimming Pool
  

  St. Regis Lhasa Resort Swimming Pool

  Described as "the world's most blinging pool"

  On top of a hill with incredible views in Tibet and only minutes away from tourism-friendly UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the St. Regis Lhasa Resort is one of the world's most decadent retreats.... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Dylan and Nicholas Jackson

• March 3, 2011 Byron liked The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
  

  The Echo Park Time Travel Mart

  Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension

  Have you ever traveled through time and foolishly forgotten your Pastport? Woken up in the morning and realized you're fresh out of dinosaur eggs for breakfast? Discovered that your robot is out... »

  Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by anhie and Annetta