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CPilgrim
We don't know anything about this user yet... how mysterious!
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Recent Activity
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February 28, 2010
CPilgrim
added Musée Bricard
A curious collection of locks and keys
The Musée Bricard, or Musée de la Serrure, was once one of Paris's tiny hidden gems. The curious collection features locks and keys dating form Roman times up to the present day, including one... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Josh and CPilgrim
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February 9, 2010
CPilgrim
added Reames Arborsmith Studios
A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions
Self-titled arborsculptor Richard Reames grows and shapes tree trunks using the ancient arts of grafting, framing, bending and pruning. Reames believes that his living arborsculptures could one... »
Extraordinary Flora, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 2 others
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February 9, 2010
CPilgrim
added Berman Museum of World History
A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies
The museum was started by an a Farley Berman, an American GI who married a French spy while stationed in North Africa. The two spent 40 years traveling the world and collecting antiques, oddities... »
Unique Collections, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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January 28, 2010
CPilgrim
added G-Cans: the World's Largest Drain
The world's largest drain sits below the city of Saitama, Japan
The G-Cans project (Shutoken Gaikaku Housui Ro, or the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel) is a massive underground waterway and water storage area built by the Japanese... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan, mrobscurity and 3 others
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January 2, 2010
CPilgrim
added Booming Dunes of Badain Jaran Desert
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing
Badain Jaran Desert is home to the tallest stationary dunes on Earth. Reaching over 1,600 feet tall, they are roughly the same size as the world's tallest buildings. This area also shares a... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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December 19, 2009
CPilgrim
added Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
A treasure hunter's dream fulfilled
On September 4, 1622, a fleet of twenty-eight Spanish ships left port in Havana, Cuba. The ships were transporting the wealth of the Spanish empire from Central and South America to the... »
Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, CPilgrim and 2 others
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December 17, 2009
CPilgrim
added Cano's Castle
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December 3, 2009
CPilgrim
added Museum of Funeral Customs -- OUT OF BUSINESS
The history of funerals and funerary customs
As of 2010, this museum is no longer in business -- unfortunately.
Near the Oak Ridge Cemetery, the second most visited cemetery in the United States and the site of Abraham Lincoln's tomb, lies the Springfield Museum of Funeral Customs. The museum houses a... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Rites and Rituals | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and others
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November 18, 2009
CPilgrim
added Le Musee des Moulages
A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models
Dedicated to "moulage" -- wax models of body parts afflicted with disease -- this warehouse of a museum has two spectacular floors of nothing but wax models of diseased flesh. Opened in 1867, the... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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November 2, 2009
CPilgrim
added 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
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October 28, 2009
CPilgrim
added St. Michan's Mummies
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October 27, 2009
CPilgrim
added Melník Chapel of Bones
Underneath this small church lie 15,000 bones, arranged not by the Church but by an academic
For the Bohemian queens and princess, it was a raw deal, for the other 15,000 skeletons in this crypt, it was an upgrade to nicer digs.
The crypt under the St Peter and Paul’s church in Melník... »
Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by CPilgrim and Annetta
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October 12, 2009
CPilgrim
added The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world
In 1892, South Dakota was begging for settlers. In order to showcase their magnificently rich soil, local officials commissioned the building of the Corn Palace in the middle of Mitchell, a town... »
Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others
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September 19, 2009
CPilgrim
added La Lobera
Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions
It probably started small. Maybe a gopher dug a burrow, or perhaps the foot of a donkey broke through the ground. However, over the years, rain and gravity have grown that small hole in the roof... »
Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and others
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February 19, 2009
CPilgrim
added Burg Pfalzgrafenstein
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February 19, 2009
CPilgrim
added Mini-Paris
A miniature Paris built out of trash is one mans two decade labor of love
Frenchman Gerard Brion has spent almost two decades of his life on a single project. He has recreated his very favorite French city in his backyard and garden area. Amongst the flower beds is an... »
Miniatures, Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 19, 2009
CPilgrim
added Frost Entomological Museum
Penn State's giant bug collection
The Frost Entomological Museum is a hidden gem amongst bustling Pennsylvania State University. The building houses a research collection of two million specimens representing 15,00 species. Not... »
Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and others
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February 18, 2009
CPilgrim
added Carhenge
A curious replication of Stonehenge
Jim Reinders, an experimental artist with a history of using curious media, became so enthralled by the beauty of the famous Stonehenge in England that he had to recreate it. However, Reinders,... »
Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Outsider Architecture | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 18, 2009
CPilgrim
added Lunch Box Museum
A stockpile of childhood pails turned collectibles
Lunch boxes bring back a certain sense of nostalgia for most people. What most people don't know however, is that these cherished, childhood, snack-bearing boxes, or at least the old metal ones,... »
Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 13, 2009
CPilgrim
added Catacombes de Paris
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February 12, 2009
CPilgrim
added Stichting Nationaal Brilmuseum
The spectacular history of spectacles
Ever since the early nineteenth century, the Theunissen family has had a strange obsession with spectacles and the mark they've made in the history of fashion. Over 35 years ago, the father of... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 12, 2009
CPilgrim
added Shanghai Circus World
China's most famous acrobatics act
Shanghai Circus World is widely regarded as one of the greatest acrobatic acts in the world. Housed in a geodesic dome in a northern suburb of Shanghai, the troupe of accomplished performers puts... »
Wondrous Performances | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 12, 2009
CPilgrim
added International UFO Museum and Research Center
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident
Prior to the opening of the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico in 1992, the city did not really show any signs of being home to the famous "incident." After being... »
Strange Science, Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim and Dylan
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February 11, 2009
CPilgrim
added Capuchin Monastery
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February 5, 2009
CPilgrim
added Musée des Plans-Reliefs
Museum of three-dimensional military models
The Musée des Plans-Reliefs is currently conserving one hundred and three-dimensional military models, twenty-eight of which are on display. The museum dates back to 1668 during the reign of Louis... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and 3 others
