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Camwyn
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Places I have been to
I have been to Bata Shoe Museum, Museum of Sex, Tear Drop Memorial, The Colgate Clock, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Storm King Art Center, Private Passage, Jeffrey's Hook Light, Union Square Metronome, The Highline, The Meadowlands, Morris Museum, Mütter Museum, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Rosslyn Metro Escalator, Clifton Hill, Dittrick Medical Museum, Ottawa Jail Hostel, A Panorama View of New York City, Hood Milk Bottle, The Paul Revere House and Pier 54, Titanic's Destination
Places I like
I like Dittrick Medical Museum, Bata Shoe Museum, Jeffrey's Hook Light, Tear Drop Memorial, The Meadowlands, Morris Museum, Mütter Museum, National Museum of Health and Medicine and Ottawa Jail Hostel
Recent Activity
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May 20, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Pier 54, Titanic's Destination
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival
It might be best that Pier 54 is in disrepair. Rusted, abandoned and slowly disintegrating into the water, it's hard to ignore the metaphors implied by the state of the pier, whose primary claim... »
Memento Mori, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Mark_Casey and Rachel
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January 24, 2012
Camwyn
has been to The Paul Revere House
Oldest house in downtown Boston was once the home of Paul Revere
Paul Revere was made famous by the eponymous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…”
You probably already know that Paul... »
Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Nicholas Jackson and others
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January 24, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Hood Milk Bottle
Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance
Standing 40 feet tall, this giant milk bottle sits next to the Boston Children’s Museum, just across the Fort Point Channel. In 1930, Arthur Gagner built the milk bottle next to his store to sell... »
Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Sofy
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January 24, 2012
Camwyn
has been to A Panorama View of New York City
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January 24, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Ottawa Jail Hostel
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January 8, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Dittrick Medical Museum
Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s
Housed at Case Western Reserve University, the Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts,... »
Museums and Collections, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 3 others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Clifton Hill
Niagara Falls nearby tourist trap, Clifton Hill is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both
“The Niagara Falls is simply a vast amount of water going the wrong way over some unnecessary rocks” said Oscar Wilde, ever the pessimist. However, had he visited today, and spent some time in... »
Commercial Curiosities | Edited by GOF and M Rebekah Otto
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Rosslyn Metro Escalator
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators
According to Dante Alighieri, past the wall of flames after the 7th terrace of Purgatory, there is an immense stone staircase leading to the Earthly Paradise so big that Dante and his companions... »
Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to National Museum of Health and Medicine
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln
Once housed in a grand building on the National Mall, but now relegated to the uptown campus of the Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, the National Museum of Health and Medicine houses a... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 3 others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities
Located inside the headquarters of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mutter has a wide range of wondrous and curious displays, including the skeleton of the tallest man in North... »
Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Josh and others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Morris Museum
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata
When you think of New Jersey, a world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind. Yet that is exactly what the Morris Museum... »
Unique Collections, Amazing Automata | Edited by michelle
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to The Meadowlands
Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, WWII-era London, and dead mobsters galore.
Blame the Meadowlands for New Jersey’s reputation as a toxic wasteland of humanity rather than its billing of "The Garden State." On the other hand, the vast wetlands area is an intrepid urban... »
Watery Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Disaster Areas | Edited by littlebrumble
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to The Highline
Elevated freight railway turned urban park
For the latter years of the 20th century, abandoned, decrepit and overgrown, this elevated railway on Manhattan's West Side was the domain of pigeons, squirrels and curious urban explorers. But... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by jh2ohouse, Henry and others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York
No visit to New York's Union Square is complete without pondering, and then subsequently becoming frustrated with the Metronome, a digital display of 15 numbers changing at various speeds,... »
Astounding Timepieces | Edited by Henry
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge
One of the last standing lighthouses in all of Manhattan, Jeffrey's Hook Light is a small structure that stands almost directly under the George Washington Bridge on the New York side.... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by amberjol, spinkk and 2 others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside
Named for the former New York Governor Dewitt Clinton, Clinton Cove is a spectacular park in New York, New York. It includes a big green lawn for picnicking, a boathouse holdings canoes and kayaks... »
Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by aboychuk and Nicholas Jackson
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Storm King Art Center
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley
With 500 acres, Storm King Art Center can hardly be called a sculpture garden. As its 100 installations interact and even change the grounds of the Art Center, it is more aptly described as a... »
Outsider Art, Strange Statues | Edited by aboychuk and atimian
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Flushing Meadows Corona Park
The remnants of two World Fair's complete with a 12 story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO shaped pavilion
After a long ride from Manhattan, most get off the 7 train to go to Shea Stadium, but you could just as well walk in the other direction. Shea Stadium, former home of the New York Mets, is only... »
Strange Statues, Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to The Colgate Clock
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Tear Drop Memorial
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ
When the local government of Jersey City were offered a September 11th memorial by Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, they graciously accepted it as a gift of friendship between former enemies.... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by PaperTiger and Nicholas Jackson
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex
It's amazing that it took so long for New York to catch up to the rest of the world. Sex museums were popular in Europe in the 1960s, and a museum dedicated entirely to sex first premiered in... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by Henry, HJHausman and others
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January 7, 2012
Camwyn
has been to Bata Shoe Museum
Collection of over twelve thousand shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox
Sonja Bata, the founder of the Bata Shoe Museum, has been collecting shoes since the 1940s. Mrs. Bata's hobby began while traveling on business trips around the world with her husband, Mr. Thomas... »
Unique Collections | Edited by anhie
