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Cheddar
We don't know anything about this user yet... how mysterious!
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Places I have been to
I have been to Cahokia Mounds, Helios House, Angels Flight, Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center, Rhyolite ghost town, Amargosa Opera House, The Great Serpent Mound, Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves, Scotty's Castle, Devils Golf Course, The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa, The Crystal Maiden of the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Lago de Atitlán, Chapultepec Castle, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Summum Pyramid, Knox County Poorhouse, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Necromance, Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch, Mono Lake, Venice Beach Freakshow, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes and Bigfoot Discovery Museum
Recent Activity
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October 19, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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October 19, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes might be the tallest dunes on the Western coast of the United States, but they are most known for the secret treasure hidden deep beneath its sandy surface. For almost... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by anhie and Annetta
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October 19, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings
Hollywood Forever cemetery was founded in 1899 by farmer and businessman, Isaac Van Nuys. Originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetary, the site was one of the first "park-like" cemeteries... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by anhie
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June 23, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Venice Beach Freakshow
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world
As a child Todd Ray loved to visit the circus and carnivals that came through his South Carolina town. There was one thing he always wanted to see; the freakshow. At one such show Ray met "the... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by Sam E and Dylan
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June 23, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Mono Lake
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April 9, 2011
Cheddar
added Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch
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January 28, 2011
Cheddar
has been to Necromance
Medical and Zoological Curiosites for Sale
Ever thought you needed a stuffed albino peacock to add to your decor? Or are you in the market for some Victorian bone saws? Necromance has both along with many other medical and zoological... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan
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December 3, 2010
Cheddar
has been to The Museum of Jurassic Technology
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
added Knox County Poorhouse
Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet
Built in the 19th century, this dilapidated Victorian Gothic building is the centerpiece of the quiet little hamlet of Bangs, Ohio. The massive, multi-story brick building briefly laid claim to... »
Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Cheddar and Nicholas Jackson
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Summum Pyramid
Pyramid home to obscure religious group which practices modern mummification
In 1975, Claude Corky Nowell said he had an encounter with highly intelligent beings he called "Summa individuals" who revealed to him the true nature of the universe. Corky promptly changed his... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, michelle and 3 others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky
Maintained by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, Red Rock National Conservation Area is a chunk of land just 15 miles west of Las Vegas that is... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by canuck, Nicholas Jackson and others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Chapultepec Castle
Only castle in North America to ever house actual sovereigns
When we think of castles we think of Europe and Asia, of the towering spires of Neuschwanstein and the massive courtyards and interlocking palaces that populate the Forbidden City. North America... »
Eccentric Homes | Edited by Nathan_Risinger, Nicholas Jackson and others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Lago de Atitlán
Central America's deepest lake is actually an volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
Although it is recognized as Central America's deepest lake (estimated at over 340 meters), Atitlán is so deep it has yet to be properly sounded. It is the result of a massive volcanic explosion... »
Watery Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Michael Peters and Annetta
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to The Crystal Maiden of the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to The Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The stones of Racetrack Playa leave trails of movement, yet no one has ever seen them move
There is something utterly magical about the sailing stones of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley California. Scattered about the desert are large rocks with mysterious trails left behind them.... »
Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan, Samnite and 5 others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Devils Golf Course
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Scotty's Castle
Abandomed Jazz Age Dream Home and Con Man's Hide-Out in Death Valley Desert
Neither a castle nor Scotty’s, Death Valley Ranch, more commonly known as "Scotty’s Castle" was built by Albert Johnson, an insurance broker from Chicago. Johnson was lured to Death Valley by... »
Ghost Towns, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tre, BrianDunning and others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age
The Glacial Grooves on the north side of Kelleys Island are the largest and most easily accessible glacial grooves in the world. They were scoured into solid limestone bedrock about 18,000 years... »
Intriguing Environs | Edited by Runnerofbears and michelle
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to The Great Serpent Mound
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Amargosa Opera House
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
In the middle of Death Valley – one of the harshest and most extreme environments on earth – stands one of the most unusual hotels in America, the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel.
The Amargosa,... »
Outsider Art | Edited by wythe, BrianDunning and 2 others
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Rhyolite ghost town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush era ghost town
Founded in 1904 and dead by 1916, Rhyolite was one of several short lived boom-towns from the late Gold Rush era. People were drawn to the desert on the edge of Death Valley by the promise of gold... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by Annetta and Dylan
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center
Former utopian healing center, created by a huckster and built by derelicts
Curtis Howe Springer was a self-proclaimed medical doctor and Methodist minister, though in actuality he was licensed to do neither. He was, however, a popular radio evangelist in Pittsburgh in... »
Odd Accommodations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by anhie
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world
After nine years of having to huff and puff up the steep steps of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles pedestrians can relax now that the historic funicular railway, Angels Flight, has reopened its landmark... »
Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by anhie and Dylan
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Helios House
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States
"Eco-friendly" is probably one of the last adjectives one would use to describe a gas station, but the BP gas company has taken on its first green gas station initiative with the Helios House.... »
Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by anhie
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November 29, 2010
Cheddar
has been to Cahokia Mounds
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned
The largest pre-Columbian settlement in the New World north of Mexico, Cahokia once had about 120 mounds, built for various purposes by the inhabitants of the area. One of these mounds is Monks... »
Rites and Rituals | Edited by bradenh83 and Nicholas Jackson
