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• November 14, 2011 EmilyYaMei added The Body Farm
  

  The Body Farm

  Bring out your dead

  Calling William K. Bass's center for forensic observation a "farm" is, in a lot of ways a bit of a misnomer. Rather than growing any particular product, this farm is focused on how organic... »

  Strange Science | Edited by EmilyYaMei, atimian and others

• November 11, 2011 EmilyYaMei added Tashiding Monastery
  

  West District, India

  Tashiding Monastery

  Miraculous vase predicts the future at this Tibetan Buddhist site in the Himalayas

  Legend has it that when guru Padmasambhava wanted to find a place to meditate in solitude, he shot an arrow into the sky and it landed on a site known today as the Tashiding Monastery.... »

  Relics and Reliquaries, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• October 29, 2011 EmilyYaMei added The Barnes Foundation
  

  The Barnes Foundation

  Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum

  Imagine wandering around an estate in the green suburbs of Lower Merion, an affluent neighborhood just outside of Philadelphia. Every inch of every wall is covered in art from floor to ceiling.... »

  Unique Collections | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• October 29, 2011 EmilyYaMei added House of Broel
  

  House of Broel

  An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry

  What do weddings, dollhouses and frog legs have in common? They’re all part of a typical day’s work for Bonnie Broel - Polish Countess, ordained minister, and curator of the Dollhouse Museum in... »

  Unique Collections, Eccentric Homes | Edited by EmilyYaMei, atimian and others

• October 29, 2011 EmilyYaMei added Place of Refuge
  

  Place of Refuge

  Ancient holy grounds that granted amnesty to all those who stepped inside

  In Ancient Hawai’i - a period from the Polynesian settlement in 600 AD until Kamehameha’s monarchy in 1810 – an extensive kapu system governed the islands. Kapu, roughly translated as “forbidden,”... »

  Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• October 27, 2011 EmilyYaMei added Turtle Playground
  

  Turtle Playground

  This is not your typical jungle gym

  Normally children are discouraged from playing along the side of the highway. But not in Saint Louis, Missouri. This is all thanks to Bob Cassilly, a local artist best known for his renegade urban... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• October 27, 2011 EmilyYaMei added Big Island Lava Flow
  

  Big Island Lava Flow

  Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes

  Usually, when speaking of geological phenomena, one speaks of time in "aeons” or references events as "prehistoric." But on the Big Island of Hawai'i, the vocabulary's a little different. Lava... »

  Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• July 13, 2011 EmilyYaMei added White Desert
  

  Qasr al Farafirah, Egypt

  White Desert

  Alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian Desert

  Just a few hours from the bursting metropolis of Cairo lies a desert that will make you feel like you’ve landed on the surface of the moon. Formed by centuries of erosion and sandstorms, these... »

  Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes | Edited by EmilyYaMei and Nicholas Jackson