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• August 4, 2010 A Facebook user has been to CN Tower: The Tallest Metal Staircase on Earth
  

  CN Tower: The Tallest Metal Staircase on Earth

  One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase

  The idea of the CN Tower originated from the 1968 Canadian National Railway's desire to build a large TV and radio communication platform to serve the Toronto area, as well as demonstrate the... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by canuck and Dylan

• August 4, 2010 A Facebook user has been to Lenin's Mausoleum
  

  Moskva, Russia

  Lenin's Mausoleum

  Embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution

  Lenin's mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square offers up one of Moscow's most macabre attractions and perhaps the most famous "modern mummy" in the world. Frozen in time, Vladimir Ilych Lenin's... »

  Mummies | Edited by stanestane, Tre and 3 others

• August 4, 2010 A Facebook user has been to The Natural Bridge
  

  The Natural Bridge

  A sacred site for Indians surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

  Often cited as having a place among the great wonders of the natural world, particularly by early visitors to the US, Virginia's Natural Bridge is an enormous natural limestone arch. Carved by... »

  Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Cultures and Civilizations , Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, meelar and others

• August 4, 2010 A Facebook user has been to Howe Caverns
  

  Howe Caverns

  Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

  A couple of myths compete for how Lester Howe discovered the caves under his farm: Some say that his cows always pastured in the same part of the field. Howe, an astute farmer, noticed that... »

  Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Annetta and 2 others

• August 4, 2010 A Facebook user 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

• July 9, 2010 A Facebook user has been to 24 Hour Church of Elvis
  

  24 Hour Church of Elvis

  The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

  Over the last two and half decades, Portland-area residents have been treated to the many evolutions of the 24 Hour Church of Elvis, which is arguably the most realistic "thing" in the Rose City.... »

  Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by jamesb and wythe

• July 9, 2010 A Facebook user has been to The Garret
  

  The Garret

  Ornate limestone building now filled with taxidermy, geologic specimens, and more

  The Garret is one of the oldest and most ornate limestone buildings in Bloomington. It was originally a limestone headquarters for BG Hoadley Quarries. The building was occupied by the Garret... »

  Geological Oddities, Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Mummies, Lost Tribes, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by michelle, ack sed and 2 others