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• October 30, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to The Highline
  

  New York, US

  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

• June 3, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Bodie State Historical Park
  

  Bodie State Historical Park

  Gold rush era ghost town in the Sierra Nevada hills

  It was once the most lawless town in California, a place where the fire bell ringing out the ages of those being laid to rest seemed to never stop ringing. Today, what's left of Bodie is the... »

  Ghost Towns | Edited by ogurantz, Dylan and 5 others

• May 31, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Park Slope Plane Crash
  

  Park Slope Plane Crash

  One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn

  No memorial at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn, marks the site of the one of the worst aviation disasters in American history. On December 16,... »

  Disaster Areas | Edited by allison and Dylan

• May 31, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
  

  Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

  Victorian "Fancy Craft" Hair Wreaths and Relics

  The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has a small, but excellent, collection of Victorian "fancy craft" hair wreaths and historical relics such as the alleged first jawbone ever used to identify a... »

  Unique Collections, Relics and Reliquaries, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by darksandal and mlwl

• May 31, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Crazy Horse Memorial
  

  South Dakota, US

  Crazy Horse Memorial

  The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over

  When the carving of Mount Rushmore began in 1927, the local Lakota Indians objected loudly. The Black Hills of South Dakota, by treaty, belonged to them. But rather than simply protest, Chief... »

  Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori, Cultures and Civilizations , Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and stanestane

• May 31, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Mono Lake
  

  Mono Lake

  Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp

  Mono Lake is believed to have formed 760,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest lakes in North America. Researchers estimate that at the time of the last ice age, the lake was 900 feet deep... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt | Edited by anhie and Deryn

• May 31, 2010 Hawkeyecory has been to Devil's Postpile National Monument
  

  California, US

  Devil's Postpile National Monument

  Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice

  The battling forces of fire and ice created the Devils Postpile: over 400 unusually symmetrical columns of basalt towering six hundred feet high, on the eastern side of the sierras, just outside... »

  Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Tre