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• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to Evolution Nature Store
  

  Evolution Nature Store

  A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios

  Evolution stands out among the clothing stores and restaurants in Manhattan's SoHo art district as a truly distinctive and handsome shop. Tucked into every corner and crevice of the wood-panelled... »

  Wonder Cabinets, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan

• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
  

  Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

  One of the few places in Manhattan which still employs a pneumatic system

  When a young man in Manhattan writes a letter to his girl in Brooklyn, the love letter gets blown to her through a pneumatic tube—pfft—just like that. — E.B. White, “Here Is New York” The... »

  Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by michelle

• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to The New York Earth Room
  

  The New York Earth Room

  A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars

  The Earth Room is a 22-inch-deep layer of dirt spread across a 3,600-square-foot gallery space in the middle of SoHo. Created by American artist Walter De Maria in 1977, it has been a peaceful,... »

  Museums and Collections | Edited by glitterbee, Dylan and others

• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to Union Square Metronome
  

  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

• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to Santa Maria della Concezione
  

  Santa Maria della Concezione

  The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises"

  In 1775, the Marquis de Sade wrote of it, “I have never seen anything more striking.” Granted, the crypt was to his tastes. Mark Twain wrote about it in his 1869 book Innocents Abroad. When... »

  Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Ossuaries, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 2 others

• March 9, 2011 Jess has been to The Ruins of the Kasubi Tombs of Uganda
  

  Kampala, Uganda

  The Ruins of the Kasubi Tombs of Uganda

  Largest grass thatched hut in the world and the burial ground of four Buganda monarchs now lies in burnt ruins

  Situated on Kasubi hill, within Kampala, Uganda, the Kasubi Tombs site is an active religious place in the Buganda Kingdom, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda To the... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Disaster Areas, Long Now Locations | Edited by dougonair, Dylan and others