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Kiri_the_Unicorn
Recent Activity
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February 5, 2011
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to Hall of Mosses
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December 4, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States
South of tiny Austin, Nevada, in desolate Nye county lies Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. This area proudly displays the one and only complete skeleton of an Ichthyosaur in the United States. All... »
Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and others
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October 30, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Michigan Space and Science Center
Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state
Opened in 1977 on the campus of the Jackson Community College, the Michigan Space and Science Center was built by matching state and college funds and served as a tribute to several astronauts who... »
Museums and Collections, Strange Science | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and Kiri_the_Unicorn
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October 15, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide
The Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River.
It was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others
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September 3, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Kriminalmuseum
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders
Skulls, medieval torture devices, bloody gloves, depictions of murder, death masks, and rusty axes - the Kriminalmuseum in Vienna, Austria is not for the faint of heart.
The Kriminalmuseum or... »
Crime and Punishment | Edited by michelle and Kiri_the_Unicorn
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August 23, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to Multnomah Falls
Roaring, awe-inspiring cascade of icy water
Only a 30-minute drive from Portland, Oregon, Multnomah Falls allows visitors to experience the power of nature up close. The base of this 611-foot-tall cascade of icy water is only a five-minute... »
Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by canuck, Nicholas Jackson and others
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July 19, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to Umatilla Chemical Depot
A stunning landscape with bunker after bunker of chemical weapons as far as the eye can see.
Heading West to Portland, Oregon via automobile, you stand a good chance of passing by some very unusual and imposing terrain.
As you're cruising on I-82 towards the junction with I-84 you'll... »
Intriguing Environs, Architectural Oddities | Edited by jamesb and Arisalta
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July 7, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the The Avrocar
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force
The year was 1952 and the Cold War was in full chill. The House Un-American Activities Committee was looking for "reds under beds," while teenage boys read science fiction comics and watched... »
Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others
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July 5, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the The Museum of Medieval Torture
Medieval Techniques with a Modern Conscience
Medieval torture devices and modern human rights abuses are not two things that are often mentioned within the same sentence. However, at the Medieval Criminal Museum in San Gimignano they go... »
Crime and Punishment | Edited by Nathan_Risinger and Kiri_the_Unicorn
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June 15, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction
In Seattle, where art seems to spring from the ground like weeds from sidewalk cracks, it takes a truly audacious design to generate as much attention as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's... »
Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by canuck, Dylan and 2 others
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June 8, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Reed College Research Reactor
World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates
Manned by a staff of 40 undergraduate students, the Reed College Research Reactor has been in use as a research and teaching facility since 1968. Reed is the only liberal arts college in the world... »
Strange Science, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and 4 others
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June 8, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
commented on Reed College Research Reactor
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!
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June 7, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Crack in the Ground
A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep
The eruptions from the Four Craters Lava Field -- four pyroclastic cone volcanoes formed during the Pleistocene or early Holocene --created a sinking of the older heavier rock, forming a shallow... »
Natural Wonders | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others
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May 27, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to Oregon City Municipal Elevator
Home to the only municipal elevator in the United States
Oregon City includes dramatic changes in elevation and the city's central business district is sandwiched between the Willamette River and a basalt cliff. At the top of the 90-foot (27 m) cliff... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by canuck and Dylan
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May 21, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
has been to The Astoria Column
A Roman style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside
Overlooking the mouth of the Columbia River on the 600 foot high Coxcomb Hill in Astoria, Oregon is the The Astoria Column. Built in 1926, the concrete and steel structure is part of the city park... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by canuck and Dylan
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March 23, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the Scotland's Secret Bunker
A nuclear bunker build to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland if it ever came under nuclear attack
Hidden beneath an innocent Scottish farmhouse (as these things always seem to be) is a tunnel that leads to Scotland’s Secret Bunker: 24,000 square feet of accommodation. Kept secret for over 40... »
Retro-Tech, Subterranean Sites | Edited by stevied, Dylan and 2 others
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March 19, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the American Alpine Club Library
All Mountains - All The Time
The American Alpine Club is where great Alpinists live on forever.
The club is chock full of historic archives, gear, and books from the 1500s to the present, all about the history and culture... »
Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others
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March 8, 2010
Kiri_the_Unicorn
updated the The Giant Lenin head of Ulan Ude
This massive glowering Lenin head gazes out over eastern Siberia
Every leader leaves behind a of trail of monuments named after them: foundations, schools, statues, and so on. Of course the biggest and the best almost always belonged to the most iron-fisted... »
Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan and Kiri_the_Unicorn
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!