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• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Colossal Squid at the Te Papa Museum
  

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Colossal Squid at the Te Papa Museum

  The world's only complete colossal squid specimen on display

  Te Papa is New Zealand's national museum, and attempts to give an overview of the nation's art, history, peoples, and wildlife. Among the wildlife that Te Papa currently displays is the world's... »

  Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, re_nakaba and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Rotorua
  

  Rotorua District, New Zealand

  Rotorua

  Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs

  New Zealanders like to refer to their land as "God's Own Country," a land of plenty with beautiful scenery and a temperate climate. But located 230 km south of Auckland lies a city that bears more... »

  Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes | Edited by Dylan, PaperTiger and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Pancake Rocks
  

  South Island, New Zealand

  Pancake Rocks

  Strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water

  The Pancake Rocks are a heavily-eroded limestone area where the sea bursts though a number of vertical blowholes during high tides, creating a kind of geyser effect. Together with the... »

  Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Bananaface, Annetta and 2 others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Te Waikoropupu Springs
  

  South Island, New Zealand

  Te Waikoropupu Springs

  Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world

  Located in Golden Bay on New Zealand's South Island, the Te Waikoropupu Springs ("Pupu Springs") are known for both the clarity of the water they hold and the volume of water discharged. The... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by Bananaface and Nicholas Jackson

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Julien Aurouze and Co.
  

  Paris, France

  Julien Aurouze and Co.

  A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps

  Originally founded in 1872, the shop itself has always specialized in pest control, or more specifically as rat killers. They are still in business today. Called the Julien Aurouze & Co and... »

  Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Museum of Eroticism
  

  Paris, France

  Museum of Eroticism

  Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art

  As a diversion from Paris' more serious renowned sights is Paris' Erotic Museum. Housed in a former cabaret, the museum fills seven floors with erotic art and artifacts from Europe, the Americas,... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Madiha Bataineh, Nicholas Jackson and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Pont de la Concorde
  

  Paris, France

  Pont de la Concorde

  Bridge built from the rubble of the Bastille prison

  Long a symbol of royal authority, the Bastille fell on July 14, 1789, to an insurrection of the people, marking the ignition of the French Revolution. Although there were only seven prisoners in... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by allison, wythe and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Icelandic Phallological Museum
  

  Husavik, Iceland

  Icelandic Phallological Museum

  An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises

  The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik bills itself as “probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found... »

  Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Josh, Annetta and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Blue Lagoon
  

  Blue Lagoon

  Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant

  The lava fields by the Svartsengi geothermal plant were accidentally transformed into a spa in the 1970s. Discharged water from the plant, which is rich in salt, blue green algae, sulphur, and... »

  Watery Wonders, Inspired Inventions | Edited by allison

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Hallgrimskirkja
  

  Hallgrimskirkja

  The tallest building in Iceland, and certainly one of the most visually impressive

  Rising 244 feet above the streets of Reykjavik is Hallgrimskirkja, the tallest building in Iceland. It is situated in the capital city’s center and has become one of Reykjavik’s best known... »

  Musical Wonders, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dampo and atimian

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Mary King's Close
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Mary King's Close

  17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death

  Life in 17th-century Mary King's close (neighborhood) in Edinburgh was less than sanitary. Inhabitants lived in narrow winding streets crammed into packed tenements up to seven stories high.... »

  Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Delireus, mrobscurity and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Falkirk Wheel
  

  Falkirk Wheel

  Perfect sythesis of old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift

  While it may look like a piece of computer-generated scenery straight out of a video game, the Falkirk Wheel actually transports boats from one disjointed canal to another as they navigate the... »

  Inspired Inventions, Architectural Oddities | Edited by littlebrumble, stevied and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Surgeons' Hall Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Surgeons' Hall Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

  A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens

  The Royal College of Surgeons at Edinburgh houses three museums in the college's beautiful early 19th century William Playfair building: the Surgeons' Hall Pathology Museum, featuring pathological... »

  Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 3 others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
  

  Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

  200 year old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia

  An extensive and eclectic collection of natural history specimens, ethnographic artifacts, and zoological items along with a plethora of miscellaneous oddities, the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow is... »

  Strange Science, Natural History, Medical Museums, Unique Collections, Instruments of Science | Edited by Annetta

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Darwin Centre Spirit Collection
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Darwin Centre Spirit Collection

  Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens

  The Natural History Museum, one of the three large museums on Exhibition Road in London, is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons. But those are not the only life and earth... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by PaperTiger, Nicholas Jackson and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Burke & Hare Murder Dolls
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Burke & Hare Murder Dolls

  Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders

  Just a few years after the “Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare were apprehended in Edinburgh, two boys discovered these tiny dolls, each nested into a miniature coffin hidden away in the city park.... »

  Microminiature art, Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Annetta and tripandtravel1

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Holyrood Abbey Ruins
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Holyrood Abbey Ruins

  Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland

  Since it was completed in the early 13th century, the Holyrood Abbey Church has acted as a fulcrum for major events in Scottish and English history. Tracing the history of the church tells the... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by aerialdomo, atimian and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to The Angel of the North
  

  Gateshead, United Kingdom

  The Angel of the North

  Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom

  With slightly angled wings, the massive Angel of the North has stood in embrace of its country, towering over Gateshead and greeting 90,000 staring faces everyday. Since its installation in... »

  | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Waitomo Glowworm Caves
  

  Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

  Waitomo Glowworm Caves

  A cave lit with glowworms

  In 1887, English surveyor Fred Mace and local Maori Chief Tane Tinorau decided to explore the Caves of Waitomo. Tinorau and Mace entered the cave system on a tiny raft where a decently sized... »

  Fascinating Fauna, Curious Caves, Bioluminescent Spots | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 2 others

• January 25, 2012 Poupee_Debauche has been to Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
  

  Port Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Britannia Panopticon Music Hall

  The worlds oldest surviving music hall.

  Built in 1857 by Thomas Gildard and H. M. McFarlane, the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall hosted some of the biggest names on the Music hall circuit and quickly became famed as being the most... »

  The Long Now | Edited by atimian