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• October 3, 2010 Rick updated the Ball's Pyramid
  

  Ball's Pyramid, Australia

  Ball's Pyramid

  This barren sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect

  The remnants of a massive volcano, Ball's Pyramid juts 1,843 feet out of the Pacific Ocean. Discovered in 1788, the barren, rocky spire was thought to be devoid of life until 2001 when a group of... »

  Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 2 others

• September 16, 2010 Rick updated the Mirny Diamond Mine
  

  Mirny Diamond Mine

  The world's second largest hole

  The second largest man-made hole in the world (surpassed only by the Bingham Copper Mine in Utah) is a diamond mine located on the outskirts of Mirny, a small town in eastern Siberia.... »

  Geological Oddities | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 3 others

• September 16, 2010 Rick updated the Aokigahara Suicide Forest
  

  Japan

  Aokigahara Suicide Forest

  Resting in Mount Fuji's shadow lies a forest shrouded by death, the world's second most popular suicide location

  Called "the perfect place to die," the Aokigahara forest has the unfortunate distinction as the world's second most popular place to take one's life. (The first is the Golden Gate Bridge.) Since... »

  Memento Mori | Edited by littlebrumble, wythe and others

• September 15, 2010 Rick updated the Caño Cristales
  

  Caño Cristales

  An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise"

  A unique biological wonder, Caño Cristales has been referred as the "river of five colors," "the river that ran away from paradise," and "the most beautiful river in the world." For most of... »

  Watery Wonders, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Dylan, retorno and 6 others

• September 15, 2010 Rick updated the The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India
  

  Trisul, India

  The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India

  A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them…

  In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.... »

  Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Watery Wonders, Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by Dylan and Rick

• September 15, 2010 Rick updated the The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji
  

  Shillong, India

  The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

  Centuries-old bridges, grown from tangled roots

  In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built—they're grown. The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by... »

  Extraordinary Flora, Rites and Rituals, Long Now Locations, Outsider Architecture | Edited by bertieinindia, wythe and 6 others

• September 15, 2010 Rick updated the Blood Falls
  

  Blood Falls

  Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem

  This five-story, blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. When geologists first discovered the frozen waterfall in 1911, they thought... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt | Edited by matthewwarrenlee, mrobscurity and 9 others

• August 22, 2010 Rick commented on Frog Museum

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• August 22, 2010 Rick updated the Frog Museum
  

  Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland

  Frog Museum

  150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs

  The Frog Museum in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland is a collection of 150-year-old satirical tableaus of domestic life in the 19th century — all involving stuffed frogs. The museum began in the... »

  Unique Collections | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others

• August 18, 2010 Rick added Busójárás
  

  Mohacs, Hungary

  Busójárás

  Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth

  During February in the small Hungarian town of Mohács, the townspeople dress as horned monsters, wander the town swilling spiced wine and homemade pálinka, and make as much noise as humanly... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Wondrous Performances, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Rick