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• February 4, 2012 RockyMissouri liked Iron pillar of Delhi
  

  India

  Iron pillar of Delhi

  An ancient iron pillar in Delhi which seems to be rust proof

  On first appearance it doesn't look like much, a 22 foot tall iron pillar, slowly rusting away in the middle of an empty square in Dehli, India. The surprise comes in learning its age, some 1600... »

  Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Retro-Tech, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Long Now Locations | Edited by Dylan, littlebrumble and others

• February 4, 2012 RockyMissouri liked Oak Beams, New College Oxford
  

  County of Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

  Oak Beams, New College Oxford

  The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story

  The anthropologist/philosopher Gregory Bateson used to tell this story: Founded in 1379, New College, Oxford is one of the oldest Oxford colleges. It has, like other colleges, a great dining... »

  Extraordinary Flora, Long Now Locations, Horticultural Marvels, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow and Dylan

• February 4, 2012 RockyMissouri liked Lummis Castle el Alisal
  

  Lummis Castle el Alisal

  Eccentric journalist builds himself a castle stone by stone

  Charles F. Lummis was an author and historian who, after dropping out of Harvard in 1881, decided to walk from Cincinnati to Los Angeles in a pair of street shoes. He had been offered a job as a... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by serflac and Rachel