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Trevor
We don't know anything about this user yet... how mysterious!
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Places I have been to
I have been to Lowell Observatory, Sanjusangendo, Youngwood Court, Old Zoo Picnic Area, The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, Galco's Soda Pop Stop, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Velaslavasay Panorama, Watts Towers , Helios House, Angels Flight, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Museum of African American Firefighters, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum , The Witch's House, Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Desert Art Museum, The New York Earth Room, Crater Lake, Wall Drug, Bannerman's Castle, Seneca White Deer, The Spiral Jetty, Dr. Evermore's Forevertron, Center for Land Use Interpretation, jAdis, Manneken Pis, Arcosanti and Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Places I like
I like The Prison Cell of Ludger Sylbaris, Hunga Ha'apai New Volcano Island, North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall, Kymerica, Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum , Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Desert Art Museum, The New York Earth Room, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Seneca White Deer, Skarð, L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newgrange, Jantar Mantar, The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India , Beachy Head, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Kalaupapa Leper Colony, jAdis, Aral Sea, Svalbard Seed Bank, Eisinga Planetarium, Greatstone Sound Mirrors, AlloSphere, American Science and Surplus and Presidio Modelo
Recent Activity
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December 28, 2010
Trevor
added Sagan Planet Walk
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December 19, 2010
Trevor
added Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem
Ascension Island is just a dot on the globe: a tiny chunk of cinder, 90 kilometers square, almost half way between South America and Africa.
Geologically speaking, the island is fairly young.... »
Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Martian Landscapes, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities, Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Trevor and Nicholas Jackson
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August 26, 2010
Trevor
liked Presidio Modelo
Series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba
Built between 1926 and 1928, the Presidio Modelo was designed to be a model prison by President-turned-Dictator Gerardo Machado. Each building is a circle of prison cells surrounding a center... »
Crime and Punishment | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and others
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August 26, 2010
Trevor
added Parkes Radio Telescope
Giant dish located in a sheep paddock was primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions
When Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, over 600 million people tuned in to watch the broadcast. The television signals were sent from an antenna on top of the Lunar Module and were received on... »
Strange Science, Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor and Nicholas Jackson
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August 20, 2010
Trevor
added Wadi al-Hitan - The Valley of the Whales
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature
Few sites in the world speak of an evolutionary tale as rich and captivating as that of Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt's "Whale Valley." There, amid a wind-sculpted landscape of sand and rocks, lies a... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Trevor, wythe and others
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August 19, 2010
Trevor
liked American Science and Surplus
A Science Teacher's Dream
As a rule, surplus stores are mildly disreputable. They take the leftovers or discontinued items, which they purchase at a reduced price, or get for free, and resell them. Many dollar stores... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
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August 16, 2010
Trevor
added Cheomseongdae
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July 29, 2010
Trevor
added Kielder Observatory
England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture
Sleek timber surfaces and clean right angles are hardly the qualities that come to mind when thinking of astronomical observatories, which are usually typified by industrial materials and domes.... »
Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Trevor and Nicholas Jackson
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July 12, 2010
Trevor
added Tempio Voltiano
Old batteries and frog skeletons reside in this lakeside monument to Allesandro Volta
Tempio Voltiano, or the Voltian Temple, is a neoclassical monument and museum dedicated to the life and work of the Italian physicist and inventor of the modern battery, Allesandro Volta. In the... »
Strange Science, Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities, Retro-Tech | Edited by Trevor, wythe and others
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July 9, 2010
Trevor
has been to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult
Located in Pasadena, California, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is best known for its groundbreaking technology and research in the fields of astronomy and physics. As a branch of NASA, it has... »
Instruments of Science, Rites and Rituals | Edited by anhie
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June 29, 2010
Trevor
added Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home
If setting up a satellite television dish sounds like a daunting task, then consider the job of picking up signals from rovers on Mars or satellites orbiting Saturn. That's exactly the... »
Instruments of Science, Electrical Oddities | Edited by Trevor
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June 29, 2010
Trevor
updated the Kaatskill Kaleidoscope
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist
Built from a converted grain silo is the Kaatskill (spelled in the original Dutch way) Kaleidoscope, the world's largest at 60 feet.
Designed by '60s psychedelic artist Isaac Abrams - whose... »
Retro-Tech, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others
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June 29, 2010
Trevor
has been to Arcosanti
Using a concept he calls arcology, architect Paulo Soleri began construction on Arcosanti in 1970. This experimental city was constructed in order to demonstrate how urban conditions could be... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by theamarant and amberjol
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June 28, 2010
Trevor
added Marconi National Historic Site
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June 18, 2010
Trevor
updated the Oklo Reactor
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June 15, 2010
Trevor
added Ulugh Beg Observatory
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June 9, 2010
Trevor
added Arecibo Observatory
World's largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
When it comes to telescopes, there are few as awe-inspiring as the one at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. At 1,000 feet (305 meters) across and 167 feet deep, the Arecibo telescope is the... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor
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June 9, 2010
Trevor
has been to Manneken Pis
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe
The corner of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat in the heart of old town is the home of one of most peculiar attractions of Brussels.
A statue of little naked boy pissing in... »
Strange Statues, Peculiar Fountains | Edited by stanestane, Dylan and others
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May 31, 2010
Trevor
added Super-Kamiokande
Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe
Neutrinos are some of the most abundant yet mysterious particles in our universe. Every second 50 trillion of them fly through our bodies without so much as a trace. Their neutral electric... »
Instruments of Science, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
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May 30, 2010
Trevor
liked AlloSphere
360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data
The AlloSphere is a one-of-a-kind scientific instrument that bridges the worlds of engineering, science and art. Created by Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin and architect Robert Venturi in 2007, the... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by anhie
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May 25, 2010
Trevor
liked Greatstone Sound Mirrors
The Sound Mirrors, also known as Acoustic Mirrors, Concrete Dishes or Listening Ears, are large concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft
The massive concrete acoustic mirrors, or “listening ears,” lining the southeast coast of England were built between the world wars to monitor the skies for the telltale sounds of airborne... »
Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Josh, peterfaulkner and others
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May 25, 2010
Trevor
added Tower of the Ecliptic
Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science
It isn't often that amateur astronomers have exclusive access to a fully equipped observatory, let alone one built by an award-winning architect. But, until recently, that was exactly the... »
Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Trevor
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May 20, 2010
Trevor
added Fermilab
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets
Before Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider, the Tevatron at Fermilab in Illinois was the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator in the world. Despite being bumped into second place by... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
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May 19, 2010
Trevor
liked Eisinga Planetarium
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May 18, 2010
Trevor
added Pic du Midi Observatory
Futuristic observatory at the top of the Pyrénées offers unrivaled views
The scene at Pic du Midi is one out of a sci-fi movie: A fortified concrete-and-stone complex, packed full of metal domes, sprawls across the top of a precipitous peak above the clouds. At an... »
Strange Science, Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor, Dylan and others
