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Vin_Laura
Recent Activity
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to Astronomical Clock of Lyon
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time
At the turning of an hourglass in an angel's hand, a rooster crows three times and eerie bell music rings through the Cathédrale Saint-Jean in Lyon. The mechanical spectacle comes from an... »
Astounding Timepieces | Edited by allison
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale (The Garden of Tropical Agriculture)
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to St. Beatus Cave
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there
The legend of the cave revolves around its namesake, St. Beatus, a monk living around 100 AD, who chose the cave in which to spend his pious hermitage. To his annoyance, however, he discovered... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to Sphinx Observatory
Historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe"
Scientists have long traveled to Earth's ends to conduct their studies. Mountaintops are a classic example of a harsh environment that serves as an ideal setting for experiments ranging from the... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to Cave Church
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church
On the Buda side of Budapest, tucked into the side Gellert Hill (named after a saint who was stuffed into a spiked barrel and rolled down the hill), is a small cave with a large cross above it.... »
Curious Caves, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
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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November 24, 2010
Vin_Laura
has been to Vasa Museum
Remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic
Seventeenth century Sweden was an up-and-coming state with great ambitions. Colonial expansion was on the mind of every royal and for Sweden, the Navy was to be the backbone of any successful... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane, littlebrumble and 2 others
