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February 28, 2010
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updated the The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum description
The history and future of cannabis
In 1985 the same year that Jack Herer published "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," his famous book explaining the benefits of cannabis and hemp, the Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum opened its doors... »
Pharmacy Museums, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and michelle
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February 28, 2010
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updated the Camp Hero coordinates
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village
Established in 1929 and finally decommissioned in the 1980s, Montauk's Camp Hero is a legendary site among conspiracy buffs. The base's most prominent features are concrete bunkers built in during... »
Instruments of Science, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dave, Dylan and others
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February 27, 2010
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updated the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group title and description
The world's largest military aircraft cemetery
Airplane aficionados rejoice! Heaven has been found and it's on the grounds of the Davis-Montham Air Force Base in Tuscon, Arizona.
The 2,600-acre area, officially called the 309th Aerospace... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by littlebrumble and stanestane
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February 26, 2010
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updated the Queens' College Moondial description
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon
The celebrated Queens' College Moon Dial, often erroneously attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, was painted on an exterior wall at Cambridge University in 1733. In addition to the traditional solar... »
Astounding Timepieces, Instruments of Science | Edited by Dylan and Josh
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February 26, 2010
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updated the Mechanical Dragon Clock description
A pretty villa with an hourly infestation of monsters
Every hour on the hour the unassuming facade of a villa across from the imposing Chateau de Blois transforms into an enormous mechanical clock. Against a backdrop of clanging bells and eerie music... »
Astounding Timepieces, Amazing Automata | Edited by Annetta
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February 25, 2010
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updated the Minyatür’s Nautical Instruments description
Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar, or Covered Bazaar (Kapaliçarsi) in Istanbul is a magical city within a city. With over 60 streets and more then 4400 shops, the world’s first mall is a buzzing hive of activity,... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by michelle
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February 25, 2010
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updated the Collégiale de Saint-Bonnet-Le-Château subtitle and description
Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church
Atop a hill in the picturesque town of Saint-Bonnet-le-Château stands the Collegiate Church of Saint-Bonnet, a beautiful medieval church believed to have been built in the year 1400.
The church... »
Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by JC
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February 24, 2010
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updated the Old Courthouse Museum subtitle and description
Museum of the Old South that never was
Known as the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, it was the name given to the attempt by aristocratic Southerners to reconcile the loss of the civil war.
A sort of mourning for the South, the Lost... »
Unique Collections | Edited by jopasm
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February 24, 2010
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updated the Herschel Museum of Astronomy description
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February 24, 2010
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updated the National Center for the History of Electronic Games description
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 20,000 electronic games and consoles
The National Center for the History of Electronic Games (NCHEG) is located at the Strong National Museum of Play, the only museum in the world solely dedicated to exploring the history of play and... »
Unique Collections, Retro-Tech | Edited by anhie
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Longplayer title, subtitle, description, hours, directions, cost, address and coordinates
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London
Conceived by Jem Finer of London / Irish punk band The Pogues, Longplayer is a musical composition 1,000 years in length. Its first performance began at midnight on December 31, 01999 and will... »
Astounding Timepieces, Musical Wonders, Long Now Locations | Edited by LongNow and Dylan
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Grutas de García description
Inside of a mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves
In the mountains of Nuevo Leon, the northeastern-most Mexican state, and only a 30 km drive from Monterrey, are the Grutas de García.
The caves were discovered in 1843 by Priest Juan Antonio... »
Curious Caves | Edited by Clinton and martofkukuf
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle description
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Computer History Museum description
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February 23, 2010
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updated the The Bone Room description
A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
The Bone Room is a fascinating natural history/curiosity store in North Berkeley that sells all manner of mammal, bird, reptile, and fish bones, human bones, mounted insects, feathers, fossils,... »
Purveyors of Curiosities, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan and Annetta
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February 23, 2010
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updated the The Absinthe Museum title, subtitle, description and hours
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February 23, 2010
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updated the three tuns brewery subtitle and description
The oldest working Brewery in Britain
Beer and Britain have a long history together. Though it is unclear when precisely "beer" arrived in Britain, the Britons were drinking enough of it during the Roman occupation for the Romans to... »
Commercial Curiosities | Edited by jim hand
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Teufelsberg subtitle and description
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain"
This abandoned NSA field station sits atop an 80 meter artificial hill in the Grunewald forest on the west edge of Berlin.
The hill has a noteworthy history: created from the post-WWII debris... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by blainedoneill and LisaR
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Doc Holliday's Grave title and description
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Longtime friend and famous lawman Wyatt Earp had this to say about John Henry "Doc" Holliday:
Doc was a dentist not a lawman or an assassin, whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by littlebrumble, larryhuddleston and others
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February 23, 2010
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updated the Neahkahnie Mountain subtitle and description
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity"
North of Manzanita in Oswald West State Park, the Neahkahnie Mountain sits tucked on the Oregon Coast overlooking U.S. Route 101. Part of the Northern Oregon Coast Range, the mountain is known to... »
Natural Wonders, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others
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February 22, 2010
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updated the Chicxulub Crater subtitle and description
World's third largest impact crater, and where the fate of the dinosaurs was sealed
Buried beneath thousands of feet of limestone in the Yucatán Peninsula are the remains of an impact so great that it wiped out over half of the Earth’s species. The Chicxulub Crater, named after... »
Geological Oddities, Disaster Areas, Long Now Locations | Edited by Trevor, Dylan and others
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February 22, 2010
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updated the Creation and Earth History Museum description
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February 22, 2010
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updated the Museum of Beauty description
Self-mutilation in the name of beauty
While the city center of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the People's Museum is tucked in an unassuming building off the main square.
Four autonomous collections comprise the People's... »
Unique Collections | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and AllisonEng
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February 21, 2010
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updated the Kristiansand Kanonmuseum subtitle and description
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February 21, 2010
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updated the Gasometer Town description
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks
A Gasometer or a Gas holder is a large container in which natural gas is stored at atmospheric pressure.
In the 19th and early 20th century gasometers were used extensively to temporarily... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane and Annetta
