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• April 26, 2012 aerialdomo has been to The Highline
  

  New York, US

  The Highline

  Elevated freight railway turned urban park

  For the latter years of the 20th century, abandoned, decrepit and overgrown, this elevated railway on Manhattan's West Side was the domain of pigeons, squirrels and curious urban explorers. But... »

  Outsider Architecture | Edited by jh2ohouse, Henry and others

• January 1, 2012 aerialdomo liked Glass Flowers at Harvard Museum of Natural History
  

  Massachusetts, US

  Glass Flowers at Harvard Museum of Natural History

  Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a German father and son

  Natural history museums opening in the mid 1800s had a problem. While dioramas could depict the mammals of the world, the marine and botanical were difficult to preserve and the papier-maché or... »

  Natural Wonders, Extraordinary Flora, Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, ack sed and others

• January 1, 2012 aerialdomo liked The Edward Gorey House
  

  Massachusetts, US

  The Edward Gorey House

  Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home

  When the prolific illustrator and author Edward Gorey died in 2000, the floors of his home sagged under the weight of 25,000 books, several cats, assorted collections of eclectic items gathered... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Annetta

• January 1, 2012 aerialdomo liked The Barnes Foundation
  

  The Barnes Foundation

  Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum

  Imagine wandering around an estate in the green suburbs of Lower Merion, an affluent neighborhood just outside of Philadelphia. Every inch of every wall is covered in art from floor to ceiling.... »

  Unique Collections | Edited by EmilyYaMei and atimian

• January 1, 2012 aerialdomo liked Showmen's Rest
  

  Showmen's Rest

  Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top”

  Since the 1930s, Hugo in southeast Oklahoma has been a popular winter headquarters for traveling circuses, earning the nickname “Circus Town, USA.” Although many circuses have rested in Hugo,... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by allison and Dylan

• December 31, 2011 aerialdomo liked The Anatomical Machines of Cappella Sansevero
  

  The Anatomical Machines of Cappella Sansevero

  These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt

  Once the private place of worship for Sansevero family, and then transformed into their burial chapel, this church museum holds some very strange and astounding objects. It was under the... »

  Medical Museums, Strange Statues, Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Dylan and Annetta

• October 31, 2011 aerialdomo added Ming Dynasty Tombs
  

  Changping, China

  Ming Dynasty Tombs

  Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution

  China's political situation over the last 70 years could easily be described as manic. Mao Zedong proclaimed his country the People's Republic of China in 1949, and quickly began a long and... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by aerialdomo and atimian

• October 31, 2011 aerialdomo added Holyrood Abbey Ruins
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Holyrood Abbey Ruins

  Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland

  Since it was completed in the early 13th century, the Holyrood Abbey Church has acted as a fulcrum for major events in Scottish and English history. Tracing the history of the church tells the... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by aerialdomo, atimian and others

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo has been to World's largest seated bronze outdoor Buddha
  

  Lantau Peak, Hong Kong

  World's largest seated bronze outdoor Buddha

  Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China

  The seated Buddha at Lantau, also called the Tien Tan Buddha, is 34 meters (110 feet) tall, weighs 250 metric tons and is approached by visitors from the nearby Po Lin Monastery by climbing 268... »

  Giant Buddhas | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and 2 others

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo has been to Loretto Chapel
  

  New Mexico, US

  Loretto Chapel

  Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed

  The story goes something like this: Our Lady of Light Chapel was built for the Sisters of Loretto in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1872, but the Bishop in charge died of pneumonia in 1888, before he... »

  Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by amberjol and wythe

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo added Great West End Regatta
  

  Great West End Regatta

  Hand-powered race of alternative forms of transportation

  Meant as a public celebration of mechanical railcar races and costumed performing arts as well as community participation and human ingenuity. Every year in Santa Rosa, California, teams organize... »

  Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces | Edited by aerialdomo and Nicholas Jackson

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo added V. C. Morris Gift Shop
  

  V. C. Morris Gift Shop

  Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim

  This building, on Maiden Lane in downtown San Francisco, California, is instantly recognizable as having the touch of Frank Lloyd Wright. While the celebrated architect didn't actually design the... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by aerialdomo and Nicholas Jackson

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo added Area 66
  

  Area 66

  Private home in the desert shaped like a huge golf ball

  Known around town as the giant ping pong ball or the golf ball house, Area 66 is a private residence built in the 1970s as the Dinosphere restaurant and night club. This 40-foot-diameter geodesic... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by aerialdomo and Nicholas Jackson

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo added St. George Spirits
  

  St. George Spirits

  One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States

  Founded as an eau de vie distillery nearly 30 years ago, the principles of Old World eau de vie distillation continue to inform every product that is made at St. George Spirits in Alameda. And... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by aerialdomo and Nicholas Jackson

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo has been to The Bone Room
  

  The Bone Room

  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

• June 12, 2011 aerialdomo has been to Mountain View Cemetery
  

  Mountain View Cemetery

  Miller Pyramid on Millionaire's Row, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland CA

  Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, this historic cemetery holds crypts of many famous founders of California. Among those buried here are Elizabeth Short, the unsolved Hollywood murder victim... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by hankchapot, Shalaco and 2 others

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Salton Sea
  

  Salton Sea

  The ghostly remains of an accidental sea

  This may sound obvious, but most rain eventually finds its way to the oceans, either via groundwater, rivers or lakes with permeable rock underneath. Some water, though, gets trapped in large... »

  Watery Wonders | Edited by M Rebekah Otto

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Charybdis Fountain
  

  Seaham, United Kingdom

  Charybdis Fountain

  A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground

  Charybdis was created by the water sculptor William Pye for the luxury Seaham Hotel and Spa, near Sunderland in Northern England. Named after the mythical whirlpool, the fountain is enclosed in a... »

  Peculiar Fountains | Edited by Josh

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species
  

  Paris, France

  The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

  A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world

  Holding 257 rare specimens, La Salle des Espèces Menacées et des Espèces Disparues (The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species) is a glimpse into natural worlds that human progress has pushed to... »

  Museums and Collections, Natural History, Long Now Locations | Edited by allison, Dylan and others

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"
  

  Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

  Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

  A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons

  The 40,000 skeletons within Sedlec Ossuary (aka Kostnice Ossuary Beinhaus) in the Czech Republic welcome you, quite literally, with open arms. Known to most as “The Bone Church,” it displays some... »

  Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta and spinkk

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Santa Maria della Concezione
  

  Santa Maria della Concezione

  The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises"

  In 1775, the Marquis de Sade wrote of it, “I have never seen anything more striking.” Granted, the crypt was to his tastes. Mark Twain wrote about it in his 1869 book Innocents Abroad. When... »

  Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Ossuaries, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 2 others

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Sokushinbutsu of Dainichi temple
  

  Yudono-san, Japan

  Sokushinbutsu of Dainichi temple

  The self-mummified monks of Japan

  Scattered throughout northern Japan are over two dozen mummified Japanese monks known as sokushinbutsu. Followers of shugendō, an ancient form of Buddhism, the monks died in the ultimate act of... »

  Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies, Rites and Rituals | Edited by Dylan, Annetta and others

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked The Museum of Witchcraft
  

  Boscastle, United Kingdom

  The Museum of Witchcraft

  The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia

  When one thinks of persecuting and burning witches, one imagines long-ago rural England or Salem, Massachusetts in the 1690s. However in England persecution of "witches" lasted well into the 1950s... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Memento Mori, Relics and Reliquaries, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Brno Ossuary
  

  Brno, Czech Republic

  Brno Ossuary

  Europe's second largest ossuary discovered in 2001, nearly ready to be opened

  Before doing renovation or new construction in the 1600 year old town of Brno (officially settled in 1243 but occupied since the 400s), it is standard practice to do a preliminary archeological... »

  Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan

• February 4, 2011 aerialdomo liked Hapsburg Imperial Crypt
  

  Vienna, Austria

  Hapsburg Imperial Crypt

  Final resting place for the remains of 143 Hapsburg royalty

  Hapsburg funerals were elaborate affairs. Death loomed large in the cultural life of the Viennese for centuries celebrated in song, poetry, and artwork. Macabre memento-mori sculptures can be... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Architectural Oddities, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta and Nicholas Jackson