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• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Catacombes de Paris
  

  Paris, France

  Catacombes de Paris

  The Catacombs hold secrets much stranger than the bones stacked within them

  In 2004, Parisian police were assigned to do a training exercise in a previously uncharted part of the Catacombs of Paris beneath the Palais de Chaillot. Entering the catacombs through a drain,... »

  Memento Mori, Ossuaries, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Subterranean Sites | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and 6 others

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Old Operating Theatre
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Old Operating Theatre

  In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanestisized patients

  Housed in the attic of St. Thomas Church, Britan's oldest surviving operating theater looks much as it might have in 1822. One surgeon who operated there described it thus: "the first two rows... »

  Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Hunterian Museum, London
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Hunterian Museum, London

  The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery

  The Hunterian Museum has an amazing anatomy and pathology collection, amassed by John Hunter; anatomist, obstetrician, doctor, and dedicated collector of oddities (1728-1793). Hunter had a... »

  Museums and Collections, Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Highgate Cemetery
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Highgate Cemetery

  London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters

  Opened in 1839, Highgate is one of London's most infamous cemeteries. Among the impressive Victorian and Egyptian influenced tombs, are the gravestones of Karl Marx (recognizable by the glowering... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta, littlebrumble and others

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Stanley Park
  

  Stanley Park

  "Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright

  On the banks of Copenhagen sits the famous "Little Mermaid" sculpture, a nude woman based on a local ballerina - at least in the face, the body was based on the sculptors wife. The sculpture was... »

  Strange Statues | Edited by canuck

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Steam Clock Gastown Vancouver
  

  Steam Clock Gastown Vancouver

  A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown

  Underneath Vancouver, Canada, there runs a series of steam pipes connected to a generating plant at Georgia and Beatty Streets. The system provides heat to most of the downtown core, and provides... »

  Astounding Timepieces, Retro-Tech, Amazing Automata | Edited by canuck, Annetta and 3 others

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Joggins Fossil Cliffs
  

  Joggins Fossil Cliffs

  Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years

  Famous for its record of fossils dating back more than 300 million years to the Coal Age, Joggins was once covered in lush forests. The swamp forests in this area and others produced so much... »

  Natural Wonders, Intriguing Environs, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Dylan and Nicholas Jackson

• November 23, 2010 blinkysue has been to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
  

  Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

  Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver

  Hidden behind a low white building in the middle of Vancouver's Chinatown is the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. The Garden, which is named for the father of modern China, is a... »

  Natural History, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Architectural Oddities, Horticultural Marvels, Repositories of Knowledge, Obscura Day Location | Edited by nitikp, Nicholas Jackson and others