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• June 11, 2011 brettyoung added Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon
  

  Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon

  Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship

  Opened way back in 1883, this dive bar was cool before any of us knew what cool could be. It was so cool that Jack London would often hang out here. (The proprietors of the place say that London... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars, Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by brettyoung, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

• June 10, 2011 brettyoung added Forbes Island Barge
  

  Forbes Island Barge

  Floating island and upscale restaurant

  Have you ever looked at the underside of an island? Or how about at an island’s outboard motor? The topside of Forbes Island may look like any other island: Lighthouse, sand, palm trees,... »

  Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by brettyoung, atimian and 2 others

• May 30, 2011 brettyoung added Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay
  

  Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay

  They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators

  Nurse sharks are kind of like Bahamian catfish in the shape of a predator. Bottom feeders, nurse sharks mostly appear to sit down on the bottom of the shallows and suck sediment and little... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by brettyoung and Nicholas Jackson

• May 30, 2011 brettyoung added Swimming Pigs of Big Major Cay
  

  Swimming Pigs of Big Major Cay

  Well-fed Bahamian wildlife with a special skill

  Just north of Staniel Cay in the Outer Exumas is Big Major Cay. On this small, uninhabited island, there's a group of feral pigs. The pigs are regularly fed by those who go out to visit them,... »

  Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by brettyoung, Nicholas Jackson and others