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brittmarie033
Recent Activity
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Catacombes de Paris
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Longleat Hedge Maze
The longest hedge maze in the world
Added to the historic grounds in 1975, the Longleat Hedge Maze is the largest of several mazes on the property. The maze is constructed of more than 16,000 English yews and is the longest (but not... »
Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by Annetta
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Labyrinthos Caves
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Ancient Greek myth tells the tale of King Minos constructing an elaborate maze to contain the ghastly product of his wife’s adulterous bestiality: the flesh-eating, bull-man hybrid known as the... »
Curious Caves, Cultures and Civilizations , Mazes, Subterranean Sites | Edited by littlebrumble
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra)
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius
"Instantly we were in a vast vault, where all gleamed like ether. The water below was like a blue-burning fire, lighting up the whole. All around was closed in: but, beneath the water, the little... »
Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by Annetta
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Villa Pisani Labirinto
A complex nine layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian Doge's playground
Local lore holds that the hedge maze at Villa Pisani is so challenging, Napoleon was lost in it when he lived in the villa, and Hitler and Mussolini were too chicken to go into it at all.
The... »
Mazes | Edited by Annetta and Dylan
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked The Duplicative Forest
Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
Driving west on I-84, after you have just passed the thousands of bunkers at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, you start to wonder if some of those chemicals have leaked into the air causing you to... »
Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Intriguing Environs | Edited by jamesb and A Facebook user
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Heavener Runestone
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains
One woman’s relentless belief turned what was just an odd stone into the central monument of a state park. The Heavener Runestone is a ten-foot by twelve-foot high sandstone slab carved with... »
Intriguing Environs, Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by allison and wythe
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Spiro Mounds
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient societies
What was once a center of prehistoric power is now reduced to twelve earthen mounds. From a bend in the Arkansas River, the Spiro people led Mississippian culture over nearly two-thirds of what is... »
Cultures and Civilizations , Incredible Ruins | Edited by allison, Dylan and others
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause
The Tulsa Center of the Universe is a worn concrete circle, approximately thirty inches in diameter, within the middle of another circle made up of thirteen bricks. Overall, the center is a little... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by Dylan
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
liked Abandoned Village of Kayakoy
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece
The deserted ruins of this once-bustling town are nestled against the Taurus Mountains, close to the world-famous beaches and yacht-filled harbor at Olu Deniz. Although the stone buildings are... »
Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by NME76, Kalia_K and 2 others
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
has been to Pentaceratops Skull: Sam Noble Museum of Natural History
The largest land animal skull ever discovered
At ten-and-a-half-feet tall, the Pentaceratops skull at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History has the record for the world's largest land vertebrate skull.
The enormous fossil with its... »
Museums and Collections, Natural History | Edited by allison and Dylan
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November 24, 2010
brittmarie033
has been to Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, carved into the cliffs of majestic mesas
Known for the dwellings of the people who archaeologists once called the "Anasazi," (a derisive Navajo term meaning "ancient enemy") Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, is home... »
Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by wythe and A Facebook user