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cadelandia
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Places I have been to
I have been to The Uros People of Lake Titicaca, St. John's Beacon, Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Stephansdom Crypt, Shakespeare and Company, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Rathaus-Glockenspiel, Der Teufelstritt (The Devil's Footprint), Battery Chamberlin, The Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The Witch's House, Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Gum Wall, Boston's Old Burying Grounds, The Paul Revere House, Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea, World's Largest Shuttlecocks and City Museum
Recent Activity
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to City Museum
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to World's Largest Shuttlecocks
Four 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum
Across the expansive grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, lie four large shuttlecocks. Looking like the remains of a giant’s game of badminton, the 18-foot displays... »
Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by ronin and Nicholas Jackson
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to The Paul Revere House
Oldest house in downtown Boston was once the home of Paul Revere
Paul Revere was made famous by the eponymous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…”
You probably already know that Paul... »
Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Nicholas Jackson and others
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death
"Stay! thou this tomb that passeth by,
And think how soon that thou may'st die..."
The morbid imagery on the headstones in Boston's oldest cemeteries—such as skulls and crossed bones, winged... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta and wythe
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Gum Wall
A Wall of Chewing Gum Moonlights as Collective Art
Down an unassuming side street by Seattle's famed Pike Place Market is a hidden work of art dubbed the Gum Wall or the Wall of Gum. The unassuming and unexpected display is an excellent... »
Outsider Art, Architectural Oddities | Edited by S Lee
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction
In Seattle, where art seems to spring from the ground like weeds from sidewalk cracks, it takes a truly audacious design to generate as much attention as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's... »
Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by canuck, Dylan and 2 others
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to The Witch's House
Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio
There's a house in Beverly Hills, California that might be the perfect place to go when trick-or-treating. Known formally as "The Spadena House," the house is better known as, simply "The Witch's... »
Eccentric Homes | Edited by anhie
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to The Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead
One generally associates parrots with the jungles of a tropical location, yet living in the middle of urban San Francisco is a flock of wild parrots.
The parrot flock began in 1990 as one pair of... »
Fascinating Fauna, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Dylan
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Battery Chamberlin
Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904
The Lowell Battery Chamberlin was named after Civil War hero Lowell A. Chamberlin, who served with distinction as an artillery officer until his death in 1899. The Lowell Battery was designed and... »
Inspired Inventions | Edited by re_nakaba
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Der Teufelstritt (The Devil's Footprint)
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral
According to legend, in 1468 architect Jorg von Halspach went looking for money to build a new cathedral in Munich and ended up making a bargain with the Devil: the Devil would provide the funds... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Rathaus-Glockenspiel
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock
The wedding of the 16th century duke most famous for building the first brewery in Munich is celebrated every day in the huge mechanical clock on Marienplatz. 43 bells and 32 life-sized figures... »
Astounding Timepieces, Musical Wonders | Edited by Annetta and spinkk
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's Most Famous Cemetery
A large cemetery by itself wouldn't seem too odd; even one containing famous remains might not be enough to more than raise an eyebrow. Instead, it's the culture and atmosphere that set Père... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by meelar, Dylan and others
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Shakespeare and Company
Bookstore serves double duty as "Tumbleweed Hotel"
In 1951, an eccentric American named George Whitman opened a bookstore with the hope of creating a literary hub at the heart of Paris.
George, a fervent communist, decided he would welcome all... »
Odd Accommodations | Edited by Madiha Bataineh and Dylan
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Stephansdom Crypt
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome
In the walkway that circles the inside of Christopher Wren’s great dome whispered words can be heard clearly directly across 137 feet.
The trick of acoustics is an artifact of the perfection of... »
Instruments of Science, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
has been to St. John's Beacon
Tower originally planned as a ventilation shaft now houses a studio
Known as St. John's Tower by locals, St. John's Beacon is a giant concrete tower in Liverpool that looks like a traditional TV tower, but was not designed for this use. Instead, St. John's Beacon... »
Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Alpha, Nicholas Jackson and others
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February 5, 2011
cadelandia
updated the The Uros People of Lake Titicaca
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca
On Lake Titicaca, one ancient people, the Uros, live on islands made of living reeds that float around the lake. The Uros people have been living on the lake for hundreds of years—they were... »
Anomalous Islands, Lost Tribes, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Henry, Dylan and others
