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• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to The Observatory
  

  Bristol, United Kingdom

  The Observatory

  The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill

  Situated high on a hill 338 feet above the river, close to the Suspension Bridge and near St Vincent’s Cave (the Giant’s Cave) is the Bristol Camera Obscura. The building containing the camera... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
  

  Sydney, Australia

  Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

  Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

  Tens of thousands of flying foxes (a cat-size version of the fruit bat) have set up camp in the central Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. By day, they roost in the trees, waking at dusk to seek out... »

  Extraordinary Flora, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by A Facebook user, Annetta and others

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral
  

  London, United Kingdom

  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

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Surgeons' Hall Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Surgeons' Hall Museum, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

  A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens

  The Royal College of Surgeons at Edinburgh houses three museums in the college's beautiful early 19th century William Playfair building: the Surgeons' Hall Pathology Museum, featuring pathological... »

  Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 3 others

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Scotland's Secret Bunker
  

  Saint Andrews, United Kingdom

  Scotland's Secret Bunker

  A nuclear bunker build to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland if it ever came under nuclear attack

  Hidden beneath an innocent Scottish farmhouse (as these things always seem to be) is a tunnel that leads to Scotland’s Secret Bunker: 24,000 square feet of accommodation. Kept secret for over 40... »

  Retro-Tech, Subterranean Sites | Edited by stevied, Dylan and 2 others

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Skara Brae
  

  Sandwick, United Kingdom

  Skara Brae

  Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

  Skara Brae is the ruins of a Neolithic settlement (3100-2500 BC), located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland Orkney, Scotland. Skara Brae's inhabitants are thought to have been... »

  Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, wythe and 2 others

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Sphinx Observatory
  

  Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

  Sphinx Observatory

  Historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe"

  Scientists have long traveled to Earth's ends to conduct their studies. Mountaintops are a classic example of a harsh environment that serves as an ideal setting for experiments ranging from the... »

  Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor and Dylan

• July 11, 2011 clocktower has been to Heidelberg Thingstatte
  

  Heidelberg, Germany

  Heidelberg Thingstatte

  Nazi edifice built on a sacred mountain site used by various German cults

  As part of his mission to indoctrinate the entire German population during the Nazi regime, Joseph Goebbels started the "Thing" movement in 1933 to build huge outdoor settings where thousands of... »

  Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by A Facebook user, Nicholas Jackson and others