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• May 16, 2012 dougygyro added Stonehenge World Heritage Site
  

  Stonehenge, United Kingdom

  Stonehenge World Heritage Site

  Famously Misunderstood Wonder of the Ancient World.

  Much can, and has been said about this amazing monument. In fact, many theories diverge dramatically, regarding purpose and span of time during construction. There is a lot of information that... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by dougygyro, Annetta and others

• April 17, 2012 dougygyro has been to Explorers Club Headquarters
  

  Explorers Club Headquarters

  A treasure trove of exploration artifacts, books, and artwork

  Behind appropriately impressive heavy doors and ornate turn of the century stained glass windows, the Explorers Club headquarters on East 70th street looks like it has been been there forever -... »

  Wonder Cabinets, Natural History, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta, Rachel and others

• March 29, 2012 dougygyro has been to Necromance
  

  Necromance

  Medical and Zoological Curiosites for Sale

  Ever thought you needed a stuffed albino peacock to add to your decor? Or are you in the market for some Victorian bone saws? Necromance has both along with many other medical and zoological... »

  Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Dylan

• March 29, 2012 dougygyro has been to Darth Vader Grotesque
  

  Darth Vader Grotesque

  The sci-fi villain is a little known inhabitant of the Washington National Cathedral

  Cathedrals are well known as places of quiet reflection and reverence for divinity. To encourage these behaviors, architects often use calm, echoless corridors, vaulted ceilings arching toward the... »

  Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and others

• March 17, 2012 dougygyro has been to VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze
  

  VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

  This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

  Mazes and labyrinths have fascinated people from before the dawn of history. The legendary labyrinth beneath the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, in which the hero Theseus killed the... »

  Fascinating Fauna | Edited by canuck, Dylan and others

• March 14, 2012 dougygyro 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

• January 9, 2012 dougygyro commented on Lindow Man

  This dude right here is my favorite leather bag in the world.

• January 9, 2012 dougygyro updated the The Lost Town of Dunwich
  

  Dunwich, United Kingdom

  The Lost Town of Dunwich

  Dunwich is a village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

  Formerly the early medieval capital of East Anglia, Dunwich is now a small village that over the past eight centuries has been suffering from coastal erosion. Today it is no larger than a few... »

  Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, AllisonEng and others

• January 9, 2012 dougygyro has been to Marin Headlands
  

  Marin Headlands

  Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate

  You might not expect to find WWII pillboxes, anti-aircraft gun mounts, and missile launch sites among the rolling hills and wetlands of the Marin Headlands, but at one time this was a highly... »

  Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta and Nicholas Jackson

• January 8, 2012 dougygyro has been to St. George Spirits
  

  St. George Spirits

  One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States

  Founded as an eau de vie distillery nearly 30 years ago, the principles of Old World eau de vie distillation continue to inform every product that is made at St. George Spirits in Alameda. And... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by aerialdomo and Nicholas Jackson

• January 8, 2012 dougygyro has been to Holyrood Abbey Ruins
  

  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Holyrood Abbey Ruins

  Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland

  Since it was completed in the early 13th century, the Holyrood Abbey Church has acted as a fulcrum for major events in Scottish and English history. Tracing the history of the church tells the... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by aerialdomo, atimian and others

• December 21, 2011 dougygyro has been to Urban Ore
  

  Urban Ore

  An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA

  Urban Ore, a sprawling 3 acre warehouse in Berkeley, California, is a retail store for reusable goods and a disposal service for salvageable items. What makes it unlike any thrift store or antique... »

  Unique Collections, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Raphi Gottesman

• December 21, 2011 dougygyro has been to La Isla de los Alcatraces: Alcatraz Island
  

  La Isla de los Alcatraces: Alcatraz Island

  In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully...or so they claim

  Alcatraz, also referred to as “The Rock,” is rich in American history, more so than most people realize. It is the home of the oldest operating lighthouse on the west coast, a Civil War fortress... »

  Crime and Punishment | Edited by AllisonEng, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others

• December 21, 2011 dougygyro has been to Cesar Chavez Park
  

  Cesar Chavez Park

  A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival

  This space, on a natural peninsula in the San Francisco Bay, was used as a landfill since 1957. But in 1991, the city of Berkeley transformed the area into waterfront recreation, with a wildlife... »

  Natural Wonders | Edited by M Rebekah Otto

• December 21, 2011 dougygyro has been to Loved To Death
  

  Loved To Death

  Storefront that specializes in taxidermy

  What started out as an art endeavor where the owners made Victorian-themed anthropomorphic taxidermy dioramas eventually evolved into a storefront in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Loved... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

• December 21, 2011 dougygyro added St. Fagans: National History Museum
  

  Cardiff, United Kingdom

  St. Fagans: National History Museum

  Take a stroll through history in a village of reconstructed structures

  St. Fagans is home to the Welsh National History Museum, a three dimensional outdoor museum where visitors can take a first-hand look at buildings representing Welsh history and culture from... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins, Mazes, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by dougygyro, Annetta and others

• December 19, 2011 dougygyro has been to Minerva in the Green-Wood Cemetery
  

  Minerva in the Green-Wood Cemetery

  A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies

  Founded in 1838 as one of America’s first rural cemeteries, the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn soon became a most desired location for the dead, and the living. By 1860, Green-Wood was... »

  Strange Statues, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by FungusFan

• October 28, 2011 dougygyro has been to Lindow Man
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Lindow Man

  Naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man

  Sir Francis Bacon once said, “There is nothing more certain in nature that it is impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated.” Surely this is true for most everything in the universe, but in... »

  Rites and Rituals, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Madiha Bataineh and Nicholas Jackson

• June 4, 2011 dougygyro added Temple of Mithras
  

  London, United Kingdom

  Temple of Mithras

  Rebuilt remains of a temple to the Zoroastrian god Mithras

  Conspiracy theorists the world over look at major financial centers for signs of secret societies. Long before IIluminati, Masons, or even Templars had instituted their secret handshakes and... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Subterranean Sites | Edited by dougygyro and Nicholas Jackson

• November 29, 2010 dougygyro added Port Townsend City Hall
  

  Port Townsend City Hall

  City Council meetings still happen in his historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside

  Some historic buildings are mere shadows of their former selves. Other historic buildings are kept in utterly pristine condition as an homage to the original architect. The historic City Hall... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by dougygyro and Nicholas Jackson

• October 1, 2010 dougygyro has been to The Museum of Jurassic Technology
  

  The Museum of Jurassic Technology

  A modern day curiosity cabinet

  You may be aware when you enter the museum that the appearance of anything that could be considered Technology didn’t occur until about 150 million years after the Jurassic period. You may also... »

  Wonder Cabinets, Strange Science, Outsider Art, Natural History, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan and Henry

• September 29, 2010 dougygyro 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

• September 29, 2010 dougygyro has been to Musee des Plans-Reliefs
  

  Paris, France

  Musee des Plans-Reliefs

  The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre

  Over a hundred elaborate scale models, some as big as a Paris apartment, were created by engineers to help French monarchs scheme their plans of attack with a gods-eye view. Dating from 1668-1870... »

  Unique Collections, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Annetta

• September 29, 2010 dougygyro has been to Shakespeare and Company
  

  Paris, France

  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

• September 29, 2010 dougygyro has been to Museum of Eroticism
  

  Paris, France

  Museum of Eroticism

  Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art

  As a diversion from Paris' more serious renowned sights is Paris' Erotic Museum. Housed in a former cabaret, the museum fills seven floors with erotic art and artifacts from Europe, the Americas,... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Madiha Bataineh, Nicholas Jackson and others