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eyesfullofsky
Recent Activity
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April 1, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Mike the Tiger
LSU mascot lives on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country
One of the largest and most advanced tiger enclosures is not in any zoo, but on a university campus. Mike the Tiger, the Louisiana State University mascot, lives across the street from the... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by allison, Nicholas Jackson and others
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April 1, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Carlsbad Caverns
Second largest cave chamber in the world, discovered in 1898 by a sixteen year old and his friend known as "pothead"
Caving, particularly in an unexplored cave, is a dangerous hobby. Even with the most modern equipment, many things can go wrong, and a serious injury can trap the caver underground.
However in... »
Curious Caves | Edited by A Facebook user
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to White Sands National Monument
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it
The wind blown sands and rolling dunes of White Sands National Monument blanket an area of 115 square miles in south-central New Mexico. It is the largest pure gypsum dune field in the world. A... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by Seth Teicher
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to The Orange Show
One man's homage to the Orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
The Orange Show is a folk-art environment--and monumental work of outsider architecture--in Houston's east end. It was built single-handedly between 1956 and 1979, by the late Jefferson Davis... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
Home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer, today home to many six-toed cats
Ernest Hemingway was a man who lived in many wonderful places, and traveled to many more. But the house on Whitehead Street in Key West was of particular importance, both in Hemingway's personal... »
Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Henry
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed"
We hear the term "third world" tossed around with a much greater frequency than the other "worlds." Based on an outmoded Cold War taxonomy in which the first world consists of capitalist NATO... »
Micro-Nations | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Dylan
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
Opened in 1772, the oldest continuously running bar in the United States
Said to be the oldest continuously running bar in the United States, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop was built by Jean and Pierre Lafitte as a cover for their illegal privateer activities (and perhaps... »
Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Annetta and others
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats
The Congress Avenue Bridge, which spans Town Lake in downtown Austin, is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. Each... »
Fascinating Fauna, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Uncommon Objects
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge
Like an elegant antiques mall gone horribly wrong, 24 different vendors sell their weird and eclectic wares in eyecatching booth displays lined up along aisles at Austin's premier curiosities... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Annetta and A Facebook user
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Art Car Museum
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving
Some people wash and wax their cars, making sure that the finish is exactly as clean and shiny as the day they bought it. The art car movement goes in the entirely other direction.
While those... »
Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Alicekh, Dylan and 2 others
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March 29, 2011
eyesfullofsky
has been to Beer Can House
