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george_kaplan
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Places I have been to
I have been to Westin St. Francis Hotel, New Vrindaban Palace of Gold, Museum of International Folk Art: Girard Wing, Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch, La Isla de los Alcatraces: Alcatraz Island, Helios House, Gillette Castle, Pamukkale Water Terraces, The Navigators, The White Horse Tavern , Tide Pools of Essaouira, Erg Chebbi, Chouara Leather Tannery, Tehachapi Wind Farm, Clifton's Cafeteria, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Steam Clock Gastown Vancouver, CN Tower: The Tallest Metal Staircase on Earth, Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle, Watts Towers , Youngwood Court, Salton Sea, Stanley Park, Eartha, Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital, Vehicle Assembly Building, Exploratorium, Towers of San Gimignano, The Cerne Abbas Giant, Mono Lake, Fremont Troll, The Witch's House, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Cabazon Dinosaurs, Wayfarers Chapel, The Corn Palace, Newgrange, Highgate Cemetery, Syntagma Square Metro Station, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Wall Drug, Portmeirion, Devils Golf Course, Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection, The Winchester Mystery House and Musee Mecanique
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Recent Activity
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Musee Mecanique
A collection of 20th century automatons, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions
One of the last remaining links to San Francisco's oceanside Playland at the Beach amusement park, the Musee Mecanique is a unique hands-on arcade of vintage coin-operated contraptions of all... »
Unique Collections, Amazing Automata | Edited by Dylan, theamarant and 2 others
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled Winchester widow
A bizarre mansion built by Sarah Winchester, the heir to the rifle fortune, this 160-room estate abounds with architectural oddities. Originally seven stories, now only four the 1906 earthquake,... »
Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360 degree live images of the San Francisco coast
This tiny museum also known as the 'Giant Camera' is on the grounds of the historic Cliff House and features a working camera obscura, which reflects images of the beach front outside. It also... »
Optical Oddities | Edited by mojotexas and Annetta
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Devils Golf Course
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Portmeirion
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water and jackalopes
Among roadside attractions, Wall Drug is an icon: the granddaddy of tourist traps.
South of the Border, The Thing?, the kitschy cosmopolis that sprouted around Niagara Falls: all of them owe a... »
Commercial Curiosities | Edited by AllisonEng
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June 11, 2011
george_kaplan
liked City
One of the largest sculptures ever created
At eighty feet high, a quarter of a mile wide, and one and a quarter miles long, the sculpture City is roughly the scale of the national mall in Washington, D.C., making the artwork, located in... »
Strange Statues | Edited by Moe Cheezmo, Dylan and 2 others
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Flushing Meadows Corona Park
The remnants of two World Fair's complete with a 12 story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO shaped pavilion
After a long ride from Manhattan, most get off the 7 train to go to Shea Stadium, but you could just as well walk in the other direction. Shea Stadium, former home of the New York Mets, is only... »
Strange Statues, Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Syntagma Square Metro Station
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis
Needless to say, you can't dig a hole in downtown Athens without hitting something of historical value. As a result, in an unprecedented move, teams of archeologists worked alongside the metro... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters
Opened in 1839, Highgate is one of London's most infamous cemeteries. Among the impressive Victorian and Egyptian influenced tombs, are the gravestones of Karl Marx (recognizable by the glowering... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Annetta, littlebrumble and others
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Newgrange
The ancient druidic passage tomb that keeps perfect time
Newgrange is one of a number of ancient tombs in the Boyne Valley in the Irish county of Meath, north of Dublin. Built circa 3200 BC, it predates Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. A passage... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Astounding Timepieces, Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by cha, Kwekubo and 2 others
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to The Corn Palace
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world
In 1892, South Dakota was begging for settlers. In order to showcase their magnificently rich soil, local officials commissioned the building of the Corn Palace in the middle of Mitchell, a town... »
Outsider Art, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Wayfarers Chapel
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Cabazon Dinosaurs
"World's biggest dinosaur" featured in Pee Wee's Big Adventure, now houses a creationist museum in its abdomen
For the past 35 years, travelers driving west on Interstate 10 in Southern California have been greeted by Dinny the Dinosaur, a 150-foot-long recreation of an apatosaurus, whose owners have given... »
Natural History, Strange Statues, Commercial Curiosities | Edited by anhie
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Historic marionette theater features 3,000 handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream
Bob Baker Marionette Theater, located in downtown Los Angeles, California, was founded by Bob Baker and Alton Wood in 1963. The theater was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural landmark in... »
Commercial Curiosities, Obscura Day Location | Edited by anhie and Annetta
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult
Located in Pasadena, California, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is best known for its groundbreaking technology and research in the fields of astronomy and physics. As a branch of NASA, it has... »
Instruments of Science, Rites and Rituals | Edited by anhie
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings
Hollywood Forever cemetery was founded in 1899 by farmer and businessman, Isaac Van Nuys. Originally called Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetary, the site was one of the first "park-like" cemeteries... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by anhie
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
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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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under a Seattle bridge overpass
An 18-ft. tall troll made of cement clutchs an old VW car underneath this Seattle overpass. The car is an actual Volkswagen encased in concrete; it bears a California license plate.
The Troll... »
Follies and Grottoes | Edited by Dylan
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Mono Lake
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to The Cerne Abbas Giant
Giant naked man on a hillside
Just outside of the small village of Cerne Abbas, in England, lies the massive outline of a naked giant, holding a club and sporting a massive hard-on. Sculpted in chalk, the giant is carved in... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Genki and re_nakaba
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Towers of San Gimignano
These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town
In the age of the Renaissance, Tuscany was the center of the Western World. Its towns and cities grew insanely wealthy from a dense network of trade routes that spanned the Mediterranean and... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by stanestane
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Exploratorium
Hands-On Science built on the rubble of the 1906 Earthquake, and hiding a few choice exhibits
In 1906, a massive earthquake hit San Francisco, and the “ham and egg” fires - named such because they were started by a family cooking breakfast with an earthquake damaged chimney - that followed... »
Strange Science | Edited by Tre and Nicholas Jackson
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the world's fourth largest building by volume. Completed in 1966, the VAB also holds the record of the largest... »
Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science | Edited by Trevor
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June 10, 2011
george_kaplan
has been to Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital
Crumbling Hospital from 1850s on Roosevelt Island
Few diseases have had a greater impact on the history of human civilization than smallpox.
The bubonic plague certainly wins for its baroque presentation. Malaria and HIV are concurrent with... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, ShaneStringer and 2 others
