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ginkgogirl13
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Places I have been to
I have been to Bohemian National Cemetery, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Fermilab, Space Needle, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Temple, Milwaukee Art Museum, Bahá'í Temple and Cadet Chapel
Places I like
I like Bled Island and Castle, Bohemian National Cemetery, Great Blue Hole, Plitvice Lakes, Art Nouveau in Riga, Devil's Swimming Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, Socotra Island, Old Zoo Picnic Area, Buenos Aires Recoleta Cemetery, The Last Handwoven Bridge, The Stonework of Machu Picchu, Mount Roraima, The Twelve Apostles , Space Needle, Skateistan, Vivos Underground Shelter Network for 4,000 Survivors, Graceland Cemetery, Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle), Cappadocia, Loch Ard Gorge, Spreepark, Nuremberg Castle, Ushiku Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Ushiku, Forest Lawn Cemetery , San Francisco Columbarium, El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree), The Domes, Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery, St. Mary's College, Bahá'í Temple, Cadet Chapel, John Sowden House, Wayfarers Chapel, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Berlin Botanical Garden, Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower), The Pools of Castellnou, China's Wonderland, Chernobyl's Ghost Cities and Bannerman's Castle
Recent Activity
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May 6, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Bannerman's Castle
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business
About fifty miles north of New York City, and only a thousand feet from the Hudson River's eastern shore, there is a small, rocky island named Pollepel. Once feared by Native Americans, the island... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by anhie
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May 6, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Chernobyl's Ghost Cities
Visit the abandoned towns left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time
When one thinks of Chernobyl, vacation spot is certainly not the first thing to come to mind. However, more than two decades after the terrible reactor meltdown, tours of the contaminated towns... »
Disaster Areas, Cultures and Civilizations , Incredible Ruins | Edited by Delireus, mrobscurity and 2 others
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May 6, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked China's Wonderland
Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned
Just 45 minutes out of Beijing, the city fades away into a milieu of cornfields amid an expansive empty landscape. More than a decade ago, developers wanted to change that by turning 100 acres of... »
Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by atimian and Dylan
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May 6, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked The Pools of Castellnou
Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters
In the 1980's, the people of Barcelona would flock to the Castellnou Pools for summer reveling and good, old-fashioned fun. Bussing in from all over the province, they would wile away the hot days... »
Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by serflac and Rachel
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden
Built of red brick and topped by several ancient Holm oaks, the 125 foot high Guinigi tower house is one of the few remaining tower houses in Lucca. It was built in or around 1384 by wealthy silk... »
Horticultural Marvels | Edited by Annetta
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Berlin Botanical Garden
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world
Established as a kitchen garden in 1679, the Botanical Garden in Berlin is the second largest botanical garden in the world, second only to Kew Gardens, located in England.
The garden evolved... »
Extraordinary Flora, Natural History, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by Rachel and Dylan
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Lost Gardens of Heligan
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Wayfarers Chapel
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked John Sowden House
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Cadet Chapel
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Bahá'í Temple
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America
Identifying himself as a messenger from god, Persian prophet Bahá'u'lláh founded the Bahá'í religion in the mid 1800s. Claiming to have had visions from Abraham, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad,... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by wittacious, Dylan and others
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked St. Mary's College
The ruins of a religious preparatory school in a seemingly non-existent town
On a ridge overlooking the Patapsco River and adjacent to the Ilchester Paper Mill sits the ruins of St. Mary’s College. The former religious school, which opened in the 1890s, prepared hundreds... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Duck_Muscle and atimian
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery
This small monastery on a cliff in Bhutan where the 'Second Buddha' is said to have meditated
It is a small monastery hung far up on a cliff overlooking a spectacular valley. It is also one of thirteen small monasteries or "tiger's lairs" where the Guru Rinpoche or "Precious Master" also... »
Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by LongNow, Dylan and 2 others
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked The Domes
An abondoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it
A sign reads "No Trespassing," though it is evident that few heed the notice.
The Domes were built to facilitate the manufacturing of computers back in the late 70's early 80's but was never... »
Rites and Rituals, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by chlico, atimian and others
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)
The stoutest tree in the world
Located inside a gated churchyard in the picturesque town of Santa Maria del Tule, the Árbol del Tule is the widest tree in the world.
The local Zapotecs like to joke that the Tule shares some... »
Extraordinary Flora, Long Now Locations | Edited by Josh and Dylan
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked San Francisco Columbarium
The Restored and Active Victorian-Era Final Resting Place of San Francisco
In a quiet stillness befitting the place, behind glass panes and surrounded by keepsakes and loving messages, are the final resting places of a small group of San Franciscans lucky enough to... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Tre and A Facebook user
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Forest Lawn Cemetery
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May 5, 2012
ginkgogirl13
liked Ushiku Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Ushiku
The third tallest statue in the world it depicts the "Buddha of Infinite Light," complete with observation deck in his chest
This massive, towering visage of Amida Nyorai, known more commonly by his Sanskrit name Amit?bha, was the tallest statue in the world for a time. Its reign lasted from when it was finished in 1995... »
Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Curious Places of Worship, Giant Buddhas | Edited by Clinton
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July 23, 2011
ginkgogirl13
liked Nuremberg Castle
A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables
Nuremberg and the castle it was centered around have a long and storied history. The town was part of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE), which lasted from the rule of Charlemagne in the 800s CE until... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, Dylan and others
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July 23, 2011
ginkgogirl13
liked Spreepark
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July 23, 2011
ginkgogirl13
liked Loch Ard Gorge
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July 23, 2011
ginkgogirl13
liked Cappadocia
Entire cities carved into ancient volcanic rock formations
Located in the Nevşehir Province in the Central Anatolian region of Turkey, Cappadocia is an area where entire cities have been carved into rock.
An area with history so abundant and far... »
Cultures and Civilizations | Edited by jessiedevin, Nicholas Jackson and 2 others
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July 23, 2011
ginkgogirl13
liked Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe (St. Michael of the Needle)
A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey
In the winter of 951, Bishop Godescalc of the French village Le Puy-en-Velay returned from an overland journey to the shrine of St. James, located about 1000 miles away, across the Pyrenees, in... »
Fiery Wonders, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, Dylan and others
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May 20, 2011
ginkgogirl13
has been to Milwaukee Art Museum
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May 20, 2011
ginkgogirl13
has been to Chicago Temple
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world
While walking through busy, downtown, you may be surprised what you find when you look up. On Washington, between Dearborn and Clark, on the top of a skyscraper you'll see the world's tallest... »
Curious Places of Worship | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and Nessie
