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• July 16, 2009 glitterbee added Vent Haven Museum
  

  Vent Haven Museum

  A museum that houses the world's only collection of ventriloquism dummies

  The Vent Haven Museum is home to over 700 ventriloquists' dummies. The current displays grew out of the personal collection of William Shakespeare Berger, a former president of the International... »

  Unique Collections | Edited by glitterbee, Dylan and others

• July 16, 2009 glitterbee updated the The Frame Collector's Museum description
  

  Berlin, Germany

  The Frame Collector's Museum

  Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames

  Olaf Lemke is an expert gilder, frame-restorer and antique frame dealer. Lemke also collects frames. He has 2,400 of them, dating from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. He says: “To hang a... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by Dylan, glitterbee and others

• July 16, 2009 glitterbee updated the The Lightship Frying Pan subtitle, description, directions, address and coordinates
  

  The Lightship Frying Pan

  Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home

  From 1930 to 1965, the Lightship Frying Pan, a floating lighthouse, guarded ships from the danger of running aground on the shoals 30 miles off of the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. A total... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Intriguing Environs | Edited by jamesb and glitterbee

• July 14, 2009 glitterbee commented on Memento Park

  While the existence of this park is indeed very intriguing and exciting, please be warned that the park itself is much more modest and subdued than you might be imagining, with many more small statues than large ones. I would venture to say that for non-Communism-buffs, it is not worth the bus ride out of (gorgeous) Budapest.

• June 16, 2009 glitterbee added The New York Earth Room
  

  The New York Earth Room

  A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars

  The Earth Room is a 22-inch-deep layer of dirt spread across a 3,600-square-foot gallery space in the middle of SoHo. Created by American artist Walter De Maria in 1977, it has been a peaceful,... »

  Museums and Collections | Edited by glitterbee, Dylan and others

• June 16, 2009 glitterbee updated the Georges Island description
  

  Georges Island

  Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor

  Georges Island was farmland until the United States Military bought it in 1825 in order to fortify the coastal defenses. When first built, Fort Warren was a modern fort with a searchlight station,... »

  Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by boaz sender, Dylan and 5 others

• June 16, 2009 glitterbee updated the Raven's Grin Inn description
  

  Raven's Grin Inn

  Former hotel turned into haunted playground

  Jim Warfield has turned this former inn into a whimsical house of tricks and scares. Building all of the contraptions in his home himself. Jim hosts tours of the house which include a creepy wine... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by dirtycricket, Dylan and others