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• October 19, 2010 jiblite added R1 Nuclear Reactor
  

  Stockholm, Sweden

  R1 Nuclear Reactor

  Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground

  During the post World War II race among countries to arm themselves with nuclear weapons, some risky decisions were made. Among them was the building of Sweden's first nuclear reactor, Reaktor... »

  Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by jiblite, Dylan and others

• September 9, 2009 jiblite added Biologiska Museet
  

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Biologiska Museet

  Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader

  The Biologiska Museet was built in 1893 to a design by architect Agi Lindegren, and was inspired by the medieval Norwegian stave churches. The founder of the museum, Gustaf Kolthoff was a... »

  Natural History, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by jiblite and michelle

• September 5, 2009 jiblite added Vancouver Police Centennial Museum
  

  Vancouver Police Centennial Museum

  Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada

  When you think about Canada, mayhem and murder are not the first things that come to mind. Like any country, however, Canada has its seamy underbelly, and the Vancouver Police Museum (formerly the... »

  Museums and Collections, Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment, Obscura Day Location | Edited by jiblite, Annetta and 2 others

• September 4, 2009 jiblite added Lepramuseet: Leprosy Museum of St. Georges Hospital
  

  Hordaland Fylke, Norway

  Lepramuseet: Leprosy Museum of St. Georges Hospital

  St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease

  The St. George's Leprosy Museum or "Lepramuseet" in Bergen, Norway is housed in an eighteenth century building, part of St. Georges hospital, once used to house lepers. It was also where Gerhard... »

  Pharmacy Museums, Medical Museums | Edited by jiblite

• September 3, 2009 jiblite added Saltstraumen Maelstrom
  

  Bodo, Norway

  Saltstraumen Maelstrom

  World's strongest whirlpool

  A maelstrom (or malström/malstrøm in the Scandinavian languages) is a very powerful whirlpool. The Nordic word was introduced into English by Edgar Allan Poe in his story "A Descent into the... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Obscura Day Location | Edited by jiblite and Nicholas Jackson

• September 2, 2009 jiblite updated the Sweden Solar System description and directions
  

  Stockholm, Sweden

  Sweden Solar System

  The world's largest model of our planetary system

  The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million. The sun is represented by the Globe Arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in... »

  Natural History, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures | Edited by Dylan and jiblite

• September 1, 2009 jiblite added Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
  

  Kelvedon Hatch, United Kingdom

  Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

  The Biggest And Deepest Cold War Bunker Open To The Public In South East England

  The Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, in Essex, England, is a large underground bunker used during the Cold War as a Regional Government Headquarters. Since being decommissioned in 1992,... »

  Subterranean Sites | Edited by jiblite

• September 1, 2009 jiblite updated the Greatstone Sound Mirrors coordinates
  

  United Kingdom

  Greatstone Sound Mirrors

  The Sound Mirrors, also known as Acoustic Mirrors, Concrete Dishes or Listening Ears, are large concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft

  The massive concrete acoustic mirrors, or “listening ears,” lining the southeast coast of England were built between the world wars to monitor the skies for the telltale sounds of airborne... »

  Musical Wonders, Instruments of Science, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Josh, peterfaulkner and others

• September 1, 2009 jiblite updated the Ängelholm UFO Memorial address and coordinates
  

  Angelholm, Sweden

  Ängelholm UFO Memorial

  A memorial to a Swedish hockey players "encounter" with aliens

  In Kronoskogen, a suburb of the Swedish town of Ängelholm, a memorial was erected in 1963, to remember an alleged UFO-landing seen by Swedish ice hockey player Gösta Carlsson on May 18, 1946. The... »

  Unusual Monuments | Edited by Alpha and jiblite

• September 1, 2009 jiblite updated the Nimis in Ladonia coordinates
  

  Hoganas Kommun, Sweden

  Nimis in Ladonia

  Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower

  In the far southwest corner of Sweden, in a nature preserve a few kilometers northwest of the town of Arild, on a rocky beach reachable only via boat or a strenuous 30- to 45-minute hike, is the... »

  Outsider Art, Micro-Nations, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by GrynetMolvin, Henry and 4 others

• September 1, 2009 jiblite commented on Kunstkamera

  Photography is not allowed in the Kunstkamera / Kunstkammer. Stealth snaps recommended.

• September 1, 2009 jiblite updated the Kunstkamera coordinates
  

  Saint Petersburg, Russia

  Kunstkamera

  Peter the Great's enlightening collection of natural oddities

  Tucked away on the third floor of St Petersburg's Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology is the Kunstkamera, containing a stunning array of medical curiosities. Everything from the... »

  Natural History, Medical Museums | Edited by Lunarsynthesis and jiblite