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• January 3, 2012 meggiemeggie liked Blood Falls
  

  Blood Falls

  Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem

  This five-story, blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. When geologists first discovered the frozen waterfall in 1911, they thought... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt | Edited by matthewwarrenlee, mrobscurity and 9 others

• January 3, 2012 meggiemeggie liked Turnip Rock
  

  Turnip Rock

  Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron

  Just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron is Turnip Rock, a large turnip-shaped rock-island. The unique shape is the result of thousands of years of erosion by storm waves. Twenty-foot-high... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by leiris, Nicholas Jackson and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie liked Secret Swing
  

  Secret Swing

  Secret Swing

  In 2003, artist Corwyn Lund erected a playground swing off of the infamous Graffiti Alley of Toronto, Ontario. As the location of the swing became more widespread on the internet, it evolved into... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by Bee and Sofy

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Cadillac Ranch
  

  Cadillac Ranch

  A sculpture made of ten cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

  Cadillac ranch, built in 1974, is the product of eccentric helium millionaire Stanley Marsh 3 (he doesn't like the Roman numeral III) and The Ant Farm, a San Francisco art collective. The ranch... »

  Outsider Art, Unusual Monuments, Outsider Architecture | Edited by FungusFan, Dylan and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Buffalo Central Terminal
  

  Buffalo Central Terminal

  Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York

  A key railroad station for fifty years, from 1929 to 1979, the 17-story Art Deco-style station, designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner for the New York Central Railroad, the Buffalo Central... »

  Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by jane_leous and Nicholas Jackson

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to The American Visionary Art Museum
  

  The American Visionary Art Museum

  A museum is dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art

  "Visionary art as defined for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from innate... »

  Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Outsider Architecture, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Wanamaker Building
  

  Wanamaker Building

  The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world

  John Wanamaker did things a bit differently. Inspired by two great central markets, London's Royal Exchange and Paris' Les Halles, Wanamaker decided it was time to bring what would become one of... »

  Musical Wonders | Edited by michelle

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Grip the Raven
  

  Grip the Raven

  The taxidermied raven that inspired the poem of the same name

  Perched on a log, in the Rare Books department of the Philadelphia Free Library stands a strange piece of history. Dead since 1841 but preserved with arsenic, and frozen inside a shadow box this... »

  Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Dylan, Maeveish and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Mütter Museum
  

  Mütter Museum

  America's most famous museum of medical oddities

  Located inside the headquarters of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mutter has a wide range of wondrous and curious displays, including the skeleton of the tallest man in North... »

  Medical Museums | Edited by Dylan, Josh and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"
  

  Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"

  Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US

  East of the Curtis Center is a one of a kind mural and gazing pool called "The Dream Garden". Designed by Louis C. Tiffany and based on a Maxfield Parrish landscape, it took 6 months to... »

  Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Peculiar Fountains, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Dylan

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to The Shrine of Saint John Neumann
  

  The Shrine of Saint John Neumann

  The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church

  Upon his canonization, Saint John Neumann was exhumed and placed on display for veneration. First they removed some bones and cut them into small pieces to be set in very small, glass-covered... »

  Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by Dylan, commanderkeen and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Masonic Temple of Philadelphia
  

  Masonic Temple of Philadelphia

  Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms

  The Masonic Temple of Philadelphia, or as it's properly known "The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and Masonic... »

  Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by ShaneStringer, Annetta and others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Eastern State Penitentiary
  

  Eastern State Penitentiary

  World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane

  Thrust into the middle of urban Philadephia is what looks like a great castle, a massive and haunting building. However, these walls weren't built to keep Crusaders and robbers out, but to keep... »

  Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dylan, wythe and 3 others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
  

  Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

  Folk art environment, gallery space, and nonprofit showcasing the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar

  Philadelphia's Magic Gardens are a folk art environment, gallery space, and nonprofit organization that showcases the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar located at the site of Zagar's largest public... »

  Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Mazes, Outsider Architecture, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Amargosa Opera House
  

  Amargosa Opera House

  Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

  In the middle of Death Valley – one of the harshest and most extreme environments on earth – stands one of the most unusual hotels in America, the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel. The Amargosa,... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by wythe, BrianDunning and 2 others

• December 28, 2011 meggiemeggie has been to Scotty's Castle
  

  Scotty's Castle

  Abandomed Jazz Age Dream Home and Con Man's Hide-Out in Death Valley Desert

  Neither a castle nor Scotty’s, Death Valley Ranch, more commonly known as "Scotty’s Castle" was built by Albert Johnson, an insurance broker from Chicago. Johnson was lured to Death Valley by... »

  Ghost Towns, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tre, BrianDunning and others