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• May 27, 2010 mikan updated the Dr. Evermore's Forevertron
  

  Dr. Evermore's Forevertron

  "World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outsider art sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin

  For most of his life, Tom Every was a professional destroyer. Tom worked in Wisconsin as an industrial wrecker, thrashing old factories, breweries and any other building that stood in the way. But... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 5 others

• May 27, 2010 mikan updated the Pentecost Island Land Dive
  

  Pentecote, Vanuatu

  Pentecost Island Land Dive

  The world’s most primitive form of bungee jumping

  Each spring, just after the first yams begin to emerge from the soil, the men of the South Pacific island of Pentecost erect enormous wooden towers, some as tall as seventy-five feet, in each of... »

  Wondrous Performances, Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 2 others

• May 27, 2010 mikan updated the Salt Men of Iran
  

  Shahrabad, Iran

  Salt Men of Iran

  Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine

  While bulldozing salt from the Chehrabad Salt Mine, Iranian miners recently uncovered the sixth "salt man" to be found in the last fifteen years. These "salt men" are in fact ancient corpses... »

  Wonders of Salt, Curious Caves, Mummies | Edited by Dylan, mikan and others