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• November 4, 2011 mmorbo liked Teufelsberg
  

  Berlin, Germany

  Teufelsberg

  An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain"

  This abandoned NSA field station sits atop an 80 meter artificial hill in the Grunewald forest on the west edge of Berlin. The hill has a noteworthy history: created from the post-WWII debris... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by blainedoneill and LisaR

• November 4, 2011 mmorbo liked Spreepark
  

  Berlin, Germany

  Spreepark

  Abandoned dinosaur amusement park outside of Berlin

  It’s tough to know the intentions of theme park creators. Their strange creations leave us only making a few educated guesses. Walt Disney wanted to make Epcot a self-sustaining community and... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by atimian, Nicholas Jackson and others

• November 4, 2011 mmorbo has been to The Protestants' graveyard
  

  The Protestants' graveyard

  The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats

  The Protestants' graveyard, also known as the "non-Catholic cemetery" of Rome, is hidden behind the pyramid of Caius Cestius, in the Roman rione (district) of Testaccio. Because Rome has always... »

  Strange Statues, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Spacedlaw, wythe and others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Wieliczka Salt Mine
  

  Wieliczka, Poland

  Wieliczka Salt Mine

  An underground city of salt

  The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland is the epitome of technological human progress. The beginnings of the current mine are believed to have been primitively excavated after the discovery of a rock... »

  Wonders of Salt, Odd Accommodations, Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture, Subterranean Sites | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 4 others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Crooked House
  

  Sopot, Poland

  Crooked House

  Known locally as Krzywy Domek, this warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station

  Located in Sopot, Poland, this commercial building is a popular landmark for tourists and photographers. Built in 2004 by the design team of Szotynscy & Zaleski, this 4,000 sq. meter building is... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by ronin and Nicholas Jackson

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture
  

  Vienna, Austria

  Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

  Op-art architecture designed for happiness

  Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna in 1928, this artist and architect took on the more grandiose name Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser during a stint at the Academy of Fine Arts in... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by spinkk and Annetta

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Quartiere Coppedé
  

  Quartiere Coppedé

  Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome

  Quartiere Coppedé is an unexpected and bizarre area in Rome, nestled within the Trieste district in the northern part of the city. The fantastical mix of Ancient Greek, Roman Barroque,... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by athomio, marquee and others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Capuchin Monastery
  

  Regione Autonoma Siciliana, Italy

  Capuchin Monastery

  Catacombs with thousands of well dressed mummies

  In Sicily, where the relationship between the living and the dead has always been strong, the city of Palermo hosts one of the world's more bizarre and morbid tourist attractions. Through the... »

  Memento Mori, Ossuaries, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by CPilgrim, Dylan and others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo liked Casa Saldarini
  

  Casa Saldarini

  An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane

  Casa Saldarini built in 1961 and also known as "The Whale" is a house designed by Vittorio Giorgini, born in Florence in 1926, an architect interested in the relationship between architecture and... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to The Sword in the Stone at Montesiepi Chapel
  

  The Sword in the Stone at Montesiepi Chapel

  The real sword in the stone is found not in England, but in an Italian chapel

  The legendary sword in the stone, often linked to king Arthur’s legend, does exist. Not in Avalon, of course, but in Italy. One can see it in the Montesiepi chapel, near Saint Galgano Abbey in... »

  Relics and Reliquaries | Edited by giorgiobranca and Annetta

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo liked Museo del Manicomio San Servolo - Insane Asylum Museum
  

  Museo del Manicomio San Servolo - Insane Asylum Museum

  Or why "Are you from San Servolo?" is not a polite question

  Known as the "Island of the Mad," for 250 years the Island of San Servolo was the official mental asylum of Venice. Run by the religious order San Giovanni di Dio, the asylum opened in 1725 with... »

  Strange Science, Medical Museums, Horticultural Marvels, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Annetta and Dylan

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Il Giardino dei Tarocchi
  

  Il Giardino dei Tarocchi

  Gigantic mosaic sculptures representing tarot cards fill a garden in Tuscany

  Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle on October 29, 1930, was a French sculptor and film maker. In 1978, she began work on a series of 21 large-scale sculptures... »

  Outsider Art | Edited by Bswanson and Dylan

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Prague Astronomical Clock
  

  Praha, Czech Republic

  Prague Astronomical Clock

  Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s

  The legend of the Astronomical Clock in the Old Town of Prague seems to have come straight from the Brothers Grimm. The dark tale is set in the fifteenth century, when the clock is said to have... »

  Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Amazing Automata, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 4 others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Jan Palach Memorial
  

  Praha, Czech Republic

  Jan Palach Memorial

  Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion

  A student who committed suicide by self-immolation (setting himself on fire) in political protest, Jan Palach killed himself on January 16, 1969, after the Soviet Union invaded his native... »

  Memento Mori | Edited by canuck and Nicholas Jackson

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Manneken Pis
  

  Brussels, Belgium

  Manneken Pis

  A little sculpture with a large wardrobe

  The corner of Rue de l'Étuve/Stoofstraat and Rue du Chêne/Eikstraat in the heart of old town is the home of one of most peculiar attractions of Brussels. A statue of little naked boy pissing in... »

  Strange Statues, Peculiar Fountains | Edited by stanestane, Dylan and others

• November 22, 2010 mmorbo has been to Warsaw Fotoplastikon
  

  Warsaw, Poland

  Warsaw Fotoplastikon

  A 19th-century picture show in 3-D

  At the turn of the 20th century, in the moment just before the birth of cinema, there was the fotoplastikon. Based on the enormous success of home stereoscopic viewers in the Victorian era, the... »

  Optical Oddities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others