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• March 7, 2012 newtgirl has been to Tulip Time Festival
  

  Tulip Time Festival

  Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival

  Every year, the millions of tulips planted in parks and gardens and lanes around Holland, Michigan, draw thousands of visitors from all over the world. The annual tradition is celebrated with... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Wondrous Performances | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• March 7, 2012 newtgirl has been to Tanglefoot Building
  

  Tanglefoot Building

  Where most of the world's flypaper was made

  This building in southwest Grand Rapids, Michigan, was once the source of a large percentage of the world's flypaper, where it was manufactured in 1885. Tanglefoot, an insect controlling adhesive... »

  Commercial Curiosities | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

• March 7, 2012 newtgirl has been to Mummies of Philippi
  

  Mummies of Philippi

  Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur

  In the last part of the 1800s, a farmer came up with a unique embalming technique and requested some bodies from the nearby insane asylum. Graham Hamrick had spent years practicing his new... »

  Memento Mori, Mummies | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

• March 7, 2012 newtgirl has been to Dinosaur World
  

  Dinosaur World

  Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park

  A giant Tyrannosaurus Rex stands alongside the Interstate outside of Cave City, Kentucky, letting visitors and passersby know that Dinosaur World is not far. An outdoor museum of prehistoric... »

  Intriguing Environs, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• March 6, 2012 newtgirl has been to Historic West Baden Springs Hotel
  

  Historic West Baden Springs Hotel

  A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks

  In the rolling hills of southern Indiana, a once world-renowned health spa known as the 8th Wonder of the World has existed for over a century. Built around mineral springs, famous at the turn... »

  Wonders of Salt, Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Mark_Casey, atimian and others

• December 8, 2011 newtgirl has been to The Natural Bridge
  

  The Natural Bridge

  A sacred site for Indians surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

  Often cited as having a place among the great wonders of the natural world, particularly by early visitors to the US, Virginia's Natural Bridge is an enormous natural limestone arch. Carved by... »

  Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Cultures and Civilizations , Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta, meelar and others

• December 3, 2011 newtgirl has been to The Angel of the North
  

  Gateshead, United Kingdom

  The Angel of the North

  Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom

  With slightly angled wings, the massive Angel of the North has stood in embrace of its country, towering over Gateshead and greeting 90,000 staring faces everyday. Since its installation in... »

  | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

• December 3, 2011 newtgirl has been to Green Bank Telescope
  

  Green Bank Telescope

  The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope

  Dedicated in 2000, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) is the most technically advanced single-dish radio telescope in the world. Its 110-meter by 100-meter dish boasts more than two... »

  Instruments of Science | Edited by

• December 3, 2011 newtgirl has been to Tsavo Man Eaters
  

  Tsavo Man Eaters

  These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers

  "On reaching the spot where the body had been devoured, a dreadful spectacle presented itself. The ground all round was covered with blood and morsels of flesh and bones, but the unfortunate... »

  Fascinating Fauna, Hunting and Taxidermy, Memento Mori, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta

• December 3, 2011 newtgirl has been to Cahokia Mounds
  

  Cahokia Mounds

  Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned

  The largest pre-Columbian settlement in the New World north of Mexico, Cahokia once had about 120 mounds, built for various purposes by the inhabitants of the area. One of these mounds is Monks... »

  Rites and Rituals | Edited by bradenh83 and Nicholas Jackson

• December 3, 2011 newtgirl has been to Root Beer Saloon
  

  Root Beer Saloon

  Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer

  Located in the heart of Alto Pass, Illinois the Root Beer Saloon seems to put on display the collection of some long dead hoarder. Entering the salon is like walking into a cave, as the sheer... »

  Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Purveyors of Curiosities, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by Dylan

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Skara Brae
  

  Sandwick, United Kingdom

  Skara Brae

  Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

  Skara Brae is the ruins of a Neolithic settlement (3100-2500 BC), located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland Orkney, Scotland. Skara Brae's inhabitants are thought to have been... »

  Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, wythe and 2 others

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Grand Rapids Gypsum Mines
  

  Grand Rapids Gypsum Mines

  These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility

  Gypsum mining was once a major industry in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. Mining began in 1841, with an open quarry and a mill on Plaster Creek, where it enters the Grand River. Other... »

  Subterranean Sites | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
  

  Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis

  Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit

  As a tribute to Detroit-native heavyweight champion Joe Louis (AKA The Brown Bomber), a giant fist monument was installed there in 1987. Designed by sculptor Robert Graham, the 24-foot... »

  Unusual Monuments | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to The Cross in the Woods Shrine
  

  The Cross in the Woods Shrine

  World's largest crucifix stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan

  The largest crucifix in the world - 55 feet tall and 22 feet wide - is carved from a single redwood tree and stands as the centerpiece of this Catholic shrine in the woods of northern Michigan.... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Belle Isle Aquarium
  

  Belle Isle Aquarium

  At its closure in 2005, the Belle Isle Aquarium was the nation’s longest continually running aquarium

  Following a visit to an Italian aquarium in the 1890s, Michigan Representative David Heineman returned home and sponsored legislation to fund the building of a similar aquarium in the growing city... »

  Architectural Oddities | Edited by ronin and Nicholas Jackson

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
  

  Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

  Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata

  Nestled behind and between two shopping malls, Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum party-store-ish, pink-awning-ed exterior belies the utter visual cacophony that will assault your senses upon... »

  Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Amazing Automata | Edited by Lizardo, Dylan and 3 others

• October 25, 2011 newtgirl has been to Kitch-iti-kipi
  

  Kitch-iti-kipi

  Freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons per minute

  Michigan's largest freshwater spring, Kitch-iti-kipi means "big cold water." Often, this massive pool is just known as The Big Spring as its traditional name is too difficult to pronounce for the... »

  Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by A Facebook user and Nicholas Jackson

• October 21, 2011 newtgirl has been to Castle Frankenstein
  

  Darmstadt, Germany

  Castle Frankenstein

  Birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters

  Johann Konrad Dippel was rumored to create potions, perform electrical therapies, and partake in gruesome experiments involving stolen body parts from the graveyard. Born in the Castle... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by allison, Nicholas Jackson and others