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pantone292
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Places I have been to
I have been to Jeffrey's Hook Light, The Lightship Frying Pan, Huguenot Street, Centralia, The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park, Camp Hero, Holy Land, U.S.A., Sea Lion Caves, The Great Stalacpipe Organ, Crater Lake, The Child Eater of Bern, Bärengraben, H.R. Giger Museum, Lavaux, The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Olympic Hot Springs, Jim Thorpe Monument, Mütter Museum and Junkman's Daughter
Recent Activity
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
updated the The Sourtoe Cocktail
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Junkman's Daughter
A purveyor of unusual items located in the center of Atlanta, Georgia
The Junkman’s Daughter is a purveyor of unusual items located in the Little 5 Points area of Atlanta, GA.
The store was initially opened in 1982 by Pam Majors, a true daughter of a junkman,... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by ronin and Dylan
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to 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
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Jim Thorpe Monument
An Olympic hero controversially stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, that took his name after his death
No other athlete has come close to Jim Thorpe in all-around versatility. Born in 1887 in Prague, Oklahoma, Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox nation and suffered the loss of his twin brother and... »
Unusual Monuments, Memento Mori | Edited by allison and Dylan
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
added Olympic Hot Springs
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest
These alkaline mineral water springs consist of 21 seeps located in a bank on Boulder Creek, a tributary of the Elwha River. Several of these have been created by human-made, rock-lined... »
Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders | Edited by pantone292, Dylan and others
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Lavaux
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site
With its Alpine landscape, Switzerland is not a country that most people would associate with wine. But on the gentle slopes of the northern shore of Geneva Lake, the gentle climate actually... »
Intriguing Environs | Edited by stanestane
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to H.R. Giger Museum
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city
In the quaint medieval city of Gruyére, Switzerland, you may meander the cobblestone streets and tour the delightful old Gruyére cheese factory. But a far more fascinating site here contrasts with... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by danomar, michelle and 3 others
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Bärengraben
The bear pit or Bern, empty for the first time in nearly 500 years
On the edge of the old town of Bern, Switzerland, lay one of Bern’s most famous tourist attractions: the Bärengraben, or Bear Pits. The city, is smothered in bears, bear cookies, bear sculptures,... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by TatianaLouise
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500 year old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why
Standing in the middle of Bern, Switzerland, is the Kindlifresser, or “Child Eater.” The fountain sculpture towers above the ground a baby half stuffed into his mouth, and a sack full of three... »
Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Memento Mori | Edited by Dylan, wythe and 2 others
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Crater Lake
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in myth
Crater lake has been known by a number of names. It was first known (to non-Native Americans anyway) as "Deep Blue Lake," as named in 1853 by its "discoverer," John Wesley Hillman, an American... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by canuck, Dylan and 2 others
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to The Great Stalacpipe Organ
An organ located deep within a cave and whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself
Deep in the Luray Caverns of Virginia sits the largest musical instrument in the world. The Great Stalacpipe Organ appears at first to be a normal looking organ, but instead of pipes, the organ is... »
Curious Caves, Musical Wonders, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dylan and Henry
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Sea Lion Caves
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion
The Sea Lion Caves along the Pacific coast in Oregon are a connected system of caverns where Stellar sea lions (also known as the northern sea lion) gather every spring and summer to breed and... »
Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by canuck and Nicholas Jackson
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May 9, 2011
pantone292
has been to Holy Land, U.S.A.
An abandoned, religious-themed amusement park
In the early 1950s John Baptist Greco, a staunch Roman Catholic, had a vision of a roadside theme park devoted to God. By the end of the decade, he had created exactly that: a theme park built to... »
Ghost Towns, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan, michelle and others
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May 8, 2011
pantone292
has been to Camp Hero
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village
Established in 1929 and finally decommissioned in the 1980s, Montauk's Camp Hero is a legendary site among conspiracy buffs. The base's most prominent features are concrete bunkers built in during... »
Instruments of Science, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dave, Dylan and others
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May 8, 2011
pantone292
has been to The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck
In 1890, J.J. Ott gave a remarkable concert for the Buckwampum historical society. What made the concert remarkable wasn't the music being played but the instrument Ott was playing. The instrument... »
Geological Oddities, Musical Wonders | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others
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May 8, 2011
pantone292
has been to Centralia
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire
Though its exact cause has been disputed, the fire underneath Centralia, Pennsylvania ignited sometime in 1962 and has been burning ever since.
The town sits on top of a rich vein of coal, and... »
Fiery Wonders, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas | Edited by Dave, Josh and others
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May 8, 2011
pantone292
has been to Huguenot Street
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May 7, 2011
pantone292
has been to The Lightship Frying Pan
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May 7, 2011
pantone292
has been to Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge
One of the last standing lighthouses in all of Manhattan, Jeffrey's Hook Light is a small structure that stands almost directly under the George Washington Bridge on the New York side.... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by amberjol, spinkk and 2 others
