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re_nakaba
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January 26, 2010
re_nakaba
added Wave Rock
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock
190 million years ago, one of the greatest geological formations began to take shape.
In the Coyote Buttes ravine, some 5,225 feet above sea level, stands Arizona's Wave Rock. Wave Rock has a... »
Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by re_nakaba
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January 26, 2010
re_nakaba
added Battery Chamberlin
Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904
The Lowell Battery Chamberlin was named after Civil War hero Lowell A. Chamberlin, who served with distinction as an artillery officer until his death in 1899. The Lowell Battery was designed and... »
Inspired Inventions | Edited by re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Xieng Khuan: Buddha Park coordinates
Xieng Khuan, the "Spirit City" of Vientiane
The park has something distinctly ancient looking about it. Giant Buddhas lounge as Vishnu looks on, and Shiva menaces both with eight arms full of weaponry.
In fact, the Xieng Khuan, or "Spirit... »
Strange Statues | Edited by re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Williamson Tunnels coordinates
19th Century tunnels under Liverpool England.
Joseph Williamson made his fortune in the Liverpool trading and tobacco industry in the early 1800s. Around 1817, after the Napoleonic Wars, Liverpool was unexpectedly hit by a recession, fueled... »
Architectural Oddities, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Annetta, M Rebekah Otto and 2 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the The Wildgoose Memorial Library coordinates
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library
In the words of patron Evan Michelson from Obscura Antiques and Oddities in New York
"The Wildgoose Memorial Library is a beautiful oasis. Through a passage, up a staircase, and there you are -... »
Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by re_nakaba and Annetta
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Wagah Flag Ceremony - Amritsar, Punjab coordinates
On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggresion each and every night
The village of Wagah lies on a contentious border. Its Eastern half remains in India as it has always been, while its Western half is in Pakistan, split down the middle by the British in 1947.... »
Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals | Edited by Dylan, re_nakaba and others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the The Vine Bridges of Iya Valley coordinates
Vine bridges spanning one of Japan's "hidden valleys"
One of Japan's three "hidden" valleys, west Iya valley is home to the kind of misty gorges, clear rivers and thatch-roofed houses that one imagines from a Japan of 100 years ago. Remote and... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by M Rebekah Otto, michelle and 3 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Vigeland Sculpture Park coordinates
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies"
The human form is deeply embedded into the natural pattern-recognition mechanism of our brains. We have an instinctual knowledge of body and face proportions and, as a consequence, human forms... »
Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane, re_nakaba and 2 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Undara Lava Tubes coordinates
White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes
The tubes' story begins 190,000 years ago in Australia, where a young volcano named Undara was burbling up enormous volumes of molten lava onto the gently sloping plains of northern Queensland. It... »
Fascinating Fauna | Edited by michelle, wythe and 3 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Suoi Tien Cultural Theme Park coordinates
Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park
Suoi Tien Cultural Theme Park is a Vietnamese water-filled fantasy land, located rather unromantically next to a rubbish dump 15 kilometres South of Ho Chi Minh City. Suoi Tien, or "the fairy... »
Follies and Grottoes | Edited by ilbonito, Dylan and 2 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Stalin Museum hours
A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth
Untouched since the fall of the Soviet Union, this amazing time capsule glorifies the life of Joseph Stalin. From his his first desk in the Kremlin, to his railroad car, to displays of his... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the St. Sebastian’s Cemetery coordinates
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave
Death is everywhere at St. Sebastian’s Cemetery in Salzburg, Austria. An unsettling depiction of an emaciated death holding an hourglass evokes the sense of memento mori: Remember that you too... »
Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by wythe and re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the St. Beatus Cave coordinates
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there
The legend of the cave revolves around its namesake, St. Beatus, a monk living around 100 AD, who chose the cave in which to spend his pious hermitage. To his annoyance, however, he discovered... »
Subterranean Sites | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Socotra Island coordinates
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Siwa Oasis coordinates
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion
The Siwa Oasis is the source for a significant portion of Egypt's freshwater supply. It is located in the sparsely populated, far west region of Egypt, only 30 miles from the Libyan border.... »
Watery Wonders | Edited by Sofy, re_nakaba and others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre coordinates
An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979
Located in the basement of an apartment building, this private collection of posters started as a hobby which expanded into an exhibition of more than 5000 prints. The posters on display are all... »
Museums and Collections, Unique Collections | Edited by vansinne and re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Sea Turtle Hatchery coordinates
Turtle sanctuary with a fascinating backstory
Founded in 1995, Orton “Brother” King has dedicated his life to safely releasing Hawksbill turtle hatchlings into the nearby waters.
Raising the turtles from eggs deposited on nearby beaches,... »
Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Monte Kaolino coordinates
A man-made slag heap that you can "ski" down, and is home to the world sandboarding championships
Monte Kaolino is a 110 meter high man-made mountain consisting of roughly 35 million tons quartz sand.
While Kaolinite has been mined in Hirschau, Bavaria, since 1833 it was in 1901 when Amberger... »
Geological Oddities, Wondrous Performances | Edited by Alpha and re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the San Juan Parangaricutiro coordinates
This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano
On February 20, 1943, a new volcano began to rise from a cornfield, erupting and slowly consuming two villages in lava and ash. It's said that, as Paricutin erupted, the San Juan Parangaricutiro... »
Ghost Towns | Edited by Tre, re_nakaba and 3 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Roppongi Hills Garden Pond coordinates
An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world
When the Roppongi Hills urban development project opened in 2003, it quickly wowed Tokyoites with its office towers, art museum, deluxe hotels, and prestigious shopping.
The most curious part of... »
Fascinating Fauna, Instruments of Science | Edited by ilbonito, michelle and 2 others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Reynisdrangar coordinates
Three Columns of Volcanic Rock Shoot Out of the Ocean
Just outside the tiny town of Vik, Iceland (pop. approx. 300) three black basalt columns called the Reynisdrangar protrude from the stormy North Atlantic. Legend has it that the rocks are three... »
Martian Landscapes, Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities | Edited by Henry, re_nakaba and others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Postojna caves coordinates
A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system
A fairytale landscape of looming stalactites, cathedral-shaped rock formations and endless tunnels awaits visitors to Postojnska Jama, the largest cave system in Slovenia. Formed millions of years... »
Curious Caves | Edited by Lunarsynthesis, re_nakaba and others
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Pigeon Towers of Iran coordinates
These little castles each held thousands of pigeons
For most city dwellers, pigeons are categorized along with rats, cockroaches and mice as vermin. Not so in 16th and 17th century Iran. Domesticated, pigeons were a valuable resource, or rather,... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan and re_nakaba
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Paulding Light coordinates
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January 21, 2010
re_nakaba
updated the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval coordinates
One of the greatest outsider architecture achievements of the world
Walking along his mail route in the town of Hauterives in Southern France, a postman picked up a stone in 1879. As he held it in his hand, the shape of this single stone inspired that postman,... »
Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Salamalecs and 2 others
