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sarahelias
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Places I like
I like Tsavo Man Eaters, Stromboli Island, The Morbid Anatomy Library, House of Air, Chandelier Tree, Sigurgeirs Bird Museum, Lotus Lake, The Wreck of the Peter Iredale, Caves of the Villarrica Volcano, Mt. Erebus, The Natural Bridge, Museo Subacuatico de Arte Project, Neptune's Grotto, Sea Lion Caves, Great Blue Hole, Clifton's Cafeteria, Salvation Mountain, UFO Watchtower, Mesa Verde National Park, Cano's Castle, Mapparium, Holy Land, U.S.A., The Devil's Sinkhole, World's Largest Hammock, Dismals Canyon, Unclaimed Baggage Center, The Cumberland Falls, Cadillac Ranch, Forbidden Gardens, Floating Mesa, Congress Bridge Bats, Cathedral of Junk, Old Tunnel Bat Colony and Hueco Tanks
Recent Activity
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Hueco Tanks
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia
Hiding in the far reaches of the Chihuahua Desert, not far from El Paso, is a group of large natural rock basins, or "huecos". These unusual rock formations collect and trap water in an otherwise... »
Geological Oddities, Long Now Locations | Edited by Clinton and Dylan
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Old Tunnel Bat Colony
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million mexican free-tail bats
Just ten miles southeast of Fredericksburg is a deserted railroad tunnel, home to up to three million bats. The tunnel, decommissioned in 1941, is home to mostly Mexican free-tailed bats, as well... »
Fascinating Fauna, Curious Caves | Edited by Clinton
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Cathedral of Junk
An unique structure in suburban Austin comprised entirely of other people's castaways
Tucked unsuspectingly in a suburban backyard in South Austin, is Vince Hannemann's towering Cathedrl of Junk.
Some 60 tons of discarded items, many of them bicycles, make up the skeleton and... »
Outsider Architecture | Edited by Clinton and dinosaursfeast
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats
The Congress Avenue Bridge, which spans Town Lake in downtown Austin, is home to the largest urban bat colony in North America. The colony is estimated at 1.5 million Mexican free-tail bats. Each... »
Fascinating Fauna, Obscura Day Location | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Floating Mesa
The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above
Another creation of the eccentric millionaire known as Stanley Marsh 3, - who prefers the Arabic numeral to the Roman numeral which he find pretentious - Marsh is most know for his Caddilac Ranch... »
Outsider Art, Optical Oddities | Edited by Clinton
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Forbidden Gardens
Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire
UPDATE: The gardens closed permanently in February 2011, reportedly to make way for an expansion of the Grand Parkway. The terra cotta soldiers were sold to the public for $100 apiece at that... »
Strange Statues, Small Worlds and Model Towns | Edited by peggysuicide, bopo and 3 others
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Cadillac Ranch
A sculpture made of ten cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.
Cadillac ranch, built in 1974, is the product of eccentric helium millionaire Stanley Marsh 3 (he doesn't like the Roman numeral III) and The Ant Farm, a San Francisco art collective. The ranch... »
Outsider Art, Unusual Monuments, Outsider Architecture | Edited by FungusFan, Dylan and others
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked The Cumberland Falls
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Unclaimed Baggage Center
One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure
Ever wonder what happens to unclaimed baggage? One place it goes is Scottsboro, Alabama, to the Unclaimed Baggage Center, where previously lost or forgotten items find a new home. After a... »
Museums and Collections | Edited by Kalia_K and Nicholas Jackson
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked Dismals Canyon
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked World's Largest Hammock
Where to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.
Though any hammock usually suffices so long as it is located beachside, the more hammock the better has been the operating philosophy of Nag’s Head Hammocks since 1974.
Located in mainland... »
Unusual Monuments | Edited by littlebrumble
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January 21, 2011
sarahelias
liked The Devil's Sinkhole
A sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, home to the ancient dead
“The name, Devil’s Sinkhole, aptly connotes the dark depths and other-worldliness of a vast vertical chasm in the limestone bedrock on the far western reaches of the Edwards Plateau” states the... »
Natural Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves | Edited by Lily Landes, Dylan and others
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked 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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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Mapparium
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935
In 1930, Boston architect Chester Lindsay Churchill was commissioned to design the new Christian Science Publishing Society headquarters to compete with the other grand newspaper headquarters of... »
Unusual Monuments, Small Worlds and Model Towns, Inspired Inventions, Instruments of Science, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Josh, Dylan and 2 others
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Cano's Castle
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Mesa Verde National Park
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, carved into the cliffs of majestic mesas
Known for the dwellings of the people who archaeologists once called the "Anasazi," (a derisive Navajo term meaning "ancient enemy") Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, is home... »
Eccentric Homes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by wythe and A Facebook user
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked UFO Watchtower
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Salvation Mountain
Self-built mound covered in messages of God's love
At 150 feet wide by 50 feet tall, Salvation Mountain is really more of a painted mound. The mountain was created by Leonard Knight after his hot air balloon failed in this bleak patch of desert... »
Outsider Art, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Clinton and 4 others
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Clifton's Cafeteria
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Great Blue Hole
Massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau
The Great Blue hole, located just 100 kilometers (60 miles) off the coast of Belize, is an underwater sinkhole that researchers believe is the largest of its kind. Circular in shape and... »
Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Curious Caves | Edited by anhie and AllisonEng
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked 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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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Neptune's Grotto
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave
In the 18th century, a local fisherman from Sardinia spotted an opening in a cliff side while fishing off the coast. The opening, which is generally a meter above sea level unless waters are... »
Geological Oddities, Curious Caves, Subterranean Sites | Edited by michelle and Dylan
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Museo Subacuatico de Arte Project
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked The Natural Bridge
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January 12, 2011
sarahelias
liked Mt. Erebus
