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• June 23, 2011 spike has been to The Bastei
  

  Rathen, Germany

  The Bastei

  Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar

  Rising up from the Elbe River Valley, Saxon Switzerland contains some of Germany's most spectacular scenery - a maze of sandstone pillars, pristine forest, and intimidating fortresses. One of... »

  Geological Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Wiingy and Dylan

• June 23, 2011 spike updated the Lichtenhain Waterfall
  

  Freistaat Sachsen, Germany

  Lichtenhain Waterfall

  A small man-controlled waterfall powers an Art Nouveau elevator and is accessed via narrow gauge, solar-powered tramway

  Apparently, the Lichtenhain Waterfall just wasn't good enough. A small waterfall in Kirnitzschtal in South Saxony, the original waterfall was improved in the 1830s by adding a "weir," a small... »

  Watery Wonders, Retro-Tech | Edited by Alpha, Annetta and others

• June 2, 2011 spike has been to Royston Cave
  

  Royston Cave

  Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves

  It was August of 1742, and workmen for the Mercat house were trying to dig a post hole for a bench, but had struck what seemed to be a buried millstone. When the workmen dug around the millstone... »

  Curious Caves, Outsider Art, Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Rites and Rituals, Subterranean Sites | Edited by

• April 22, 2011 spike has been to Margate Shell Grotto
  

  Margate, United Kingdom

  Margate Shell Grotto

  Grotto replete with mystical designs, all in glued shells

  In 1835, James Newlove was digging a duck pond when his shovel broke through the ground into some kind of underground opening. Lowering his son into the cave, he quickly realized that this was... »

  Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills, Curious Places of Worship, Follies and Grottoes, Subterranean Sites | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

• April 12, 2011 spike has been to Chislehurst Caves
  

  Chislehurst Caves

  Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels

  If someone were to try and tie together every piece of English History and from the Saxons to Dr. Who, Bowie to the Druids, Air Raids to Shakespeare, to one space they could do so in two words:... »

  Curious Caves | Edited by re_nakaba and AllisonEng

• April 11, 2011 spike has been to Cabazon Dinosaurs
  

  California, US

  Cabazon Dinosaurs

  "World's biggest dinosaur" featured in Pee Wee's Big Adventure, now houses a creationist museum in its abdomen

  For the past 35 years, travelers driving west on Interstate 10 in Southern California have been greeted by Dinny the Dinosaur, a 150-foot-long recreation of an apatosaurus, whose owners have given... »

  Natural History, Strange Statues, Commercial Curiosities | Edited by anhie

• April 11, 2011 spike has been to Petrified Forest National Park
  

  Arizona, US

  Petrified Forest National Park

  Discover fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona

  Straddling the border between Navajo County and Apache County in the far northeastern corner of Arizona, the Petrified Forest National Park is about 146 square miles in size. The northern part of... »

  Natural Wonders | Edited by AllisonEng and Nicholas Jackson

• August 28, 2010 spike has been to The Royal Pavilion
  

  Brighton, United Kingdom

  The Royal Pavilion

  Regency Era Excess on the English Coast

  In the quaint English seaside resort of Brighton rests one of the more unusual homes ever built. The Royal Pavilion is an interesting, albeit slightly odd, testament to the once mighty power of... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by Nathan_Risinger

• June 4, 2010 spike has been to Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel
  

  Portugal

  Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel

  This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton

  With its big windows and light-filled sanctuary, the ossuary in Faro may be one of the cheeriest buildings made of human bones you'll encounter. The inscription over the door reads “Stop here and... »

  Ossuaries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Annetta

• June 4, 2010 spike 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

• June 4, 2010 spike has been to Madingley American Cemetery
  

  Cambridge, United Kingdom

  Madingley American Cemetery

  Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II

  The exceptionally beautiful Madingley American Cemetery can be found three miles outside the historic university town of Cambridge. Most impressive is the ordered design of the site: a visitor... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by Lunarsynthesis

• June 4, 2010 spike has been to Igreja de São Francisco Catacombs
  

  Igreja de São Francisco Catacombs

  Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

  Gothic in structure, Rococo in decoration, with portals to the dead located in the church's cellar. The church of São Francisco's Gothic exterior reflects the modest, earthy mentality of the... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by littlebrumble and Dylan