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• May 19, 2012 spinkk has been to Stonehenge World Heritage Site
  

  Stonehenge, United Kingdom

  Stonehenge World Heritage Site

  Famously Misunderstood Wonder of the Ancient World.

  Much can, and has been said about this amazing monument. In fact, many theories diverge dramatically, regarding purpose and span of time during construction. There is a lot of information that... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins | Edited by dougygyro, Annetta and others

• May 19, 2012 spinkk updated the Foucoult's Pendulum and the Paris Pantheon
  

  Paris, France

  Foucoult's Pendulum and the Paris Pantheon

  19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists

  In 1851, physicist Léon Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth with an experiment conducted in the Paris Panthéon. By constructing a fixed 67-meter swinging lead bob beneath the central... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Marvelous Maps and Measures, Subterranean Sites | Edited by Dampo, Dylan and 2 others

• March 29, 2012 spinkk has been to Darth Vader Grotesque
  

  Darth Vader Grotesque

  The sci-fi villain is a little known inhabitant of the Washington National Cathedral

  Cathedrals are well known as places of quiet reflection and reverence for divinity. To encourage these behaviors, architects often use calm, echoless corridors, vaulted ceilings arching toward the... »

  Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Mark_Casey, Rachel and others

• February 8, 2012 spinkk has been to Mount Trashmore
  

  Mount Trashmore

  Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets

  Virginia Beach's Mount Trashmore is at times a skate park, kid-friendly respite, and fishing hole, but it's always a dump. Created by compacting layers of refuse with clean soil. Covering roughly... »

  Watery Wonders, Unusual Monuments, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Dylan

• January 17, 2012 spinkk liked Gate Tower Building
  

  Osaka, Japan

  Gate Tower Building

  Three floors rented out to the Japanese highway system

  For the most part, 16-story buildings in Osaka do not stick out that much. That is unless of course, a highway cuts through them, allowing cars to race through the fifth, sixth and seventh floors.... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and HJHausman

• January 17, 2012 spinkk updated the Slab City California
  

  California, US

  Slab City California

  During winter months, abandoned navy base becomes off-grid home and alternative living community for thousands of retirees

  Slab City, or The Slabs, is a free campsite and alternative living community located near an active bombing range in the desert city of Niland, California. Previously an old WWII base, Marine... »

  Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Outsider Art, Strange Statues, Disaster Areas, Cultures and Civilizations , Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by anhie, chasterus and 2 others

• December 29, 2011 spinkk has been to Camp Hero
  

  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

• December 29, 2011 spinkk liked Great Train Graveyard
  

  Great Train Graveyard

  On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds

  It's a cemetery for trains, for locomotives. And it's so big that it looks as though all of the trains in South America are moved to Uyuni, Bolivia, to chug their last chug. Filled with... »

  Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech, Intriguing Environs, Ghost Towns | Edited by Nicholas Jackson

• November 10, 2011 spinkk added Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery
  

  Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery

  A cemetery for only coon hounds in northeast Alabama

  The Coon Dog Cemetery in Cherokee, Alabama, approximately 25 miles northeast of Red Bay began in 1937 by Key Underwood when he sadly buried his faithful coon dog, Troop. They had hunted together... »

  Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by spinkk and atimian

• October 18, 2011 spinkk has been to House of the Glockenspeil
  

  Frohnsmuhle, Germany

  House of the Glockenspeil

  Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world

  Böttcherstraße narrowly snakes its way 330 feet through the center of Bremen. Unlike its surroundings, Böttcherstraße is a narrow alleyway, lined with brick expressionist houses. Outwardly, the... »

  Outsider Art, Musical Wonders | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

• August 2, 2011 spinkk updated the The Garden of Eden
  

  The Garden of Eden

  Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin

  One of the "Eight Wonders of Kansas Art," the Garden of Eden is a home and sculpture park built by civil war veteran Samuel Dinsmoor. Dinsmoor was a farmer, mason and political radical who often... »

  Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Henry and 2 others

• July 29, 2011 spinkk added Dorchester - South Carolina's abandoned town
  

  Dorchester - South Carolina's abandoned town

  Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War

  History books tell us the third settlement in South Carolina was the town of Dorchester, colonized by a group of Puritans who resettled from Dorchester, Massachusetts to a site on the upper Ashley... »

  Ghost Towns, Incredible Ruins | Edited by spinkk and Dylan

• July 14, 2011 spinkk has been to Medieval Clock at Salisbury Cathedral
  

  Salisbury, United Kingdom

  Medieval Clock at Salisbury Cathedral

  Oldest working clock anywhere in the world

  In 1928, a clock enthusiast visiting Salisbury Cathedral’s 1884 turret clock noticed something unusual: a second large, wrought iron clock mechanism was also sitting in the tower, apparently... »

  Inspired Inventions, Astounding Timepieces, Long Now Locations, The Long Now | Edited by Annetta and Nicholas Jackson

• July 13, 2011 spinkk liked Greenwich Locksmith
  

  Greenwich Locksmith

  Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village

  Greenwich Locksmith is the smallest numbered building in Manhattan, and at only 125 square feet could be easily missed from a distance. Dwarfed on 7th Avenue by expensive condos and fancy... »

  Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by atimian and Nicholas Jackson

• July 7, 2011 spinkk added Vienna Love Parade
  

  Vienna, Austria

  Vienna Love Parade

  Annual technopop celebration of peace and love

  The Love Parade is a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was originally conceived as a political demonstration for peace and... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Wondrous Performances | Edited by spinkk and Nicholas Jackson

• May 9, 2011 spinkk updated the The Incorruptible St. Zita
  

  The Incorruptible St. Zita

  The naturally mummified body of a peasant girl saint

  The patron Saint of Lucca, of servants, and of lost keys lies in rest in the church of San Frediano, dressed and in full view, some 700-plus years after her death in 1272. Zita is one of the... »

  Relics and Reliquaries, Mummies | Edited by Annetta and spinkk

• April 9, 2011 spinkk updated the The Torture Museum
  

  Amsterdam, Netherlands

  The Torture Museum

  Museum preserving torture methods from the past

  The Torture Museum in Amsterdam reveals the dark history of a time when justice was meted out by sticks and spikes. It is composed of a few darkly lit corridors and prints displaying tortures... »

  Unique Collections, Crime and Punishment | Edited by michelle, Dylan and 4 others

• April 3, 2011 spinkk has been to Hakone Open-Air Museum
  

  Hakone, Japan

  Hakone Open-Air Museum

  Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters

  Located within Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park is the Hakone Open-Air Museum. The museum grounds cover over 70,000 square-meters creating a unique mixture of nature and art. The indoor museum... »

  Museums and Collections, Outsider Art, Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by leiris and Nicholas Jackson

• March 29, 2011 spinkk updated the SS United States
  

  SS United States

  Current Docking of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic Ocean Liner

  With the highest sustained top speed of 35 knots, the SS United States is the worlds fastest ocean liner. While United States lost the eastbound transatlantic speed record in 1990 to Hoverspeed... »

  Inspired Inventions, Retro-Tech | Edited by spinkk

• March 24, 2011 spinkk updated the Jeffrey's Hook Light
  

  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

• March 19, 2011 spinkk updated the Sanjusangendo
  

  Kyoto, Japan

  Sanjusangendo

  1001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face

  The Sanjusangendo, or Hall of 33 Bays, in Kyoto is a 390 ft. long wooden building built in 1266. Officially known as Rengeo-in, this Tendai Buddhist temple houses 1001 carved statues of Kannon,... »

  Rites and Rituals | Edited by Josh and spinkk

• March 17, 2011 spinkk updated the Dr. Evermore's Forevertron
  

  Dr. Evermore's Forevertron

  "World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outsider art sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin

  For most of his life, Tom Every was a professional destroyer. Tom worked in Wisconsin as an industrial wrecker, thrashing old factories, breweries and any other building that stood in the way. But... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 5 others

• March 17, 2011 spinkk updated the 'Roman Well' of the Belgrade Fortress
  

  Belgrade, Serbia

  'Roman Well' of the Belgrade Fortress

  A misnamed well, with a deep dark past

  The 'Roman Well' is located in the southwest part of the Upper Town within Kalemegdan fortress, though in truth the well really isn't Roman, at all. More likely is that it was actually built in... »

  Incredible Ruins, Subterranean Sites | Edited by nocturnalis, Dylan and others

• March 13, 2011 spinkk updated the LA-88 Nike Missile Base
  

  California, US

  LA-88 Nike Missile Base

  Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base

  LA-88 was one of the few dozen Nike missile bases located around LA to protect the civilian population and military industrial sites from Soviet attack and was in operation from 1957-1974. In... »

  Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins, Obscura Day Location | Edited by dittlelifferent, A Facebook user and 2 others

• March 13, 2011 spinkk updated the Site of operation Backfire
  

  Cuxhaven, Germany

  Site of operation Backfire

  WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire

  Immediately following the war, the British military scrambled to gather all the rocket technology of now-conquered Germany before it was lost to them. They brought pieces of V2-rockets from all... »

  Incredible Ruins | Edited by Alpha, Dylan and 2 others