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• April 17, 2012 tonka922 has been to Singapore's Rooftop Pool
  

  Marina Bay, Singapore

  Singapore's Rooftop Pool

  The largest pool at its elevation sits on top the most expensive resort in the world.

  The Singapore skyline boasts the largest swimming pool of any other skyline in the world. The massive pool sits atop the three 55 story high hotel towers of the Marina Bay Sands Resort, an... »

  Watery Wonders, Odd Accommodations, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars | Edited by katiebaker4 and Rachel

• March 27, 2012 tonka922 has been to Bled Island and Castle
  

  Bled Island and Castle

  One-time health resort used by aristocrats around the world, now a major tourist attraction

  Bled is a small municipality in northwestern Slovenia that was once part of Yugoslavia and became independent in 1991. In the late 1800s Bled Island and village, located in the middle of glacial... »

  Natural Wonders, Anomalous Islands, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by AllisonEng, Nicholas Jackson and others

• March 12, 2012 tonka922 has been to Free Spirit Spheres
  

  Free Spirit Spheres

  Sleep suspended in the forest canopy in Vancouver

  Somewhere in the middle of the forest on Vancouver Island, you'll find large wooden orbs suspended from the trees. Take the spiral staircase and short suspension bridge leading up to them and... »

  Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by rebeccaclara, Dylan and others

• February 6, 2012 tonka922 liked Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery
  

  Paro Taktsang: The Tiger's Nest Monastery

  This small monastery on a cliff in Bhutan where the 'Second Buddha' is said to have meditated

  It is a small monastery hung far up on a cliff overlooking a spectacular valley. It is also one of thirteen small monasteries or "tiger's lairs" where the Guru Rinpoche or "Precious Master" also... »

  Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by LongNow, Dylan and 2 others

• February 6, 2012 tonka922 liked Shackleton's Antarctic Hut
  

  Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

  Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky

  Ernest Shackleton's stash of hundred-year-old booze was discovered buried in the ice under the explorer's Antarctic base camp. In January 2010 workers from the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta, Nicholas Jackson and others

• February 6, 2012 tonka922 has been to Tomb of Christopher Columbus
  

  Sevilla, Spain

  Tomb of Christopher Columbus

  The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother

  Just inside the Cathedral door of Seville’s massive cathedral stands a monument to Christopher Columbus. His tomb is held aloft by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta and atimian

• February 6, 2012 tonka922 has been to Lake View Cemetery
  

  Lake View Cemetery

  A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

  Located on a breathtaking expanse atop Capitol Hill, this burial ground was established in 1872 as the Seattle Masonic Cemetery, changing its name to the Lake View Cemetery in 1890. Now nestled in... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Dead Explorers | Edited by bboas, Rachel and others

• January 24, 2012 tonka922 has been to Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
  

  Vatican

  Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

  Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy

  Predating a unified Italy by nearly 300 years, the gallery of maps at the Vatican shows the length and breadth of the peninsula circa 1580. Pope Gregory XIII commissioned the maps from his... »

  Marvelous Maps and Measures, Repositories of Knowledge, Dead Explorers | Edited by Annetta

• January 24, 2012 tonka922 has been to Rundetårn
  

  Rundetårn

  Old observatory in Copenhagen with a spiral corridor used as a racetrack

  Visiting famous landmarks in historical centers of European medieval cities often involves climbing various sorts of towers, be it a fortress, a castle or a cathedral. However, one of the most... »

  Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by stanestane, leiris and others

• January 17, 2012 tonka922 has been to Père Lachaise Cemetery
  

  Paris, France

  Père Lachaise Cemetery

  France's Most Famous Cemetery

  A large cemetery by itself wouldn't seem too odd; even one containing famous remains might not be enough to more than raise an eyebrow. Instead, it's the culture and atmosphere that set Père... »

  Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by meelar, Dylan and others

• January 16, 2012 tonka922 has been to A-bomb Memorial, Hiroshima, Japan
  

  Hiroshima, Japan

  A-bomb Memorial, Hiroshima, Japan

  Peace Park and the A-bomb dome

  On Monday, August 6th, 1945, at 8:15 am, a US bomber dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over the city of Hiroshima. Estimates of the number killed vary from 90,000 to 166,000... »

  Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Unique Collections, Memento Mori, Ghost Towns, Disaster Areas | Edited by spinkk and Dylan

• January 14, 2012 tonka922 has been to Portlandia
  

  Portlandia

  Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States

  Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of Michael Graves' Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by canuck and atimian

• January 13, 2012 tonka922 added Borobudur
  

  Magelang, Indonesia

  Borobudur

  Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple

  Built in the late 8th century, Borobudur temple took an army of workers and 60,000 cubic meters of lava rock to construct. Yet despite its massive size and elaborate rows of Buddha statues, it was... »

  Unusual Monuments, Giant Buddhas | Edited by tonka922 and atimian

• January 13, 2012 tonka922 commented on Alyosha Statue

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• January 13, 2012 tonka922 added Alyosha Statue
  

  Murmansk, Russia

  Alyosha Statue

  A monument to the defenders of the arctic in Murmansk, Russia

  In 1941, Soviet forces in Murmansk finally gained ground and pushed back against the invading Nazi army. A turning point in Hitler's arctic campaign, the Alyosha Statue was erected in 1974 as a... »

  Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by tonka922 and atimian

• January 11, 2012 tonka922 has been to Devil's Island
  

  Devil's Island

  A hellish, 19th century French penal colony in French Guiana

  Islands just off the shore of French Guiana look a lot like paradise. Lush forests flower in the humidity and the blue waters off the coast ring the land like a pure, refreshing belt of salty... »

  Anomalous Islands, Crime and Punishment | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

• December 22, 2011 tonka922 added Fuente de Tláloc
  

  Fuente de Tláloc

  Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project

  Just five years before his death, Diego Rivera finished one of his most intriguing works, la Fuente de Tláloc. Although strikingly different in medium from most of his work, the massive tiled... »

  Unusual Monuments, Peculiar Fountains, Architectural Oddities, Outsider Architecture | Edited by tonka922, atimian and others

• December 5, 2011 tonka922 has been to Kampong Ayer
  

  Kampong Subok, Brunei

  Kampong Ayer

  The world's largest water village was dubbed the Venice of the East by Ferdinand Magellan

  For 1300 years, people have inhabited the stilted water village of Kampong Ayer. Since that time, it has been dubbed the Venice of the East, but in many ways its bizarre water structures are in a... »

  Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JBHewlett and atimian

• November 22, 2011 tonka922 has been to Weeki Wachee: City of Live Mermaids
  

  Florida, US

  Weeki Wachee: City of Live Mermaids

  Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors

  Long before Disney World became the staple of Florida's tourism industry, there was Weeki Wachee, the City of Live Mermaids. Since opening its doors in 1947, Weeki Wachee has attracted thousands... »

  Watery Wonders, Wondrous Performances, Subterranean Sites | Edited by anhie and wythe

• November 22, 2011 tonka922 has been to Koreshan State Historic Site
  

  Florida, US

  Koreshan State Historic Site

  Former utopian colony based on the belief that the Universe exists in a hollow sphere

  Cyrus Reed Teed was an eclectic physician whose experiments in alchemy often involved dangerously high levels of electricity. In one such experiment in 1869, Teed was electrocuted so badly that he... »

  Hoaxes and Pseudoscience, Lost Tribes, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by anhie and tonka922

• November 22, 2011 tonka922 has been to Mapparium
  

  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

• November 22, 2011 tonka922 has been to Solomon's Castle
  

  North America

  Solomon's Castle

  Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates

  Standing in a central Florida swamp, shining in the sun, is a hand-built medieval castle complete with a moat. The sculptor Howard Solomon started building the castle in 1974 out of aluminum... »

  Eccentric Homes | Edited by Tre and As she is spoke

• November 22, 2011 tonka922 has been to Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area
  

  Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

  Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm

  Every year, when the temperate of the water surrounding Tampa Bay's Big Bend power plant rises above 68 degrees Fahrenheit because of the heated waste water leaving the discharge canal, manatees,... »

  Natural Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Inspired Inventions, Electrical Oddities | Edited by mojotexas, Nicholas Jackson and others

• November 14, 2011 tonka922 has been to Qenqo Temple
  

  Qenqo Temple

  Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith

  The Incan Empire was completely destroyed by European forces in the 16th century. Many of their massive temples, fortresses and cities were left standing, but without any clues as to their... »

  Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Lost Tribes, Incredible Ruins | Edited by serflac and atimian

• November 8, 2011 tonka922 has been to Lofoten Temperature Anomalies
  

  Rost, Norway

  Lofoten Temperature Anomalies

  A surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle

  When you think about those painfully northern lines of latitude known as the Arctic Circle, you probably imagine a barely hospitable alien world, probably set in mid-winter's freezing cold and... »

  Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Intriguing Environs | Edited by atimian