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tropicfruit
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Places I like
I like Strombolicchio Lighthouse, Villa Pisani Labirinto, Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), Great Blue Hole, Auerworld Palace, The uphill-downhill road of Ariccia , Il Gigante, Antro della Sibilla (Cave of the Sibyl), Casa Saldarini, Montecristo, The Great Guatemalan Sinkhole, The Stonework of Machu Picchu, Grotta Gigante, Stromboli Island, The Magic Mountain Hotel , Helios House, Hussaini Hanging Bridge and The Last Handwoven Bridge
Recent Activity
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked The Last Handwoven Bridge
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Hussaini Hanging Bridge
Known as the most dangerous bridge in the world, the Hussaini Hanging Bridge is only one of many precarious rope bridges in Northern Pakistan
In a world of commercial space-flight and super sonic jet flight it can be easy to forget just how hard it can be to traverse certain parts of this planet.
But those living in the... »
Architectural Oddities, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Dylan, wythe and others
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Helios House
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States
"Eco-friendly" is probably one of the last adjectives one would use to describe a gas station, but the BP gas company has taken on its first green gas station initiative with the Helios House.... »
Commercial Curiosities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by anhie
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked The Magic Mountain Hotel
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Stromboli Island
A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years
"Stromboli! What effect on the imagination did these few words produce!" wrote Jules Verne in Journey to the Center of the Earth. Just north of Sicily, the 12.6 square kilometer island of... »
Fiery Wonders, Anomalous Islands | Edited by Dylan, Henry and others
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Grotta Gigante
One of the largest caves in the world open to the public
The cave known as Grotta Gigante, meaning Giant Cave, lives up to its name. The main cavity is about 130 meters (427 feet) long, 65m (213 feet) high and 107m (351 feet) tall, for a total volume of... »
Curious Caves | Edited by Annetta
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked The Stonework of Machu Picchu
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers
Cusco, at 11,000 feet the mountain weather is kaleidoscopic, and the Inca tradition is palpably present. Cusco is every single thing that Santa Fe, New Mexico would like to be - magnificently... »
Intriguing Environs, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow, A Facebook user and others
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked The Great Guatemalan Sinkhole
An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City
Guatemala City has had experience with sinkholes before: In 2007, three people and a dozen homes here suddenly disappeared into the earth. But no one was prepared for anything like this.
On... »
Geological Oddities, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas | Edited by gabeschwartz, Dylan and others
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Montecristo
The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure
Everyone has heard of it, or at least of its "Count," but few are actually allowed on this forbidden island.
Montecristo, or "The Mount of Christ," is a tiny island in the Tuscan Archipelago,... »
Intriguing Environs | Edited by Caesar, Annetta and others
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Casa Saldarini
An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane
Casa Saldarini built in 1961 and also known as "The Whale" is a house designed by Vittorio Giorgini, born in Florence in 1926, an architect interested in the relationship between architecture and... »
Eccentric Homes | Edited by
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Antro della Sibilla (Cave of the Sibyl)
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Il Gigante
The bomb-ravaged remains of of a colossal Neptune
Allied bombs and rough seas have reduced the once mighty turn of the century giant into an armless ruin. Located at the end of a popular sunbathing beach in the Italian riviera town of Monterosso... »
Strange Statues, Incredible Ruins | Edited by Annetta and trcox2
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked The uphill-downhill road of Ariccia
Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy
Just outside of Rome, one can find respite from the smog, and traffic of the big city among them fresh air, beautiful surroundings, wonderful food and a road that seems to run in reverse.... »
Optical Oddities, Mystery Spots and Gravity Hills | Edited by Wanderful and Dylan
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Auerworld Palace
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
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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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra)
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius
"Instantly we were in a vast vault, where all gleamed like ether. The water below was like a blue-burning fire, lighting up the whole. All around was closed in: but, beneath the water, the little... »
Watery Wonders, Curious Caves | Edited by Annetta
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Villa Pisani Labirinto
A complex nine layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian Doge's playground
Local lore holds that the hedge maze at Villa Pisani is so challenging, Napoleon was lost in it when he lived in the villa, and Hitler and Mussolini were too chicken to go into it at all.
The... »
Mazes | Edited by Annetta and Dylan
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June 21, 2010
tropicfruit
liked Strombolicchio Lighthouse
A petite white lighthouse perched on the ancient core of Stromboli Volcano
Like a castle rising from the Tyrrhenian Sea, the basalt sea stack is all that remains of the core of a a volcano that may have eroded away some 200,000 years ago leaving only the central... »
Fiery Wonders, Anomalous Islands | Edited by Annetta
