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danielrthorne

Writer on society and culture. Author of Neuroeconomics: an Applied Information Theory.

http://www.dthornebooks.wordpress.com/

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Vienna, Austria

Republic of Kugelmugel

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Josh

Green Valley, Arizona

Titan Missile Museum

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Machines of the Isle of Nantes

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

San Francisco, California

Musée Mécanique

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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Raymond Island, Australia

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

serflac

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Phil Campbell, Alabama

Dismals Canyon

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

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Putty, Australia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Lyme Regis, England

The Glowing Clams of Great Britain

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

Dylan

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Dylan

Bestari Jaya, Malaysia

Kampung Kuantan Fireflies Park

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

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Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

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Waitomo, New Zealand

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

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Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

Baku, Azerbaijan

Museum of Miniature Books

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

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Civrieux-d'Azergues, France

Le Jardin de Nous Deux

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

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Pattaya, Thailand

The Bottle Art Museum

Thailand museum of bottles of all shapes and sizes filled with intricate and beautiful art.

Flemington, New Jersey

Northlandz

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Bern, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Trevor

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Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Dylan

Drowned Village of Vilarinho da Furna

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

serflac

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Cahuita, Costa Rica

Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

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Zugarramurdi, Spain

Museo de las Brujas (Witches Museum)

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

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Nahariya, Israel

Akhzivland

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

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