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quiubosimone

Artist / Writer / Teacher. Will rapidly and alarmingly pull over for cool plants, colourful rocks, cemeteries, and megaliths.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Added by spiderhouses

Petrified Forest of Khorixas

Hundreds of tree trunks and Welwitschia flowers populate this living fossil haven.

Aksel

Th_Prsrv

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Tucson, Arizona

Campbell Bat Bridge

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

Added by kptucson

Steele, North Dakota

World's Largest Sandhill Crane

The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.

Added by skbohlen cbf81486

Washington, D.C.

Art Museum of the Americas

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

The Wandering Afro

Added by The Wandering Afro

Portland, Oregon

The Skeleton Key Odditorium

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

Added by Michelle Macabre

Chestertown, Maryland

Modern Stone Age Kitchen

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Chorsu Bazaar

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Added by soloobscuro

Raja Ices

Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.

Vivek Gadre

Added by Vivek Gadre

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

slgwv

Raiatea, French Polynesia

Marae Taputapuātea

This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.

Tiki Traveller

Added by Tiki Traveller

Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park)

Learn about the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost islands.

Added by rachaelbrink95

Akyem Kukurantumi, Ghana

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana

Sample cacao fruit and learn all about bean production.

DaniMac

Added by DaniMac

Nokishita711

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

Andrew Coletti

Added by Andrew Coletti

Queens, New York

Nepali Bhanchha Ghar

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Lisbon, Portugal

Pastéis de Belém

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Lisbon, Portugal

A Ginjinha

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Kamakura, Japan

Chikaramochiya

Open since 1690, this former teahouse makes “strength mochi” based on the centuries-old recipe.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Jokkmokk, Sweden

Jokkmokk Market

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

Muara Ancalong, Indonesia

Wehea Forest

Explore a uniquely pristine Borneo forest, now protected by former headhunters turned tour guides.

Kaelyn Lynch

Added by Kaelyn Lynch

Rantepao, Indonesia

Londa Burial Caves

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Vicki Louise

Added by Vicki Louise

Bantimurung, Indonesia

Prehistoric Cave Art of Maros Pangkep

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

littlewing44

Added by littlewing44

Rantepao, Indonesia

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Added by mbison