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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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Borgholm, Sweden

Trollskogen (The Troll Forest)

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

SamM

Bosque, New Mexico

Bernardo Waterfowl Area

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

Added by syabek

Sevanavank

This ancient monastery complex was transformed from an island to a peninsula when the lake was partially drained.

lobbmw

Added by lobbmw

Kassel, Germany

Artists Necropolis (Künstler-Nekropole)

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

Added by noprofile

Nemo's Garden

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

vittoriatraverso

Added by vittoriatraverso

New Orleans, Louisiana

Carousel Bar

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Adelaide, Australia

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Edward Denny

Added by Edward Denny

Taipei City, Taiwan

Jadeite Cabbage With Insects

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Anne Ewbank

Added by Anne Ewbank

Knaresborough, England

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Goatman's Bridge

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Carolinethrift

Added by Carolinethrift

Mogarraz, Spain

Portraits of Mogarraz

Images of neighbors past and present guard the streets of this charming alpine village.

matthulland

Added by matthulland

Rajac Cemetery

Beautifully carved tombstones fill this unmarked graveyard, uniquely situated near the village's famous stone wine cellars.

Added by Juglans Regia

Ex-Votos of Santuario di Montenero

This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Added by Queen Mary Historian

Kingsburg, California

Swedish Coffee Pot Tower

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Guthbrand

Added by Guthbrand

Zacatecas, Mexico

Rafael Coronel Museum

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Puentedey, Spain

Natural Arch Bridge

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Heuvelland, Belgium

Potato Vending Machine

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

wolterkasdorf

Added by wolterkasdorf

Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Museum Obscurum

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Added by Erik Kristiansen

Lincolnshire, England

Bowthorpe Oak

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Stockholm, Sweden

Uppland Runic Inscription 53

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab