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David Grohl Alley in Warren, Ohio
Only the second alley in the world to be named after a rock artist (after Oklahoma's Flaming Lips Alley), Ohio's David Grohl Alley celebrates the career of the acclaimed drummer with a collection of...
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Meet a Master Tarot Card Designer From Milan, Birthplace of Tarot
Osvaldo Menegazzi's supply-laden desk. (Photo: Lakshmi Ramgopal)Want to divine the future by looking at beautiful drawings? Pick up a tarot deck. These symbolism-heavy illustrated cards have been...
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Reading Between The Lines in Limburg, Belgium
From inside the Gijs Van Vaerenbergh-designed art church known as Reading Between The Lines, the natural sunlight hits the ground in a noirish checkerboard, belying the construction's almost completely...
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African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal
Dedicated in 2010 the massive African Renaissance Monument is a towering piece of brutal Stalinist machismo that is intended to celebrate the achievements of the African people but will likely be...
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Monastery of Saint Simon in Qasr Ad Dobarah, Egypt
Large Christian communities are not abundant in Muslim-dominated Egypt. One of the more populous groups is the garbage scavenging Zabbaleen, who have retained their Coptic beliefs and established the...
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The Mythical Man-Eating Plants That Paved the Way for 'Little Shop of Horrors'
Nepanthes maximum, a carnivorous plant that eats insects (Photo: LadydragonflyCC/Flickr)Once the idea of a giant, flesh-eating plant enters the imagination, it can be hard to dislodge. Imagine this:...
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International Car Forest of the Last Church in Goldfield, Nevada
The dream project of two Nevada artists, the International Car Forest of the Last Church looks more akin to a druidic henge of junkers than any Christian chapel.The product of artists Chad Sorg and...
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FOUND: Largest Landslide in North America Since 1980
Tyndall glacier (Photo: NPS/Jacob W. Frank)Back in October, 200 million tons of rock slid down a valley and onto a glacier in an isolated part of eastern Alaska. It was the largest landslide in North...
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Short on Snow? Try Ice-Block Sledding
Bringing a slippery surface to those snowless summer slopes. (Photo: icesled.com)Winter break, for most of the world, usually means outdoor winter sports. But this year, with predicted temperatures of...
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Mystery Soda Machine in Seattle, Washington
A contraption out of time, Seattle's Mystery Soda Machine dispenses cans of sugary pop for just 75 cents, and while no one knows who stocks this aging landmark, the real question is what it will spit...
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Meoto Iwa in Ise-shi, Japan
Located just off the shore of Futami, Japan, a pair of oceanic rock stacks have come to represent a holy union that created the spirits of the world in the Shinto faith. The two rocks, known as Izanagi...
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The Uncertain Future of Santa’s Village, An Abandoned 1950s Christmas Park
The former Good Witch's Bakery at Santa's Village. (All Photos: Sandi Hemmerlein)Christmas in Southern California is a funny thing. All the usual tropes of the holiday season just don’t apply—sleigh...
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Tomb of Jesus Christ in Shingō-mura, Japan
The small village of Shingo in Japan's Aomori Prefecture is known not only for its cattle ranches and yam production, but thanks to one rogue cosmoarcheologist the village is also home to the supposed...
View ArticleFleeting Wonders: Octopus Plants Invade England
Alien eggs hatching in the new forest: the wonderfully weird Devil's Fingers pic.twitter.com/wiFeYr22vO— Dan Hoare (@DJHbutterflies) November 10, 2015A lot of non-native plants and animals at least...
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Can Bunnies Play? A Deep YouTube Investigation
Bun Bun, a creature we seek to understand. (Image: Amanda Engle/YouTube)It's been a long year, filled with tragedy and heartbreak, but balanced somewhat by the gift that keeps on giving—incredible...
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How a Homeless Woman Rescued a Brazilian Murder Castle
The abandoned Castelinho da Rua Apa in Sao Paulo. (Photo: Eli Kazuyuki Hayasaka/flickr)It was May 12th, 1937. Elza Lengfelder, the housekeeper of a rich family in São Paulo, was putting her sons to bed...
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The Toothbrush That Grows On Trees
Toothbrush and paste. (Photo: Jeremy Hockin/flickr)As you eat away the rest of 2015, consider this: the fancy electric toothbrush that you spent $100 to clean the holidays off your gums on might be no...
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Tumbleweed Christmas Tree in Chandler, Arizona
Christmas traditions can be a challenge in places that rarely see a day of cold all year, but in the Arizona city of Chandler, they have simply adapted their traditions to match the climate but forming...
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Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan
Founded in 1945 by Wally Bronner, Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is the world's largest Christmas store, a year-round commercial attraction for all ages. A huge draw for the town of Frankenmuth,...
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Santa's Village in Lake Arrowhead, California
Part of a once-grand and ambitious network of franchised North-Pole-themed amusement parks, Santa's Village in California now sits abandoned on the aptly named Rim of the World Highway.But in its...
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