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aa

Born in Philippines. Lived in California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Brooklyn, Spain, Argentina, Vietnam, Guatemala, Colombia. Like to go around and see the things. The world is made of words.

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El Peñol, Colombia

El Peñon de Guatape

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

Dylan

Enchanted Forest

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

lepainperdu

Added by lepainperdu

McMinnville, Oregon

Evergreen Aviation Museum

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

New Windsor, New York

Storm King Art Center

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

aboychuk

Added by aboychuk

Concord, Massachusetts

Walden Pond

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Dustin Stonecipher

Added by Dustin Stonecipher

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Middleton, Wisconsin

National Mustard Museum

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Portland, Oregon

Portlandia

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

canuck

Added by canuck

Prague, Czechia

Museum of Communism

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Dresden, Germany

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

Added by mbison

Segovia Aqueduct

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Humboldt County, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

journeylism

Added by journeylism

Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Added by elsie4LC

Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina

Iguazu Falls

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Rzelle1

Added by Rzelle1