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teddrake

I can't help but stop at all the roadside oddities

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Traboules Secret Passages

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Astronomical Clock of Lyon

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

Allison

Added by Allison

Jardin Rosa Mir

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

serflac

Added by serflac

Durham, North Carolina

Duke Lemur Center

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Durham, North Carolina

V & E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Added by heypeggy

Toronto, Ontario

Ireland Park

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

Added by jaughter

The Bottle House

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

Ish

HOPE Outdoor Gallery

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

wulymammoth

Added by wulymammoth

Museum of the Weird

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Dylan

Seattle, Washington

Edith Macefield's House

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Official Bad Art Museum of Art

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

marlowharris

Added by marlowharris

Port Angeles, Washington

Port Angeles Underground

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

kcmick

Added by kcmick

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Police Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

jiblite

Added by jiblite

Vancouver, British Columbia

Japadog

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Girl in a Wetsuit'

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

canuck

Added by canuck

Port Renfrew, British Columbia

Fairy Lake Bonsai Tree

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

Added by Arnoldbeard

Coombs, British Columbia

Old Country Market

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

Qualicum Beach, British Columbia

Old Country Market

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

canuck

Added by canuck

Courtenay, British Columbia

Royston Shipwrecks

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

SamM

Duncan, British Columbia

World's Largest Hockey Stick & Puck

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

Alameda, California

Alameda Spite House

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

Added by mbison

Sydney, Australia

The Lex and Ruby Graham Gardens

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

Added by dylbatross

Sydney, Australia

Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Added by EdHinDC