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Ysabet

Geocacher, shameless writer, ferret-wrangler and 29-year-veteran of the SCA. I come from the Florida Panhandle but live in the Sonoran Desert and herd Case Managers at a hospital for a living.

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Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

Allison

Added by Allison

Reykjavik, Iceland

Álfaskólinn (Elf School)

Learn about Iceland's hidden folk at this school dedicated to the study of elves.

Oliver Hong

Added by Oliver Hong

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Josh

Holywell, Wales

Winifred's Well

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

Added by thescousewife

Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Bryn Celli Ddu

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Added by judders79

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Carnivore Restaurant

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Sukawati, Indonesia

Goa Gajah

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Karachi, Pakistan

Mumtaz Begum

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Jumbo Kingdom

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

tralfamadore

Added by tralfamadore

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Moonhole Homes

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

The Blue Forest

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Allison

Added by Allison

Kilpeck, England

Kilpeck Church Carvings

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.

serflac

Added by serflac

Chipley, Florida

Seacrest Wolf Preserve

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

ronin

Saugues, France

Museum of the Beast of Gevaudan

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

Allison

Added by Allison

Saint-Pierre-Colamine, France

Jonas Caves

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

Areni-1 Cave Complex

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

Added by Alina Anna Aslanian

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

George Washington's Bathtub

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Added by bibliobutch

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Added by ekoptev

Qesm Hurghada, Egypt

Desert Breath

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

Josh

Dandarah, Egypt

Dendera Light

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

Added by Tawsam

Oxford, England

Oxford Museum of Natural History

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Andermatt, Switzerland

Teufelsbrucke

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

Allison

Added by Allison