Peculiar Streets around the World

Zzyzx (California, USA)

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Farfrompoope (Arkansas, USA)

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Bucket of Blood (Holbrook, AZ, USA)

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Intersection of Church and Gay Street (Nashville, USA)

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Shades of Death Road (New Jersey, USA)

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Divorce (Heather Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA)

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Psycho Path (Traverse City MI, USA)

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Parliament Street (Exeter, England)
World’s narrowest street

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Ebenezer Place (Scotland):
World’s shortest street

 

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Baldwin Street (New Zealand)
World’s steepest street

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Alien-Looking Places on Earth

Eisriesenwelt Ice Caves (Austria)

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The Richat Structure (Mauritania)

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The Stone Forest (China)

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Blood Pond Hot Spring (Japan)

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Vale da Lua (Brazil)

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Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)

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Kliluk, the Spotted Lake (Canada)

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Rio Tinto (Spain)

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Socotra Island (Indian Ocean)

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Dry Valleys (Antartica)

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World’s Most Dangerous Roads

Stelvio Pass Road Trollstigen(Italy)

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The A682 Road (England)

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Trollstigen (Norway)

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Patiopoulo-Perdikaki Road (Greece)

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James Dalton Highway (Alaska)

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Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China)

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Siberian Road to Yakutsk (Russia)

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Ruta 5: Arica to Iquique Road (Chile)

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Guoliang Tunnel Road (China)

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The Death Road (Bolivia)

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Most Fascinating Castles and Palaces

Prague Castle: World’s Largest Ancient Castle

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Löwenburg Castle: The Disneyland of the 18th century

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Palacio da Pena: Oldest Palace inspired by European Romanticism

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Malbork Castle: World’s Largest Brick Gothic Castle

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Hunyad Castle: were Dracula was held prisoner

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Matsumoto Castle: Japan’s most fascinating castle

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Neuschwanstein Castle: the Classic Fairytale’s Castle

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Predjamski Castle: Integrated in a Cave

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Mont Saint-Michel: a Medieval Castle on a Small Island

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The Potala Palace: Tibet’s greatest monumental structure

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World’s Greatest Living Rocks

Naqsh-e Rustam (Iran)

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Mada’in Saleh (Saudi Arabia)

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Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan)

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Hypogeum of Hal-Saflieni (Malta) 

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Bingling Temple (China)

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Cappadocia (Turkey)

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Borobudor (Indonesia)

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Church of St. George (Ethiopia)

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Dazu Rock Carvings (China)

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Abu Simbel (Egypt)

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Mahabalipuram Shore Temple (India)

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Leshan Giant Buddha (China)

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Mount Rushmore (USA)

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Petra (Jordan)

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Great Sphinx of Giza (Egypt)

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Most Fascinating Mazes

Davis’ Mega Maze (USA)

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Hampton Court Maze (UK)

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Peace Maze (Ireland)

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Il Labirinto (Italy)

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Snake Maze (UK)

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Pineapple Garden Maze (Hawaii)

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Ashcombe Maze (Australia)

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 York Maze, a Star Trek tribute (UK) 

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Reignac-sur-Indre Maze (France)

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Longleat Hedge Maze (UK)

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World’s Most Fascinating Ruins

Talisay City (Philippines)

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Palmyra Ruins (Syria)

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Copan Ruins (Honduras)

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Jesuitical Ruins of Trinidad (Paraguay)

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The Parthenon (Greece)

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Tikal Ruins (Guatemala)

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The Colosseum (Italy)

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Ruins of Ayutthaya (Thailand)

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Palenque (Mexico)

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Babylon (Iraq)

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Machu Picchu (Peru)

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7 Most Fascinating Underwater Ruins

The Lost Villages (Canada)

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Dwarka Port (India)

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Pavlopetri (Greece)

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8000-year-old Yonaguni-Jima (Japan)

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The submerged temples of Mahabalipuram (India)

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World’s Wickedest City, Port Royal (Jamaica)

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Cleopatra’s Palace in Alexandria (Egypt)

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10 Craziest Hotels

The De Vrouwe van Stavoren Hotel (Netherlands): made from recycled wine barrel

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Waterworld Hotel (China): an amazing aquatic themed hotel

It was set in a spectacular water filled quarry in Songjiang, China. The 400 bed resort hotel is uniquely constructed within the natural elements of the quarry. Underwater public areas and guest rooms add to the uniqueness, but the resort also boasts cafes, restaurants and sporting facilities.

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Hotel Im Wasserturm (Germany): inside a water tower

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Sala Silvergruva (Sweden): a single room hotel inside a silver mine

Sala Silvermine is one of the world’s best preserved mine settings

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Das Park Hotel (Austria): where rooms are made of concrete pipes

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Jumbo Hostel (Stockholm): World’s First Aircraft Inn

Stockholm is the the first aircraft inn.Each room is bare 65 square ft big and furnished with bunk beds, overhead luggage storage and flat-screen TVs. There is a reception area and a cafe with toilets and showers at the rear of the aircraft.

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Hôtel de Glace (Canada): made entirely out of ice and snow

It is made  entirely of ice and snow.The Ice Hotel has become an unparalleled and world-famous winter experience.It takes 5 weeks, 500 tons of ice, and 15,000 tons of snow to craft the Ice Hotel with its ceilings as high as 18 feet, walls covered with original artwork and furniture carved from ice blocks.

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Giraffe Manor (Kenya): where you dine with a friendly giraffe

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Everland (Paris): a single room roof top mobile luxury hotel

Everland is a hotel with only one room, including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. It is different because it is also an art installation- this hotel travels.It has been parked in the unsual places, like the roof-deck of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Leipzig, Germany, or the roof of Palais de Tokyo (with a spectacular view on the Eiffel Tower) in Paris.

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Capsule Hotel (Netherlands): a hotel made out of a survival pod

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10 Breathtaking Viewing Platforms around the World

 Top of Tyrol (Austria)

Top of Tyrol by Astearchitecture is a viewing platform located 3,000 m above sea level at the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol, Austria 

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Il binocolo (Italy)

In  the garden of Trauttmansdorff castle in Italy we can find  charming steel platform poking out through the trees. Its name come from the shape of the platform’s small roof and the view of the surrounding landscape. Designed by architect Matteo Thun

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 Infinity Room at House on the Rock (Wisconsin – USA)

The House on the Rock opened in 1959.It is a complex of architecturally unique rooms, streets, gardens and shops designed by Alex Jordan, Jr. It is located in Spring Green, Wisconsin and is a regional tourist attraction.

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 Landscape Promontory (Switzerland)

The landscape promontory is a suspended viewing platform designed by Paolo Bürgi as part of the Cardada project.The passageway is made of steel and titanium leads to the lookout platform with a view of Lago Maggiore. 

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 Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk (Australia)

This walk opened recently after five months of construction. Located at Knights Hill up high on the escarpment near Robertson in the Southern Highlands. The Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk allows visitors to walk among the rainforest canopy 25 metres above the ground on a steel platform. 

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Auckland’s Sky Tower (New Zealand)

Auckland’s 328m Sky Tower is the southern hemisphere’s tallest structure 

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 Suspended platform at Iguazu Falls (Brazil and Argentina)

Even if  the falls themselves are magnificent, their setting in a huge subtropical nature reserve makes visiting even more enjoyable.To fully appreciate their size and splendor it’s worthwhile viewing the falls from the skywalk

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 Grand Canyon Skywalk (Arizona – USA)

This horseshoe-shaped pant-filler hangs approximately 4000ft above the floor and extends 65ft beyond the edge of the Grand Canyon. The Horseshoe shaped skywalk is constructed of glass walls 4 inches thick

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Aurland Lookout (Norway)

The outermost end of the horizontal platform – which curves to form the structure’s support – is closed off by a sheet of glass, offering an incredible view towards the ground for all those with the guts to make the trip to the end.

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Dachstein Sky Walk (Austria)
Nicknamed the “balcony of the alps,” the Dachstein Sky Walk is formally enthroned at 2,700 m above sea-level, high up on the 250 m vertical rock face of the Hunerkogel.The Sky Walk is distinctly higher than the platforms of the Niagara Falls or even the one at the Iguazu waterfalls in Brazil.

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