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Airplane
Home
Airplane
Home can erect an airplane on your property and customize
it to your taste!
http://www.airplanehomes.com/
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Airsicknessbags.com
A virtual
museum of sick bags of every type - airline, train, boat,
car, space, and cinema!
http://www.airsicknessbags.com/
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Amazing
Adventures of a Nobody
Find out
how crazy Englishman Leon Legothetis travelled around the
US and then the world on just $5 dollars a day! 
http://www.amazingadventuresofanobody.com/
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Aroma
Tours
An Australian
company that specializes in creating unique, off-the-beaten-path
experiences that will delight your sense of smell.
http://www.aroma-tours.com/
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Beamish
2000
A Masonic
Hall in County Durham that allows members of th public a rare
glimpse at the world of the Freemasons.
http://www.durhamfreemasons.org/Beamish/
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Beans
Around the World
Follow
the international travels of one truly adventurous can of
black beans!
http://www.beans-around-the-world.com/
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Berliner
Unterwelten
Believe
it or not, forty percent of Berlin's buildings are underground
including cemeteries, sewers, secret air raid shelters and
even an aircraft factory. This group offers the public guided
tours of the city's subterranean architecture.
http://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/
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British
Lawnmower World
Discover
the history of the invention that has tamed grass the world
over.
http://www.lawnmowerworld.co.uk/
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Coca-Cola
Zero World Chill
How chilled
out are people in your country? Find out at this fascinating
site.
http://www.worldchill.com/
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Crop
Circles.org
Online
resource devoted to the crop circle phenomenon.
http://www.cropcircles.org/
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Dickens
World
An indoor
complex themed around the life, books and times of writer
Charles Dickens.
http://www.dickensworld.co.uk/
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Eccentric
America
An online
plug for a book that highlights weird, wacky and outrageously
fun things to see and do all over America.
http://www.eccentricamerica.com/
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Eccentric
America
Catalogue
of roadside oddities.
http://www.eccentricamerica.net/
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Edible
Insects
More than
you ever wanted to know about eating bugs.
http://www.eatbug.com/
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Fabulous
Travel.com
Guide to
ghostly and kitsch attractions around the world.
http://www.fabuloustravel.com/ww/index.html
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Forbes
Traveler
A list
of notorious hotel rooms associated with celebrity scandal.
http://www.forbestraveler.com/2007/03/07030201_slide.html
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Foreign
Signs in English
Funny signs
in English from around the world.
http://atdpweb.soe.berkeley.edu/2130/tstadelman/websiteproject/jokes/english.html
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Fredericks
Bra Museum, Los Angeles
The chain's
art deco flagship store on 6608 Hollywood Boulevard contains
a fascinating bra museum. Exhibits include Madonna's spiky
bra, Cher's knickers, as well as lingerie belonging to Elizabeth
Taylor and Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.fredericks.com/
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Funny
Signs
Amusing
signs found in foreign hotels and restaurants.
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html
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Gay
Zoo, Amsterdam
Amsterdam's
Artis Zoo offers a tour featuring "gay" bulls, goats, dolphins,
porpoises, whales, flamingos, elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas.
It costs about US$12 and is by appointment only.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_43383.html
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Gold
Reef City
A theme
park just outside Johannesburg, built around the shaft of
shaft of what was once the richest gold mine in the world.
http://www.goldreefcity.co.za/
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Hash
& Marijuana Hemp Museum, Amsterdam
Chill out
in Amsterdam! Unfortunately, we could only find the most basic
information about this place.
http://www.mapinc.org/ccnews/v01/n2011/a04.html?103
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Hemp
Museum, Berlin
A museum
dedicated to the versatile plant.
http://www.dhm.de/museen/hanf/hemp9100.htm
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HipTravelGuide.com
Guide to
getting stoned in Amsterdam.
http://www.hiptravelguide.com/amsterdam/php/article.php?sid=112
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Hollywood.co.uk
An A-Z
of celebrity, film star and gangster graves in Los Angeles
and further afield.
http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/index.htm
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Hooters
Air
Flights
from Newark and Atlanta to Myrtle Beach. Each one with a couple
of girls on board with big smiles and even bigger…
http://www.hootersair.com/about/
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Hydropolis
The Hydropolis
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the world's first underwater
hotel.
http://hydropolis.com/
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Ice
Hotel, Jukkasjarvi
This hotel,
located in the little town of Jukkasjarvi in Swedish Lappland,
is made from thousands of tons of snow, and re-built every
winter.
http://www.icehotel.com/
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If
I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop?
Pick a
spot on the map, start "digging", and discover where
in the world you will eventually pop out!
http://map.pequenopolis.com/
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Iglu-Dorf
Spend a
night in a cozy igloo in Switzerland or Germany.
http://www.iglu-dorf.com/
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Infiltration
An ezine
about going to places you are not supposed to, e.g. catacombs,
institutions, offices, tunnels, drains, hotels and hospitals.
http://www.infiltration.org/
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International
UFO Museum & Research Center, New Mexico
Located
in the New Mexico town of Roswell, this museum is devoted
to the famous UFO incident that took place there in 1947.
http://www.iufomrc.com/
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Kaasmuseum,
Alkmaar
Find out
more about the Cheese Museum in the cheese capital of Holland,
Alkmaar.
http://www.kaasmuseum.nl/
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La
Tomatina
Annual
tomato fight held in the Spanish town of Bunol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina
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Langtrees
181, Kalgoorlie
Take a
guided tour of the only working brothel museum in the world,
Langtrees on 181 Hay Street, in the Western Australian mining
town of Kalgoorlie.
http://www.langtrees.com/
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Large
Canadian Roadside Attractions
Things
to look out for on Canada's roadways.
http://www.cyberbeach.net/~solonyka/LCRA/main.htm
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Let-Me-Stay-For-Day.com
The ultimate
budget traveller: between May 2001 to July 2003, Dutchman
Ramon Stoppelenburg travelled the world with just a backpack
full of essentials and NO MONEY, relying instead on the generosity
of people he met along the way. This site records his incredible
adventure.
http://www.letmestayforaday.com/
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Little
Museums
Links to
some of the most unusual, historical, educational or obscure
museums in the US.
http://www.littlemuseums.com/links2.html
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London
Bridge, Arizona
That's
right, London Bridge was falling down so they moved it, brick
by brick, to Lake Havasu City in Arizona!
http://www.havasuchamber.com/lbridge.htm
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Lonely
Planet _ Experimental Travel
Find out
more about the latest tourism craze, experimental travel,
in which you dump your guide book in favour of exploring the
world ina a wacky, impulsive and totally surreal way.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/experimentaltravel/
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Los
Angeles - City of Dreams
Details
of celebrity graves in LA. Includes pictures.
http://www.la2you.com/
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Lovely
A spoof
website that invites you to become a citizen of Lovely, a
new virtual country.
http://www.citizensrequired.com/
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Map
to Eva Peron's Grave, Buenos Aires
The late
Eva Peron's grave is one of Buenos Aires' biggest tourist
attractions. This page tells you how to locate it in Recoleta
Cemetery.
http://www.expatvillage.com/town/standard_page_AT.cfm?ObjectId=
152&CFID=231305&CFTOKEN=48577689
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Mummy
Tombs
International
directory of mummy museums and links.
http://www.mummytombs.com/museums/
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Musée
d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouviere, Paris
The institute
of Anatomy in Paris houses the remains of executed criminals
of the 18th-20th centuries, including the head of the famous
female spy Mata Hari.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.parigi-turismo.it/musei/anatomia.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMus%
25E9e%2Bd%2527Anatomie%2BDelmas-Orfila-Rouviere%26 start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26ie%
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Museum
of Death, Los Angeles
Formerly
in San Diego, but now relocated in Hollywood, this museum
aims to enlighten the public to all aspects of death.
http://museumofdeath.com/
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Museum
of Forensic Medicine, Bangkok
Check out
the grisly display at this museum - the pickled bodies of
some of Thailand's most notorious criminals. Please be warned,
this website contains some explicit pictures which some of
you may find disturbing.
http://www.hasekamp.net/hidden.htm
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Museum
of Menstruation & Women's Health, Vestfold
A museum
in the Norwegian city of Vestfold that is dedicated to the
history of women's health and the culture of menstruation.
http://www.mum.org/NorExh.htm
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Museum
of Questionable Medical Devices, Minnesota
Gadgets
and gizmos from the world of dodgy medicine.
http://www.mtn.org/quack/
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Mutter
Museum, Philadelphia
The Museum's
collection includes fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological
specimens.
http://www.collphyphil.org/muttpg1.shtml
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Naked
Air
Find out
more about the flights from Miami to Cancun, arranged by this
Houston-based tour company, on which passengers can travel
nude. Honest!
http://www.naked-air.com/
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Napkin
Air
An online
museum dedicated to airlines' paper napkins. Donations welcome.
http://home.earthlink.net/~napkinair/
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National
Pathalogical Museum, Vienna
This museum
in Vienna is home to a macabre display of preserved body parts,
wax castings and pathological tools.
http://www.pathomus.or.at/
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NYC
Run
Running
tours of New York City.
http://www.nycrun.com/
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OssiUrlaub
A German
travel firm offering naked flights between Erfurt in Eastern
Germany and the Baltic Sea island resort of Usedom. Website
in German only.
http://www.ossiurlaub.de/
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Panzerkutscher
Learn to
drive a tank.
http://www.panzerkutscher.de/en/
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Parque
EcoAlberto
Situated
in Ixmiquilpan, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, Parque EcoAlberto
hosts a super-realistic theme park where visitors can experience
what it is like to cross the Mexican border into the USA as
an illegal immigrant. The website is in Spanish only.
http://www.parqueecoalberto.com.mx/
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Photo
Tag
From time
to time, a series of disposable cameras are labeled and left
in the open with instructions for unwary members of the public
to take one picture and pass the camera on. View the results
of this fascinating experiment here.
http://www.phototag.org/
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Post
Crossing
Receive
real postcards from random places in the world.
http://www.postcrossing.com/
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Pousada
Favelinha
Discover
the what life is like for many of Rio de Janeiro's residents
by staying at this unique backpackers' hostel, which is situated
in a tranquil shanty town in the heart of the metropolis.
http://www.favelinha.com/en/
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Roadside
America.com
Your guide
to the weird and offbeat in America, everything from the toilet
seat museum to ghost parking lots is covered.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
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Rune's
Barf Bag Collection
Features
hundreds of sick bags from hundreds of different carriers.
http://sicksack.com/
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Safetycards.de
One man's
collection airline safety instruction cards.
http://www.safetycards.de/
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Sense
List
A list
of 32 wierdly specific museums around the world. You'll see
what we mean when you visit the website.
http://senselist.com/2006/09/18/32-weirdly-specific-museums/
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Sewer
Museum, Paris
Marvel
at French engineering by taking a tour of the 100 year old
sewer system beneath the streets of Paris. The museum is known
as "La Musée des Egouts" in French.
http://pvdl.best.vwh.net/sewer/sewer.html
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Shoe
Museum, Marikina
Marvel
at Imelda Marcos' infamous collection of footwear.
http://www.marikina.gov.ph/pages/culture-and-tourism/tourism-shoemuseum.jsp
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Single
Room Hotel Berlin
A two star
hotel in the heart of the German capital that consists of
just one room.
http://www.etienneboulanger.com/singleroomhotel/
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Ski
Dubai
Skiing
in the desert kingdom? You bet!
http://www.skidubai.ae/
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Spoons
of the Air
Snaps of
spoons from different airlines!
http://www.spoons-of-the-air.com/
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Spy
Trek
Travel
around the world and learn about real espionage and spy cases
from retired intelligence and counterintelligence officers
from the FBI, CIA, DOD, RCMP and KGB, plus famous intelligence
authors and historians.
http://www.spytrek.com/
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Strictly
No Photography
Forbidden
holiday snaps.
http://strictlynophotography.com/
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Sulabh
Toilet Museum, New Delhi
Find out
more about the evolution of the humble lavatory by visiting
this fascinating museum in India's capital city.
http://www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/
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The
Beginning of the Net
Ready,
steady, go!
http://merkey.net/beginning/
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Find out
more about Alfred Mehran, the man who inspired Spielberg's
movie "The Terminal", starring Tom Hanks and Katherine Zeta
Jones.
http://graycrane.net/Ethan/terminal.htm
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The
Dungeons, London
Step into
the grizzly dungeons of years gone by. Locations include London,
York, Hamburg and Edinburgh.
http://www.thedungeons.com/
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The
End of the Internet
The End.
http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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The
Icelandic Phallological Museum, Reykjavik
Probably
the only museum in the world to contain a collection of penis
specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found
in a single country.
http://www.ismennt.is/not/phallus/
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The
Legend of Nessie
Background
information on Scotland's most reclusive resident, the Loch
Ness Monster.
http://www.nessie.co.uk/
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The
Lunar Registry
Buy an
acre of land on the Moon, complete with a personalized parchment
deed certificate, satellite photograph and geographic information
to help you locate your plot!
http://www.lunarregistry.com/
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The
Maize
Locate
a maze made of maize near you.
http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/
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The
Strange Traveler
The website
and its accompanying newsletter are your tour guides to bizarre,
out-of-the-way destinations.
http://members.tripod.com/Strangetraveler/
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The
Traveller's Guide to Nuclear Weapons
Illustrates
160 important homes, offices, laboratories, factories, mills,
and bomb detonation sites in the United States.
http://www.atomictraveler.com/
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The
World, Dubai
A collection
of 300 private islands in the shape of continents off the
coast of Dubai.
http://www.theworld.ae/
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This
is True
Bizarre-but-true
news stories from around the world.
http://www.thisistrue.com/
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Tilleke
and Gibbins, Bangkok
This fascinating
site gives details of a counterfeit goods museum in Bangkok.
http://www.tillekeandgibbins.com/Museum/museum.htm
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Toronto
Hippo Tours
An amphibious
vehicle that treats tourists to a tour of Toronto by land
and by sea.
http://www.torontohippotours.com/
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Torture
Museum, Amsterdam
Records
the methods and instruments of torture used through the ages.
http://www.torturemuseum.com/
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Toy
Voyagers
Toys travel
the world.
http://www.toyvoyagers.com/
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Tropical
Islands
A tropical
island paradise built inside a disused airship hangar on the
outskirts of Berlin.
http://www.my-tropical-islands.com/
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Undertaker's
Museum, Vienna
Surely
no other city in the world is as obsessed with the subject
of death as Vienna, for it is the only place we know of that
is home to an Undertaker's Museum or "Betattungsmuseum",
as it is called in German. Please note that entry to the museum
is by prior arrangement only, although it is free.
http://www.hollenthon.com/other.html
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Unusual
Hotels of the World
Search
for unusual accommodation all over the world, ranging from
prisons to palaces, that you can check into for the night.
http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/
http://www.uhotw.com/
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USB
Gadgets
Air-conditioned
shirt.
http://www.usbgadgets.org/entry/usb-powered-coolest-shirt-with-in-built-air-conditioner/
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Vampire
Museum, Vienna
This museum
in the Austrian capital is dedicated to Vlad the Impaler,
as well as the undead in general.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Circuit/1682/english/wampire.html
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Wikipedia
A biography
of James Holman, a blind adventurer and international traveller
who became one of the 19th century's foremost travel writers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holman
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World's
Largest Roadside Attractions
A collection
of larger-than-life roadside attractions from around the world.
http://www.wlra.us/
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Zone
Tour
Index of
man-made underground sites in America, Canada, France and
Germany.
http://www.zone-tour.com/
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Zorb
On-Line
If you
didn't find bungy jumping or jet boating exhilarating enough,
you may want to try zorbing, the latest craze in extreme sports
from New Zealand!
http://www.zorb.com/
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