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Oak Beams, New College Oxford
Oak Beams, New College OxfordThe beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing storyThe anthropologist/philosopher Gregory Bateson used to tell this story: Founded in 1379, New...
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Museo del Manicomio San Servolo - Insane Asylum Museum
Museo del Manicomio San Servolo - Insane Asylum Museum Or why "Are you from San Servolo?" is not a polite questionKnown as the "Island of the Mad," for 250 years the Island of San Servolo was the...
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Lotusland
LotuslandAcres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardenerLotusland, a 37-acre botanic garden located about 100 miles outside of Disneyland, is just as worthwhile an adventure....
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Ghost Trees of Pescadero Point
Ghost Trees of Pescadero PointHaunting and beautiful trees, doomed to dieThe area of Pescadero Point known as Ghost Tree derives its name from the white and gnarly local cypress trees in the area which...
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Growing Power
Growing PowerComplex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmonyStarted by Will Allen, a former basketball player and the son of a sharecropper, Growing Power is an internationally...
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Tree Cathedral
Tree CathedralNatural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano MauriThe Italian artist Giuliano Mauri was known for creating "natural architecture" by blending organic materials such as branches...
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The Enchanted Maze Garden
The Enchanted Maze GardenLargest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acresMazes of maize have been built all over the world for hundreds of years, but this...
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Evionnaz Adventure Labyrinth
Evionnaz Adventure LabyrinthWorld's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifersSpanning 3 kilometers, the Evionnaz Adventure Labyrinth is either an amazing thrill or your worst nightmare. Aimed at...
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Tivoli Gardens
Tivoli GardensCopenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardensTivoli, which opened in 1843, is the second-oldest amusement park in the world (after nearby Dyrehavsbakken, which opened in 1583)....
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Darien Gap
Darien GapOnly gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American HighwayTo fully appreciate what the Darién Gap represents, one must first learn about the Pan-American Highway. This highway...
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Fordlândia
FordlândiaHenry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forestDuring the 1920s Henry Ford was benefiting from a major boom in the automobile industry. His company was selling...
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Las Pozas
Las PozasExtraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poetLocated in Xilitla, a small town of about 10,000 people in the Huasteca region of southern San Luis Potosi state, Las Pozas...
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese GardenTraditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of VancouverHidden behind a low white building in the middle of Vancouver's Chinatown is the Dr. Sun...
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New Harmony Labyrinth
New Harmony LabyrinthSymbolic attempt to overcome the issues of lifeThe Labyrinth in New Harmony was originally designed as a place for meditation and reflection by the Rappites, an ultra-religious...
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The Eden Project: The World’s Largest Greenhouse
The Eden Project: The World’s Largest GreenhouseOver one million types of plants in southwest EnglandAs the millennium approached, the sleepy former mining town of St. Blazey needed a futuristic...
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Curitiba Botanical Gardens
Curitiba Botanical GardensSolitary monument dedicated to the beauty of natureThe Curitiba Botanical Gardens look like something out of a lost age. Constructed in 1991 to resemble French royal gardens,...
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Royal Greenhouses of Laeken
Royal Greenhouses of Laeken Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhousesKing Leopold II of Belgium is most well known for creating the Congo Free State in the late 19th century. When Leopold...
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Waldspirale
WaldspiraleA German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupantsThe Austria artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser is said to have once called straight lines "the devil's...
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Lost Gardens of Heligan
Lost Gardens of Heligan400-year-old garden, restored to beautyOn a palatial estate in Cornwall, a massive and unique garden has been restored to its original beauty after 75 years of languishing...
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Pinocchio Park
Pinocchio ParkWalk through a fairytale in TuscanyCarlo Collodi published the first Pinocchio story in 1883, introducing the puppet and his extending nose to Italian audiences. Although Disney’s version...
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