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  • The Atlas Obscura.

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    and3w
    Posted on 18-03-2010 08:08 AM
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    Welcome to the Atlas Obscura, a compendium of this age's wonders, curiosities, and esoterica. The Atlas Obscura is a collaborative project with the goal of cataloging all of the singular, eccentric, bizarre, fantastical, and strange out-of-the-way places that get left out of traditional travel guidebooks and are ignored by the average tourist. If you're looking for miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper, the Atlas Obscura is where you'll find them.
    Obscura Day -- Atlas Obscura -- via Laughing Squid
    This looks pretty cool, makes me want to get my old rucksack out & go hitchhiking again...
    And there's stuff happening in Sydney & Melbourne


       
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      and3w - 18-03-2010, 08:17 AM
      One for you Pirate, get your arse over to Norway:

      Join the Atlas Obscura in Sandviktoppen, Norway at NATO's Altantic North Command and Control Bunker, built during the Cold War deep under a mountain overlooking Kristiansand, Norway. This ABC (Atomic, Biological, Chemical) proof facility was in service until 1992. After being decommissioned, the bunker has been locked and sealed awaiting a decision about its future use.

      The operations theatre, map room, command center, troop quarters, and all the engineering spaces are still in relatively good condition and available to visit. We will also climb the 300 stairs in the service tunnel to the radar and signals installation above. The ventilation system is still operational, however the lighting system has failed, so be sure to bring a flashlight!