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Bolivia's Witches' Market: Llama Foetuses and Dried Armadillos
On 11/12/2008 under Cool Places - 61,491 views

On July 2008, Oddee's crew went to one of the most bizarre street markets in South America. From Llama fetuses for prosperity, to toad talismans, owl feathers and stone amulets; meet Bolivia's Witches' Market.   Read more »
Paris Then and Now: 1900 - 2008
On 11/4/2008 under Cool Places - 79,662 views

In 1900, William Henry Goodyear (Brooklyn Museum's first curator) traveled to the Paris for the World Exposition of that year, with photographer Joseph Hawkes. They brought back numerous images from the exposition including street life, vistas, pavilions, statues, and other structures and decorative details. We took some of those pictures and compared them with today's Paris. Enjoy!   Read more »
10 Most Breathtaking Fountains in the World
On 10/29/2008 under Cool Places - 106,439 views

From the World's Largest to a Gilded USSR Fountain, the most beautiful fountains we've seen.   Read more »
10 Most Amazing Bridges
On 10/28/2008 under Cool Places - 176,180 views

From classical to modern, this ten bridges are as much a work of art as they are marvels of engineering.   Read more »
Cool Bus Stops around the World
On 10/6/2008 under Cool Places - 209,965 views

From a Bus Stop with a Swing, to another with a skaters ramp!   Read more »
Only in Russia
On 9/14/2008 under Cool Places - 230,150 views

This can only happen in Russia...   Read more »
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Only in India!
On 8/13/2008 under Cool Places - 346,834 views

Offshore this!   Read more »
10 Most Bizarre Monuments
On 8/3/2008 under Cool Places - 161,126 views

From a monument to the Enema, to one dedicated to Radioactive Decay!   Read more »
10 Most Bizarre Restaurants
On 7/29/2008 under Cool Places - 410,987 views

From a Toilet restaurant to another where you eat in total darkness.   Read more »
10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns
On 7/19/2008 under Cool Places - 1,043,247 views

Some abandoned ghost towns are now tourist attractions, while others might be dangerous or illegal to visit. Meet some of the most fascinating ghost towns from around the world.   Read more »
7 Most Amazing Caves of our World
On 3/20/2008 under Cool Places - 240,698 views

"Cueva del Fantasma" — Spanish for "Cave of the Ghost" — is so vast that two helicopters can comfortably fly into it and land next to a towering waterfall.   Read more »
Breathtaking Monasteries Around the World
On 2/19/2008 under Cool Places - 195,031 views

"Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in Bhutan. It hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley. Famous visitors include Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century and Milarepa."   Read more »

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World's Most Dangerous Airports
On 1/31/2008 under Cool Places - 732,589 views

Some of the most dangerous airports in the world. From Saint Maarten's Airport, where large jets fly at 30-60 ft over relaxing tourists at the beach, to the smallest one on an island.   Read more »
7 Most Beautiful Oases
On 1/13/2008 under Cool Places - 229,697 views

An oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. Oases are formed from underground rivers or aquifers such as the Artesian aquifer, where water can reach the surface naturally by pressure or by man made wells. Occasional brief thunderstorms provide subterranean water to sustain natural oases. Today we present you the 7 most beautiful oasis on earth.   Read more »
9 Coolest Aquariums
On 1/2/2008 under Cool Places - 262,580 views

"The iPond is an iPod accessory the combines a speaker with a tiny aquarium! A single fish lives in about 650 millilitres of water!"   Read more »
World's Most Amazing Islands
On 9/21/2007 under Cool Places - 326,055 views

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Only in Africa!
On 9/5/2007 under Cool Places - 441,317 views

11 pictures of this things that can only happen in Africa!   Read more »
World's Most Bizarre Statues
On 9/5/2007 under Cool Places - 654,281 views

Who said statues can't be fun? From a statue of Optimus Prime, to a Mona Lisa made of computer chips, here are 27 of the most bizarre statues of the world.   Read more »
10 Most Amazing Lost Cities
On 8/31/2007 under Cool Places - 400,014 views

Lost Cities were prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. From the lost city of Pompeii to the Machu Pichu, meet the ten most fascinating lost cities in history.   Read more »
The 7 Wonders of ultramodern Dubai
On 8/21/2007 under Cool Places - 313,577 views

By 2010 --the year Dubai's known oil reserves will most likely be tapped out--, prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is expecting to attract 15 million tourists. Here's how.   Read more »
10 Signs you've spent all summer in Amsterdam
On 8/14/2007 under Cool Places - 292,098 views

Most of your summer pictures are from the red zone, cannabis was offereed on your favorite coffee shop... all signs you've spent all summer on Amsterdam!   Read more »
Presidential Homes around the world
On 7/10/2007 under Cool Places - 108,818 views

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10 Most Bizarre Museums
On 6/1/2007 under Cool Places - 208,179 views

Today we present 10 of the most offbeat museums in America; institutions that defy conventional wisdom by their very existence. Their names alone are enough to trigger puzzlement and curiosity. The Museum of Menstruation? In Pennsylvania there's a Shoe Museum, where you can examine the pumps that shod former First Ladies. In Massachusetts there's the American Sanitary Plumbing Museum, which began with the surprising discovery in 1956 of a Colonial-era spigot. So go ahead, see them for yourself.   Read more »
World's Craziest Hotels
On 5/17/2007 under Cool Places - 184,999 views

Rainy day? No problem. The following 10 hotels are so far out, guests may be compelled to complain about their room just so they can take a look at another. From an Ice Hotel to a Jail, these unusual hotels are certainly not listed on the common hotel guide.   Read more »

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