10 Strangest Places in the World

Senin, 24 Februari 2014

  • 1 . Sealand : a micronation on the waters of the North Sea
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Sealand is a micronation located 10 kilometers off the coast of Suffolk , England. Sealand inhabited by the family and relatives of Paddy Roy Bates . Habitable area is 550 m2.
Although sovereignty and legitimacy are not recognized by any country , this may be the best-known country in the world , and sometimes appear in the debate as a case study of how various principles of international law can be debated.
  • 2 . Thank you for Fucking , Austria
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Fucking is the name of a small town in Austria ( population 150 ). This small town deikenal with the name " Fucking " or less since 1070. It is most popular in this city is a road sign with the name of the city , sometimes many English-speaking tourists who stop just to take photos. In fact , road markings this one being the most stolen road markings in Austria. City dwellers have a specific budget to replace the stolen road markings.
  • 3. A museum devoted to the Penis
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The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Husavik, Iceland, is a museum dedicated to the phallology. The museum currently has 154 specimens displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde, or dried in display cases. The museum attempts to collect penis specimens from every mammal in Iceland, including several species that are endangered or extinct in Icelandic waters.
  • 4. Erving's Location. Population: 1
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Erving's Location located in Coos, New Hampshire. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, district, and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of the town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). According to the 2000 census, one person lived in Erving. Some speculate that the census statistics for Erving could have been a computer glitch.
  • 5. The Mojave Lonely Phone Booth
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The Mojave Phone Booth is the only phone booth in the Mojave National Preserve which attracted the attention of many people in 1997, because of its unusual location. The booth is located 15 miles from the nearest interstate highway, and miles and miles from any buildings. People sometimes call this booth just to get a response, and a few others make a trip to the booth to answer the phone, often camping in the vicinity. The story inspired the making of the film Mojave Phone Booth, which was released in 2006.
  • 6. The smallest park in the world: 452 in2
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Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. 'park', measuring 610mm in 1948 were actually built aims to lampposts. The park is equipped with some unusual items over the years, including a swimming pool for butterflies (complete with diving equipment) and a miniature ferris wheel (plus tap water with regular size). Interested for beating this record?
  • 7. A Christian Chapel decorated by the bones of 40,000 people
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he Sedlec Ossuary small Christian chapel, which is located under the Cemetery Church of All Saints in the Czech Republic. The ossuary contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons which have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.
  • 8. Climb the World's steepest street
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Deserted road on the outskirts of the city of Baldwin Street, in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is considered the steepest street in the world. At the maximum angle, the slope is approximately 1:2.86 (20 ° or 38%) - so that, for each horizontal distance of 2.86 meters, its height reaches 1 meter.
  • 9. Walcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales. Known officially has the longest place name in Britain, and in the world. The long name in the 1860s for the prestige of having the longest name of a railway station in Great Britain, but not considered authentic word in the Welsh language. A translation into Indonesian roughly means "St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St. Tysilio red cave".
  • 10. Climb the Rabbit's Hill
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Colletto Fava is a hill with elevations of 1,500 m in the southern part of the Piedmont region in Italy. In 2005, built a giant pink rabbit side of the mountain. Group members who founded the Viennese artist is not just hope people will pay attention to their work, but also for hikers to climb and rest on it.

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