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The Conch Republic is a micronation declared as a tongue-in-cheek secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city. Since then, the term "Conch Republic" has been expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys, or, that geographic apportionment of land that falls within the le...
The Coney Island Mermaid Parade takes place every year in Coney Island, New York in mid-to-late June.
The tradition of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade began in 1983, when the first event of this kind was conceptualized and organized by Dick Zigun, who is sometimes dubbed the "Mayor of Coney Island", and who was the founder of the non-profit arts group Coney Island USA...
Discover barefoot luxury and world-class hospitality at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island, a unique resort twice voted 'Best Hotel in the World'. Take a 30-minute seaplane flight from Male International Airport to this paradise resort, set on two tropical islands linked by a 500-meter bridge in the Indian Ocean, and surrounded by palm trees and glorious sandy beaches. On...
Coober Pedy is a town in northern South Australia, 846 kilometres north of Adelaide on the Stuart Highway. The town has severla hotels that have underground or dugout rooms. Sleeping underground is a unique experience. Quiet, cool, dark and airy - the rooms are spacious with high ceilings. Most visitors say that sleeping underground gives them the best night's sleep t...
Coral Castle is a stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951) located in Leisure City, Florida, in Miami-Dade County at the intersection of South Dixie Highway (U.S. 1) and SW 157th Avenue. The structure comprises numerous megalithic stones (mostly limestone formed from coral), each weighing several tons. It currently...
Dixon residents Matt and Mark Cooley, owners of Cool Patch Pumpkins, currently hold the Guinness World Record for "largest maze, temporary corn/crop maze". The maze measured 40.489 acres. In 2012, Cool Patch Pumpkins broke its own record with a 53 acre maze.
The Corona Satellite Calibration Targets refer to two hundred and seventy two concrete markers in and around Casa Grande, Arizona that helped to calibrate satellites of the Corona spy satellite program. In the early part of 1969, crews would install 267 concrete crosses 50 feet across to the south and west of Casa Grande.
Following the launch of Corona satellites in t...
The founder had been collecting industrial tiles which were produced by closing up factories. Nowadays his grandchildren continue the Cortiço & Netos business where you can see the Portuguese tile history and also grab some pieces home as souvenirs.
The Cosmic Navel, a.k.a. Cosmic Ashtray, Red Breaks Volcano, or Islomania Dome, is a rock form inside a bowl of sand atop a slick rock peak in southern Utah. To reach it, I traveled about 10 miles down Hole-in-the-rock Road near Escalante and turned left (east) onto Harris Wash Road. After about seven miles, this rough dirt road crosses Harris Wash.
There is a sign s...
Covão dos Conchos is an artificial lake in the Serra da Estrela mountains in Portugal that is famous for its Bell-mouth spillway.
The spillway was built in 1955 with the aim of diverting water from Ribeira das Naves to Lagoa Comprida. It is a part of a hydro-electric dam system of Serra da Estrela. This sci-fi-looking spillway was little-known until photos of t...
In 1972 US airforce C-47 SkyTrain (Dakota) crashed on the Sólheimasandur black sand beach near Vik, Island. This is a great place to take photos since there is a surprising amount of it left. No one lost their lives so it is not spooky, just odd to see sitting there on the wild beach.
Make sure to drive 4x4 when driving to the site.
To get there turn off rout...
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota. It depicts Crazy Horse, an Oglala Lakota warrior, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. The memorial was commissioned by Lakota elder Henry Standing Bear to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. It is ...
This eccentric cave dwelling with a collection of bones, primitive art, and messages from visitors. Very interesting mine and the character who started it. Not far from town and definitely worth a visit.
Cost is only a $7 donation.
Price: $109.90