Iz vode izronio grad potopljen više od pola stoljeća!

Zbog padanja razine vode rijeke Volge, izronio je grad Mologa, potpuno potopljen 1940-ih tijekom izgradnje hidroelektrane Rubinsk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0pj392TRNZaFIUv_KyIkEQZhSLnRYMyW0SfKwin862Ckofk9Qv3WGRbVZFCAWaTWVxW17r0p2Y3Fi9V2J38ERu3sxcLXVPsHejk8sdVBXy-NQi5Z7c12avspuu4YP3adO8F0SDbGGK4/s1600/grad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0pj392TRNZaFIUv_KyIkEQZhSLnRYMyW0SfKwin862Ckofk9Qv3WGRbVZFCAWaTWVxW17r0p2Y3Fi9V2J38ERu3sxcLXVPsHejk8sdVBXy-NQi5Z7c12avspuu4YP3adO8F0SDbGGK4/s1600/grad.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Da 14. srpnja 1935. nije donesena odluka o gradnji hidroelektrane u Rubinsku, grad Mologa ove bi godine slavio 865. godišnjicu postojanja.<br /><br />Vide se jasni temelji kuća kao i obrisi ulica, a neki od živućih stanovnika koji su bili prisiljeni napustiti svoje domove najavili su povratak, no samo kako bi razgledali svoje rodno mjesto, pišu <i><a href="http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140812/191946219/Sunken-Town-of-Mologa-Emerges-From-Depths.html">RIA Novosti.</a></i><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2nuXi-6cL2E?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Iz vode izronio grad potopljen više od pola stoljeća!

Zbog padanja razine vode rijeke Volge, izronio je grad Mologa, potpuno potopljen 1940-ih tijekom izgradnje hidroelektrane Rubinsk. Da 14. sr...

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Solar Furnace, Odeillo, France

<iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1746.7324726095303!2d2.0312660000000005!3d42.494417999999996!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x12a563aad6d7511f%3A0xfa27a5e2e8355b51!2sH%C3%89LIODYSS%C3%89E-Grand+Four+Solaire+d'Odeillo!5e1!3m2!1shr!2shr!4v1407929192582" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga91dK2DgTX9tU-D8SBjMbtV64zEyOURHawP5EiWdybww54_gaD-_unHPRkOrozmN-ANzFoc925xU4UnQRAp1RBb7ougdvdxrHaIB6EQoWERfS_4FRSCMg1lilzAYu54bzQ_n6kId0Vbg/s1600/Solar-Furnace-Odeillo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga91dK2DgTX9tU-D8SBjMbtV64zEyOURHawP5EiWdybww54_gaD-_unHPRkOrozmN-ANzFoc925xU4UnQRAp1RBb7ougdvdxrHaIB6EQoWERfS_4FRSCMg1lilzAYu54bzQ_n6kId0Vbg/s1600/Solar-Furnace-Odeillo-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light (Insolation) onto a focal point.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEVAijcdULKCGE4-5qzTVxk66olAJWIBO5hyphenhyphen4MRcrHGixvEavGnr0AatqcWXteaTPryb6IODCLkc5qo3s6iygWthL2Yt1Js9r-s7tcuoT2-5VN8LYz2efVjIikHedAXKj9R6CO2EfxfQ/s1600/Solar-Furnace-Odeillo-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEVAijcdULKCGE4-5qzTVxk66olAJWIBO5hyphenhyphen4MRcrHGixvEavGnr0AatqcWXteaTPryb6IODCLkc5qo3s6iygWthL2Yt1Js9r-s7tcuoT2-5VN8LYz2efVjIikHedAXKj9R6CO2EfxfQ/s1600/Solar-Furnace-Odeillo-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The temperature at the focal point may reach 3,500 °C (6,330 °F), and this heat can be used to generate electricity, melt steel, make hydrogen fuel or nanomaterials.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG01yEgyTLz0SeT7seRaV_9zvjkg-4OoqcBoibxrlQYjkszsOWnjLNnBU8dKRYuFTEeYWOT9walv_fPGXgVN7Okychc6IqZH7eZBOW-sJlSVNEA8IbUF-IVe8SD4PlTc8TGyGO0P-L5qY/s1600/Solar-Furnace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG01yEgyTLz0SeT7seRaV_9zvjkg-4OoqcBoibxrlQYjkszsOWnjLNnBU8dKRYuFTEeYWOT9walv_fPGXgVN7Okychc6IqZH7eZBOW-sJlSVNEA8IbUF-IVe8SD4PlTc8TGyGO0P-L5qY/s1600/Solar-Furnace.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br />The largest solar furnace is at Odeillo in the Pyrénées-Orientales in France, opened in 1970. It employs an array of plane mirrors to gather sunlight, reflecting it onto a larger curved mirror.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jH4TYsczuQ4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/k9YfyzJ7S8Q?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Solar Furnace, Odeillo, France

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Floating Skate Ramp, USA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_tzJvr9k39FipxxJlKKGi2G9gRYJ7TRoPSGBrQ3riSSfwzfnEIZr7wtXmqh_2Eav3RFRm9897TXchd5iXoKpOYnVT082L1dEBl4LlPnKZ5oFonieDO4Ohy4YgdGWeTYXISdyedo2od8/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_tzJvr9k39FipxxJlKKGi2G9gRYJ7TRoPSGBrQ3riSSfwzfnEIZr7wtXmqh_2Eav3RFRm9897TXchd5iXoKpOYnVT082L1dEBl4LlPnKZ5oFonieDO4Ohy4YgdGWeTYXISdyedo2od8/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In 2013 Visit California asked pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist to dream big and try something completely new. After having skated on pretty much every surface imaginable, Burnquist decided that he wanted to build a floating skate ramp. They made it happen and weeks later, Bob Burnquist’s floating skate ramp was ready and launched on Lake Tahoe. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLsvNCJU_-tiQcBE4KBOv-aA5g1D4GzmLsTr2QTqOIZxGhOLXNVKTP4wS7seEYvaI-jnDiiscybyNrkAUGLOTooNCXXBgEfKRaZXzi_afDS9q0nx8OcAGy6cQ60AnORhhnszo24697rI/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLsvNCJU_-tiQcBE4KBOv-aA5g1D4GzmLsTr2QTqOIZxGhOLXNVKTP4wS7seEYvaI-jnDiiscybyNrkAUGLOTooNCXXBgEfKRaZXzi_afDS9q0nx8OcAGy6cQ60AnORhhnszo24697rI/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3-PkkzsjuLQBNRh2TdCtir5qvCgKqLC4Gs8OrF5HDu3vLZXEDyYHfKj2Gu2J07MU7N9ScxxQX812nepvnLnTxJJYxKOykYZCN9xHk5qxYe-L9C0eYj9DAzOREVyyXWk88qgYD76qoQo/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3-PkkzsjuLQBNRh2TdCtir5qvCgKqLC4Gs8OrF5HDu3vLZXEDyYHfKj2Gu2J07MU7N9ScxxQX812nepvnLnTxJJYxKOykYZCN9xHk5qxYe-L9C0eYj9DAzOREVyyXWk88qgYD76qoQo/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_03.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRNPhr0JebR7Otd5yJ1Wrh-BDghwBjDP2heaRLy4L-2n2gFsjtkyGSAcb8Gw3B4YTpWEBvR23535k5Zq_lDqMdP01MMU0e2-43-9lCTe31Qlu6kDhbZW2zTyWIhivMKGhyN4Q9K_2pXY/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRNPhr0JebR7Otd5yJ1Wrh-BDghwBjDP2heaRLy4L-2n2gFsjtkyGSAcb8Gw3B4YTpWEBvR23535k5Zq_lDqMdP01MMU0e2-43-9lCTe31Qlu6kDhbZW2zTyWIhivMKGhyN4Q9K_2pXY/s1600/bob_burnquist_floating_skate_ramp_04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/FmHDfTBXEE0?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Floating Skate Ramp, USA

In 2013 Visit California asked pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist to dream big and try something completely new. After having skated on pretty m...

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Ludi japanski "Robot Restaurant"

Vjerovatno da pod kapom nebeskom nema luđeg mjesta od Robot Restauranta koji se nalazi u tokijskom Shinjuku. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVmVPgrZmtHvoh0MjLE6MFXLsm2bbJxXM63JSgFEcEWann7Ek2NJxM6qm4RR6UrNNBF5dnHRNN7TiwhgErIvZhZAghmI5lD_kbXdx6vaBcdJmKlaZeugX7z6YVVVu1OOrca4n4IaX6_g/s1600/bikini-robot-wars-tokyo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaVmVPgrZmtHvoh0MjLE6MFXLsm2bbJxXM63JSgFEcEWann7Ek2NJxM6qm4RR6UrNNBF5dnHRNN7TiwhgErIvZhZAghmI5lD_kbXdx6vaBcdJmKlaZeugX7z6YVVVu1OOrca4n4IaX6_g/s1600/bikini-robot-wars-tokyo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Izraz "restaurant" tumačite vrlo slobodno jer je riječ o nečemu što više podsjeća na raznovrsnost, nego mjesto na kojem biste nešto pojeli.<br /><br />To je prije Las Vegas na steroidima, protkan savremenon visokom tehnologijom.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Y3r__e1rW7Gjs81KDVzrBv9z6AIsPzPXwA1XrdC6DkcHa5MDQ3Lits2z3YPxXV1olMkIRzBf2shf4LfcLP9C1eWMY6Yms18Nb6-PYwUKYDTzdSyTxl5F1RVb_tVAj9F5uB_sAlP4zC0/s1600/robot-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Y3r__e1rW7Gjs81KDVzrBv9z6AIsPzPXwA1XrdC6DkcHa5MDQ3Lits2z3YPxXV1olMkIRzBf2shf4LfcLP9C1eWMY6Yms18Nb6-PYwUKYDTzdSyTxl5F1RVb_tVAj9F5uB_sAlP4zC0/s1600/robot-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Vizualna gozba za čula, kuda god se pogleda samo kaleidoskop raznobojnih svijetala i buka.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q7s1rBfCWZJux-5jGmLCfQbkstCjtvji-blEN3GVnZkD04JxPw61IEhdX_kPT5demQcXre5Jakft7v03nKRog4SEgm-uLLnxzW_ylTAe1mkwMCBTFo_h_H_oScuOrqBTEbHGL9HAn3M/s1600/robot-restaurant1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3q7s1rBfCWZJux-5jGmLCfQbkstCjtvji-blEN3GVnZkD04JxPw61IEhdX_kPT5demQcXre5Jakft7v03nKRog4SEgm-uLLnxzW_ylTAe1mkwMCBTFo_h_H_oScuOrqBTEbHGL9HAn3M/s1600/robot-restaurant1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Bubnjari lupaju svijetlećim palicama, cyber stripperi/ke se uvijaju oko neonskih šipki, bokserski meč između robota, mačevanje, letjeće pterordaktili, divovski morski psi, poveće anakonde i ples robota koje, naravno, prati jato, čopor, horda oskudno odjevenih žena.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsAMWSHwZV8PgltOI6Dv2e_uZ50YYIPqMlk5ASo46ErYsPXEZrIzMa3oYLalx91Iv3URclioP1GB94SZQ8jQVogJlDNZK_D_xhjb6kF8fiWRBXmY0hxgRdv23Jwq-adgLz-vfPgF-Tl8/s1600/robot-restaurant2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsAMWSHwZV8PgltOI6Dv2e_uZ50YYIPqMlk5ASo46ErYsPXEZrIzMa3oYLalx91Iv3URclioP1GB94SZQ8jQVogJlDNZK_D_xhjb6kF8fiWRBXmY0hxgRdv23Jwq-adgLz-vfPgF-Tl8/s1600/robot-restaurant2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ukoliko se nađete u Tokiju, a poželite da mozak dovedete do tačke vrenja, svakako svratite u Robot Restaurant. <br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/I6TYhCiiSGo?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Ludi japanski "Robot Restaurant"

Vjerovatno da pod kapom nebeskom nema luđeg mjesta od Robot Restauranta koji se nalazi u tokijskom Shinjuku. Izraz "restaurant" tu...

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Blagaj (Mostar, BiH)

<center><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d7703.227791071674!2d17.8946234!3d43.25694985000001!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x134b679c07b08be9%3A0xc286db8364c630a2!2sBlagaj!5e1!3m2!1shr!2sba!4v1406811030211" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe></center><br />Blagaj is a village-town (kasaba) in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvu51k7VVLVc4LAXS4-cVYiHBOU5faAYEHLka-O_y3gEvPM0XAdHf0oWYBYB8oz0Z3ohhEQ4_pqiNFxK7aUF9KhxJAocLFtoI_rlSyb2ItZR5UzE7IVrG-Ba-XecBJDizu4mKae7TCzU/s1600/blagaj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvu51k7VVLVc4LAXS4-cVYiHBOU5faAYEHLka-O_y3gEvPM0XAdHf0oWYBYB8oz0Z3ohhEQ4_pqiNFxK7aUF9KhxJAocLFtoI_rlSyb2ItZR5UzE7IVrG-Ba-XecBJDizu4mKae7TCzU/s1600/blagaj.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar structures in its urban layout.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/87267931" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />Blagaj was most likely named for its mild weather patterns since "blaga" in Bosnian means "mild".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47_uw4FeHWdshyJiktCMdD8YOalp9x2cR4Clyu6wWDDjbIpBX1jO_pXyBJsGoJMsgGffZ1GO3tpAjduYrajzjntdzA7U2e_cdhH0Xc6JHJvin3zoVphkQYmvnz_QSNHm_sMmOZdwDWpY/s1600/blagaj_tekija_panorama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47_uw4FeHWdshyJiktCMdD8YOalp9x2cR4Clyu6wWDDjbIpBX1jO_pXyBJsGoJMsgGffZ1GO3tpAjduYrajzjntdzA7U2e_cdhH0Xc6JHJvin3zoVphkQYmvnz_QSNHm_sMmOZdwDWpY/s1600/blagaj_tekija_panorama.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Blagaj is situated at the spring of the Buna river and a historical tekke (tekija or Dervish monastery). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5Op5vgBcSMEQ_VhuL7LWfhqXmEfjEMu3j_QZknn8MfhFXEWIi4v3uErs3hau58zW49u3QKvhs0DZXFCflljY8cybj_dJTv9VwEmSd4hAHNFjnk9z-ZWqdD1rlAqzr8V73WLOqnk-res/s1600/blagaj_tekija.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5Op5vgBcSMEQ_VhuL7LWfhqXmEfjEMu3j_QZknn8MfhFXEWIi4v3uErs3hau58zW49u3QKvhs0DZXFCflljY8cybj_dJTv9VwEmSd4hAHNFjnk9z-ZWqdD1rlAqzr8V73WLOqnk-res/s1600/blagaj_tekija.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The Blagaj Tekija was built around 1520, with elements of Ottoman architecture and Mediterranean style and is considered a national monument.<br /><br /><iframe bgcolor="#000000" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.360cities.net/embed_iframe/ottoman-tekija-in-blagaj-near-mostar-bosnia-and-herzegovina" target="_blank" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe bgcolor="#000000" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.360cities.net/embed_iframe/buna-blagaj-bosnia-and-herzegovina" target="_blank" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe bgcolor="#000000" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.360cities.net/embed_iframe/ottoman-tekija-in-blagaj-near-mostar-bosnia-and-herzegovina" target="_blank" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe bgcolor="#000000" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.360cities.net/embed_iframe/buna-blagaj-bosnia-and-herzegovina" target="_blank" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; 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Blagaj (Mostar, BiH)

Blagaj is a village-town (kasaba) in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovi...

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"Misteriozno jezero" pojavilo se usred pustinje u Tunisu

Lokalno stanovništvo Gafse na jugu Tunisa prijatno se iznenadilo kada su usred pustinje zatekli potpuno novu plažu. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzFSrsf4DiNednuleix-J_Bv7Gpqgr78WJSfJs5Z5bL-MnrQeM50yIH3d53QBw46-nkksB-38jpftTlr92WzerAYfMEdP4DmGpa7r2M2lh06WDJlFQtqQ_ZC6QL5K2eNHkIIJNOI_uMc/s1600/tunis.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzFSrsf4DiNednuleix-J_Bv7Gpqgr78WJSfJs5Z5bL-MnrQeM50yIH3d53QBw46-nkksB-38jpftTlr92WzerAYfMEdP4DmGpa7r2M2lh06WDJlFQtqQ_ZC6QL5K2eNHkIIJNOI_uMc/s1600/tunis.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jezero su odmah nazvali Gafsa Beach i kupanje je započelo.<br /><br />"Misteriozno jezero", kako su ga strani mediji ubrzo nazvali, pokriva površinu od 2,5 jutara, dubina na najdubljem dijelu iznosi 15 metara, a lokalno stanovništvo još ne zna odakle se jezero pojavilo.<br /><br />Vlasti takođe ne znaju kako je do ove pojave došlo, ali pretpostavlja se da je zbog potresa došlo do pucanja stijene koja je zadržavala podzemne vode. Voda je vremenom probila kroz pukotine i napunila kanjon.<br /><br />Ipak, vlasti su upozorile posjetioce da se suzdrže od kupanja dok ne otkriju je li voda sigurna. Neki čak smatraju da je voda opasna budući da se u blizini jezera nalaze rudnici fosfata.<br /><br />No, upozorenja nisu spriječila lokalce da uživaju u novonastaloj plaži.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Mhb5UWkelSk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

"Misteriozno jezero" pojavilo se usred pustinje u Tunisu

Lokalno stanovništvo Gafse na jugu Tunisa prijatno se iznenadilo kada su usred pustinje zatekli potpuno novu plažu. Jezero su odmah nazvali...

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The Tri-Colored Crater Lakes of Kelimutu, Indonesia

<center><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d2341.2576373769502!2d121.82000000000001!3d-8.77!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x2dad42cf0f5ae15f%3A0x59e84f3927e7ba65!2sKelimutu%2C+Taman+Nasional+Kelimutu%2C+Woloara%2C+Kelimutu%2C+Ende%2C+Indonezija!5e1!3m2!1shr!2shr!4v1406886567841" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe></center><br />Kelimutu is a small, but well-known volcano in central Flores Island of Indonesia, close to the small town of Moni about 50 km to the east of Ende. At the summit of the volcano there are three crater lakes of varying colors.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpr-SSSf7VPNsoROw9DSb7l5qwt1o4pNn-18rm94kesBvYHUyclIAbIPfwm1dyo62IJi_hbxfEGx6RSlV9ObP_HrLOweqZJwehBxAQlBnymbjweXi5gGPQm6wndcIfPVYzl5T9yyy8MD4/s1600/kelimutu-0%5B8%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpr-SSSf7VPNsoROw9DSb7l5qwt1o4pNn-18rm94kesBvYHUyclIAbIPfwm1dyo62IJi_hbxfEGx6RSlV9ObP_HrLOweqZJwehBxAQlBnymbjweXi5gGPQm6wndcIfPVYzl5T9yyy8MD4/s1600/kelimutu-0%5B8%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Although they share the crest of the same volcano and are practically side-by-side, the lakes periodically change colors from red and brown to turquoise and green, independent of each other.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOpn4klCLcMzZOXEcQ5bnshEMq3dKQjSeNDLI0emBLGyPuU0DRrI-anIYa0nODTNYaPlWLsrNhFjBBq7TU-wIwqZxvAc04dkIo1L92V3sxtokpmdNFiV5cir1yy7lpcmV9ontPBzfYis/s1600/kelimutu-1%5B6%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOpn4klCLcMzZOXEcQ5bnshEMq3dKQjSeNDLI0emBLGyPuU0DRrI-anIYa0nODTNYaPlWLsrNhFjBBq7TU-wIwqZxvAc04dkIo1L92V3sxtokpmdNFiV5cir1yy7lpcmV9ontPBzfYis/s1600/kelimutu-1%5B6%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The peculiar colors and thick mist surrounding the volcano have earned Kelimutu a supernatural reputation. Local villages believe that the spirits of the dead go to rest in one of the lakes based upon the deeds performed on Earth. Consequently, the lakes are named Tiwi Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People), Tiwu Nua Muri Kooh Tai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Lake of Evil Sprits, or Enchanted Lake).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q58Ae-ulvNKzTQt9pqGn9hdOsfqsPbYD0XjFuCu6wzJJVTkjMYBjAGhvyE3sT9O4Sql9lAPJFf5-UziRl3kBDIt_kdK4fpPqBi6uy0Dd3VFOEICsM_dlSGTOK8tqUHqkiEvsyhi12Oc/s1600/kelimutu-2%5B2%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q58Ae-ulvNKzTQt9pqGn9hdOsfqsPbYD0XjFuCu6wzJJVTkjMYBjAGhvyE3sT9O4Sql9lAPJFf5-UziRl3kBDIt_kdK4fpPqBi6uy0Dd3VFOEICsM_dlSGTOK8tqUHqkiEvsyhi12Oc/s1600/kelimutu-2%5B2%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It is believed that the lakes change colors as a result of chemical reactions resulting from the minerals contained in the lake perhaps triggered by volcano gas activity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZek1tkpl-Ekrtssc52yYIa6aE5kjoAWfX07FdAihf-JdVL2bwdlPkPbae7iFPJQymsXEYKjdVY4K3C6lQD4QirLk3oZUnskv2mVunbssO0lseCvmUV0MRIHe_WuerptcnUE4yPxrpm-8/s1600/kelimutu-3%5B2%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZek1tkpl-Ekrtssc52yYIa6aE5kjoAWfX07FdAihf-JdVL2bwdlPkPbae7iFPJQymsXEYKjdVY4K3C6lQD4QirLk3oZUnskv2mVunbssO0lseCvmUV0MRIHe_WuerptcnUE4yPxrpm-8/s1600/kelimutu-3%5B2%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The scenic lakes are a popular tourist destination and have been the source of minor phreatic eruptions in historical time. They were once featured on the rupiah - the national currency of Indonesia.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Bh4QT7SN0oZ7YKgQjp5ZCwfbDgNSY9nSN7brlTPZsbiDu_QsqJi_902hYMaRhoNYozRs5idPUoHtzlfDV_a36L4tlv30RgzxONslZcO62k4_ikZI_mbvbZ6ugBb3FlthDJddGR2Ro48/s1600/kelimutu-4%5B5%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Bh4QT7SN0oZ7YKgQjp5ZCwfbDgNSY9nSN7brlTPZsbiDu_QsqJi_902hYMaRhoNYozRs5idPUoHtzlfDV_a36L4tlv30RgzxONslZcO62k4_ikZI_mbvbZ6ugBb3FlthDJddGR2Ro48/s1600/kelimutu-4%5B5%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj0YU8dl_Gb0VZFcJYb4O8GLQWF8yd5apXYKpRX1T7vbGLpOZdZmHFHV5zpT_uVwZ73Qh3k8QiCJyWRRqZY4Pv6hx-zLuWeb4iZJXpen_zjK8ZV9GN-AnYcUZjnFgjXnbWJMJxAUV0jc/s1600/kelimutu-5%5B5%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKj0YU8dl_Gb0VZFcJYb4O8GLQWF8yd5apXYKpRX1T7vbGLpOZdZmHFHV5zpT_uVwZ73Qh3k8QiCJyWRRqZY4Pv6hx-zLuWeb4iZJXpen_zjK8ZV9GN-AnYcUZjnFgjXnbWJMJxAUV0jc/s1600/kelimutu-5%5B5%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/12/the-tri-colored-crater-lakes-of.html">Source</a></i></span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sXT1T49nZD4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pOxpvcktuvk?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/l5VBfvLvEIE?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

The Tri-Colored Crater Lakes of Kelimutu, Indonesia

Kelimutu is a small, but well-known volcano in central Flores Island of Indonesia, close to the small town of Moni about 50 km to the east o...

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Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!

WikiMapia or Wikimapia is an open-content collaborative mapping project that aims to mark and describe all geographical objects in the world. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4OTIvJviiJwyEU0klXtO309AB2P85ieqdnJ12qeoPp4eET6JiDhse572xXZzCu759uYySRzY75tR_LBEGzmW31L0CyNPOCU_Z6eTrPow4bNKkcejFBOZ2VzqzS9bMDykP30Dg3rivLc/s1600/wikimapia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4OTIvJviiJwyEU0klXtO309AB2P85ieqdnJ12qeoPp4eET6JiDhse572xXZzCu759uYySRzY75tR_LBEGzmW31L0CyNPOCU_Z6eTrPow4bNKkcejFBOZ2VzqzS9bMDykP30Dg3rivLc/s1600/wikimapia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It combines an interactive web map with a geographically-referenced wiki system. As of May 2014, over 23,000,000 objects have been marked by registered users and guests.<br /><br />According to its website, "WikiMapia is an open-content collaborative mapping project, aimed at marking all geographical objects in the world and providing a useful description of them.<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="457" src="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.372535&lon=17.829523&z=15&l=&ifr=1&m=" width="962"></iframe><br /><br />It aims to, "create and maintain a free, complete, multilingual and up-to-date map of the whole world. Wikimapia intends to contain detailed information about every place on Earth.<br /><br />The Wikimapia website provides a Google Maps API-based interactive web map that consists of user-generated information layered on top of Google Maps satellite imagery and other resources. The navigation interface provides scroll and zoom functionality similar to that of Google Maps.<br /><br />The Wikimapia layer is a collection of "objects" with a polygonal outline (such as buildings, lakes, etc) and "linear features" (such as streets, railroads, rivers, etc). Streets are connected by intersection points to form a street grid. Both kinds of items may have textual descriptions and photos attached to them. Viewers can click on any marked object or street segment to see its description. Descriptions can be searched by a built-in search tool. Facilities are provided to highlight objects by category and to measure distances between objects.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://wikimapia.org/#lat=43.858413&lon=18.374720&z=13&l=&ifr=1&m=" width="989" height="482" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br />The interface is available in many languages, and the textual description of each item may have multiple versions in different languages.<br /><br />Wikimapia maps can also be embedded on other websites.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

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Beach Rock Treehouse (Okinawa/ Japan)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQdcm-s__aWkjo24s3NN82o4M0YnxQa-UrKSjRrgURK-U4s__1EvFfHErC5ewFTml1FfMMIUXbyrvVLLtKj1fmqw7mOoRDZopLx3pcLQ_-50qMAACt7EeJShJIfrZ1TGvoqqQhq_GZ1s/s1600/Treehouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQdcm-s__aWkjo24s3NN82o4M0YnxQa-UrKSjRrgURK-U4s__1EvFfHErC5ewFTml1FfMMIUXbyrvVLLtKj1fmqw7mOoRDZopLx3pcLQ_-50qMAACt7EeJShJIfrZ1TGvoqqQhq_GZ1s/s1600/Treehouse.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />High above the ground in Japan's Okinawa forest lies the Beach Rock Tree house. It was built by tree house creator Kobayashi Takashi – originally to communicating with extra-terrestrials.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0n6AqCLWQ949A55H5456LH8UVtFSet_sw5GB-r8OFdP3X_kU0rTzW22NJL9RpF8s8hD3w2ISDsP0b5lVbLNOfqU7M7SmudFLB-MtC8lVzIVhMKYFHsJ6uvoeHqItAAMZZk5cOzA-k0j4/s1600/Treehouse_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0n6AqCLWQ949A55H5456LH8UVtFSet_sw5GB-r8OFdP3X_kU0rTzW22NJL9RpF8s8hD3w2ISDsP0b5lVbLNOfqU7M7SmudFLB-MtC8lVzIVhMKYFHsJ6uvoeHqItAAMZZk5cOzA-k0j4/s1600/Treehouse_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ladders and platforms providing safe access to the tree house despite its height. For the adrenalin junkies, there's a giant rope swing nearby to take you sailing through the treetops!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjMTLEMb_V3rJF1eHPSXOfAcbZzT1whjgAEFuhU2P74eOgRrvnpEB3hf4krEaqhhkphaiFEzOUIjUV0SWK0WhDAa5shd3vA_YROj8lITUT6nEWTFB7V87Ou0-kcvTb_VMb7XbhF6zur0/s1600/Treehouse_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjMTLEMb_V3rJF1eHPSXOfAcbZzT1whjgAEFuhU2P74eOgRrvnpEB3hf4krEaqhhkphaiFEzOUIjUV0SWK0WhDAa5shd3vA_YROj8lITUT6nEWTFB7V87Ou0-kcvTb_VMb7XbhF6zur0/s1600/Treehouse_3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-h0Lfu__92IEXPkWgf4U0Ara1wXEiFvUUAs18sybDp2zPBm46unct6q27rHf52tPDtr0btFonIsCfzfaTzNq8VLNAMSY7GZ1wcP-fxtUHuxmj4Eu0XwxibiBltL2fH-M3hohDcJmz4E/s1600/Treehouse_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-h0Lfu__92IEXPkWgf4U0Ara1wXEiFvUUAs18sybDp2zPBm46unct6q27rHf52tPDtr0btFonIsCfzfaTzNq8VLNAMSY7GZ1wcP-fxtUHuxmj4Eu0XwxibiBltL2fH-M3hohDcJmz4E/s1600/Treehouse_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieq8eMQLbdnIo4Qg6kYnrKE8Z4F4j9zQIV6rISVku8tppkpHQJ8Qq0xLKhqLHnJE4QP3KaJ1Tsz0JW5OO1dyIlQz01T80WpqP6zpxoHHWzAmuIbz5dD9mMFiyKin9czELV7QnMxyY0Sko/s1600/Treehouse_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieq8eMQLbdnIo4Qg6kYnrKE8Z4F4j9zQIV6rISVku8tppkpHQJ8Qq0xLKhqLHnJE4QP3KaJ1Tsz0JW5OO1dyIlQz01T80WpqP6zpxoHHWzAmuIbz5dD9mMFiyKin9czELV7QnMxyY0Sko/s1600/Treehouse_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdiCktZGztn1EhHU7UHCvVLPqoeaoLJp6EKRJGiypAZsd9YJWsdUC0kZhb1joiWDWCJfkULxbtE_jQd7YqAKA_JaekSXFmhZh2oblOxvvg-0zQN2J9PwVtsaorUJugPTwChKee23qJv8/s1600/Treehouse_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdiCktZGztn1EhHU7UHCvVLPqoeaoLJp6EKRJGiypAZsd9YJWsdUC0kZhb1joiWDWCJfkULxbtE_jQd7YqAKA_JaekSXFmhZh2oblOxvvg-0zQN2J9PwVtsaorUJugPTwChKee23qJv8/s1600/Treehouse_6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NZxInukP0rw?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Beach Rock Treehouse (Okinawa/ Japan)

High above the ground in Japan's Okinawa forest lies the Beach Rock Tree house. It was built by tree house creator Kobayashi Takashi – o...

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Secret Pool in the Mojave Desert

When it's hot, city dwellers begin to have a certain look of desperation: That single-minded determination to access the sweet summer relief of a pool. Well, here's a public pool that's completely free and available to use—provided you can locate the pool itself, which is somewhere in the middle of a 25,000 square-mile Southern California desert.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcYyuOJa7TW3O6iWiQGoaYha68SuD-7_dRnmJa6gxjkbqEbntXnQBVR8afBe6CXD8AaTGrwbjnRAP_B5UtJFJp2ovp-pH5-8bojgXfgSTBiREuIaTXrQ__y6tN20ceTDpl7luc9LjHCg/s1600/bazen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcYyuOJa7TW3O6iWiQGoaYha68SuD-7_dRnmJa6gxjkbqEbntXnQBVR8afBe6CXD8AaTGrwbjnRAP_B5UtJFJp2ovp-pH5-8bojgXfgSTBiREuIaTXrQ__y6tN20ceTDpl7luc9LjHCg/s1600/bazen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Social Pool is the work of artist Alfredo Barsuglia, who created the minimalist sculpture to nod to other monumental works of desert-bound land art, like Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake. The eleven-by-five-feet wide pool is hardly a destination in itself—it's closer to the size of a hot tub—but like most art which requires a pilgrimage, it's more about the journey. As Barsuglia tells the Los Angeles Times, the pool "is about the effort people make to reach a luxury good."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODIW90ud1esaB-tKX2L3OrChYdLSeSxjIpB3brVLK6D7jkzOtnS3H-ot6eyTmb6vCAwd6dhwq-nMy2tkPtKmu-U7UtEp5RNOIEp9ertu0fOA8EyUltudaH4E7JdQUHM4JqEyA41iNqXk/s1600/bazen_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODIW90ud1esaB-tKX2L3OrChYdLSeSxjIpB3brVLK6D7jkzOtnS3H-ot6eyTmb6vCAwd6dhwq-nMy2tkPtKmu-U7UtEp5RNOIEp9ertu0fOA8EyUltudaH4E7JdQUHM4JqEyA41iNqXk/s1600/bazen_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />GPS coordinates can be obtained, along with the key, by visiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in West Hollywood, where the Austrian-born Barsuglia was a fellow last year. You can't call to see if the key is there, and you can't reserve it ahead of time. Of the destination, the artist will only say that it requires "several hours of driving from Los Angeles, plus a willingness to walk a long distance to reach the pool from the nearest road." <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1-shh7HmO85QAPekBiyCSGUgpcAOY8LoxNKybxLq2cmIV8mPa-krPS8vPkisTuwVqqMkXaIgL51f0G5GvnRGBv-r-al0Mdm5n3-odquq9LP6WK2-w_4kbl9vUt4Cn1LA2pvkWgp_Cr0/s1600/bazen_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1-shh7HmO85QAPekBiyCSGUgpcAOY8LoxNKybxLq2cmIV8mPa-krPS8vPkisTuwVqqMkXaIgL51f0G5GvnRGBv-r-al0Mdm5n3-odquq9LP6WK2-w_4kbl9vUt4Cn1LA2pvkWgp_Cr0/s1600/bazen_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />What's most intriguing is although it is a "public" pool, there is no way to access it without having the proprietary information which must be acquired at the museum, and entering into a kind of social contract that you'll care for the pool and won't reveal the location. Imagine stumbling upon this by chance, discovering with delight that a pool is inside, then realizing the key is 90 miles away at a Los Angeles museum. Will someone figure out a way to smash the lock and go pool hopping? Or will the pool be left unlocked and the coordinates shared publicly, turning Social Pool into a slimy Vegas-style pool party?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG41X3F28Zkx44tBTG7M8Wxviy4SKWAhQz9M5-7qj6uESTxKUhNbGj07Vmuf8ZdvB5MJEne8bpdYwyT2O9Dl7PU8MUfYLMeekJWyBiPRW9Hfj3dKSf6frdZW188K7eBbOI42HJMWWye5A/s1600/bazen_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG41X3F28Zkx44tBTG7M8Wxviy4SKWAhQz9M5-7qj6uESTxKUhNbGj07Vmuf8ZdvB5MJEne8bpdYwyT2O9Dl7PU8MUfYLMeekJWyBiPRW9Hfj3dKSf6frdZW188K7eBbOI42HJMWWye5A/s1600/bazen_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Although the pool's "season" is listed as beginning May 1, the installation only opened this past weekend, so if you've got a reliable GPS and the determination to go traipsing through the 100-degree desert, you might be one of the first to dip your toes into this sparkling blue hidden oasis. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BSCMLzNHe0Y?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

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Kumbuk Hotel

<span style="font-size: large;">Kumbuk River Resort, Sri Lanka</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUnnKdbTx54vo8BaemZaQOMuTOjZNE0DsLiO4x5M5jR7sA44XG47bbPUO4QMPsbks7vlvlXSbMsDAp1_QSzeRZL2ooah2OEV_Y6zI7bGNfqZ3N6efA-Q35mlx5urJ-khY9XqrqypwTEM/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUnnKdbTx54vo8BaemZaQOMuTOjZNE0DsLiO4x5M5jR7sA44XG47bbPUO4QMPsbks7vlvlXSbMsDAp1_QSzeRZL2ooah2OEV_Y6zI7bGNfqZ3N6efA-Q35mlx5urJ-khY9XqrqypwTEM/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This Sri Lankan eco-resort has a very noticeable eco-tourism theme. <br /><br />It sits near its namesake river bordering Yala National Park, one of Sri Lanka's best nature adventure destinations. This is elephant country, and pachyderms roam freely through the park, as do a variety of other interesting animal species.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyMnZ1SG7SmFdIQDznqF_Y8gmSQnJFI2qwu0l1tdCaUhn7NTbPnF8CwLtakAxy6dclcdN3QJbJH_AIay1P73vvd3keQI1Vve6wQFtnvF-u7dCTEdAHWc7FehSiikANkf7w6v9G1gkwNo/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyMnZ1SG7SmFdIQDznqF_Y8gmSQnJFI2qwu0l1tdCaUhn7NTbPnF8CwLtakAxy6dclcdN3QJbJH_AIay1P73vvd3keQI1Vve6wQFtnvF-u7dCTEdAHWc7FehSiikANkf7w6v9G1gkwNo/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Kumbuk celebrates Yala's headlining mammal with a unique design. Dubbed the Elephant Villa, the resort's most stunning structure is made of wood and topped with a straw roof that sways in the breeze. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZXDeiZxc44TSCpbQAt3XGKTngtvPyDN1emNlysuG0QZl7A3M78t-xl85gZ7p4zlLFeN7wIrVtwEhF-H2O6wTUQrSXva6Ree0q9Ukgz-8NxsyA0VlQyDWhREO5xLZSsl43eN6VTFRtyo/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZXDeiZxc44TSCpbQAt3XGKTngtvPyDN1emNlysuG0QZl7A3M78t-xl85gZ7p4zlLFeN7wIrVtwEhF-H2O6wTUQrSXva6Ree0q9Ukgz-8NxsyA0VlQyDWhREO5xLZSsl43eN6VTFRtyo/s1600/kumbuk_river_resort_sri_lanka_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The "elephant" is not just a clever name, however. The straw roof of the two-bedroom villa is actually shaped like an elephant (with a trunk, ears, eyes and all). Kumbuk also has a luxury "treehouse" and a main lodge that is designed to look like a classic Sri Lankan farmhouse.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/alEovuu7qvE?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

Kumbuk Hotel

Kumbuk River Resort, Sri Lanka This Sri Lankan eco-resort has a very noticeable eco-tourism theme. It sits near its namesake river bordering...

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Le Passe-Muraille

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AznEslOxYQLAZ_BStg8NZgVh3qB9Tvuy8P5Pb9rNprUUTQJcFcWF888h1yQvqOocaCGDw-GIUjytqThAE3LwcvkO8hZqcfF5tOsCVzIvNkzfcVNP7YnukfClO7-hLj2A1EN7yjbVRCY/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9AznEslOxYQLAZ_BStg8NZgVh3qB9Tvuy8P5Pb9rNprUUTQJcFcWF888h1yQvqOocaCGDw-GIUjytqThAE3LwcvkO8hZqcfF5tOsCVzIvNkzfcVNP7YnukfClO7-hLj2A1EN7yjbVRCY/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The Passe-Muraille, or "Passer through Walls" is an homage to a famous work of French literature by the same name which immortalizes the novel's tragic finale wherein a man with the ability to phase through walls finds himself caught in mid-pass after a streak of roguish shenanigans. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1b9TLHejAXyFZFP_OqnPShr0Lqfhh14eeXtbzv_44MuyQYH_Uw3XHqhU5ZQr3ZiGlpb_ltAiH20mxNrhOVw-iJnLNn_CJr8FouqGESFeae-iy-r_UgsUl7BZlH7mkxcRzpACK9B64XtY/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1b9TLHejAXyFZFP_OqnPShr0Lqfhh14eeXtbzv_44MuyQYH_Uw3XHqhU5ZQr3ZiGlpb_ltAiH20mxNrhOVw-iJnLNn_CJr8FouqGESFeae-iy-r_UgsUl7BZlH7mkxcRzpACK9B64XtY/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Mounted on a stone wall and looking as if the brass man was caught mid-stride walking through a wall, the bronze sculpture was based on a character by Parisian writer Marcel Ayme. The character, M. Dutilleul, discovers he can walk through walls and brazenly uses this ability to commit crime and carry on an affair. On his last visit to his paramour, Dutilleul unexpectedly loses his power and becomes immobilized inside the wall.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nkz2ywqSDCUDBL81Xjh4obVVLoKk4P3Lj_pEy3tKH40oV2Bi-Kh6L2W2mXQ5CvALPa9DQHgTO_tiXxLRz-98KClKCXHOi1OXD9N8ilJXx3sWAOv1Hb2cx846p_zUAUMB7rRer-QKPsI/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nkz2ywqSDCUDBL81Xjh4obVVLoKk4P3Lj_pEy3tKH40oV2Bi-Kh6L2W2mXQ5CvALPa9DQHgTO_tiXxLRz-98KClKCXHOi1OXD9N8ilJXx3sWAOv1Hb2cx846p_zUAUMB7rRer-QKPsI/s1600/Le+Passe-Muraille_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The figures outstretched hand is smooth and reflective from the countless tourists and visitors who have pretended to try and pull the man out of wall. While not especially well-known outside of France, the novel is popular enough in its home country that the character remains immortalized in bronze as he attempts to make his escape, despite all the helping hands. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lzO99LqM4pU?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* novi-1 */ google_ad_slot = "4178019576"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script> <script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script><br /><br /><script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "ca-pub-6412456300276695"; /* 336x280, stvoreno 2011.08.12 */ google_ad_slot = "2114137887"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; </script>

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Happy Rizzi House

<iframe frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d1449.9086950808553!2d10.528723!3d52.262426!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47aff5d9aa947fb9%3A0x16f9f3297836996!2sHappy+Rizzi+Haus!5e1!3m2!1shr!2shr!4v1406630604489" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />Described as "the happiest house on earth," the Happy Rizzi House (Rizzihaus) in Brunswick is a day-glo masterpiece of cartoon-inspired architecture set smack in the heart of a staid German historic neighborhood.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E28SXbrek1ZnTCwvWto0PTryKYYmkhnr3Tkuuudab9SAKKpA3RRrYfYt5p9BUI6cC22BzhReTiCKTp1T987ypDzvA0J3i2zQfkSBMIDOKvPKEVYkbzrc91fRb6soYsrNpdcfAQ6XLDQ/s1600/Happy+Rizzi+House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E28SXbrek1ZnTCwvWto0PTryKYYmkhnr3Tkuuudab9SAKKpA3RRrYfYt5p9BUI6cC22BzhReTiCKTp1T987ypDzvA0J3i2zQfkSBMIDOKvPKEVYkbzrc91fRb6soYsrNpdcfAQ6XLDQ/s1600/Happy+Rizzi+House.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Standing in stark contrast to its old world surroundings, the Happy Rizzi House is the vision of New York pop artist James Rizzi (perhaps best known for designing the cover for Tom Tom Club's 1981 debut album) and architect Konrad Kloster. Representative of Rizzi's style, the structures are decorated in wild shapes and faces colored in bright pinks, yellows, and greens reminiscent of an 80's music video.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbiSTcUzVuifP3mls_0z5Zs0nZDSJDMQo6F5ZfUFrlXDnO3H0y3IPmWRbBeaa8TzkHQh4IAJlbf775XSbVqRo6iTPXFY8BUFBJou1CjVnoHFvt9jyQpNHA8u6fGKBOPVq3yPgRVC8VnY/s1600/happy+rizzi+house+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbiSTcUzVuifP3mls_0z5Zs0nZDSJDMQo6F5ZfUFrlXDnO3H0y3IPmWRbBeaa8TzkHQh4IAJlbf775XSbVqRo6iTPXFY8BUFBJou1CjVnoHFvt9jyQpNHA8u6fGKBOPVq3yPgRVC8VnY/s1600/happy+rizzi+house+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The psychedelic cluster of buildings was not an instant hit with the surrounding city since the tall buildings' cacophony of color is in direct visual opposition to both the business district on one side of it and the old world European architecture on the other. However the goofy faces with unevenly spherical eyes (which are also windows) have come to be accepted as a unique and important part of the landscape, acting as the unofficial border between the two portions of the city the site straddles. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SvXoFLYV8EI011gox-M1fubUpkNwyzdHhUUbiY-Id8-SXbiu1vZXbYa4mXNqZGuTOpJOOSDKud3m9G7yDwrRqEH7QZm8rPOCKaDS6V2WD0kirmmvW6y0E7_GbSAWqV0WEldQj6j0kfw/s1600/happy+rizzi+house+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6SvXoFLYV8EI011gox-M1fubUpkNwyzdHhUUbiY-Id8-SXbiu1vZXbYa4mXNqZGuTOpJOOSDKud3m9G7yDwrRqEH7QZm8rPOCKaDS6V2WD0kirmmvW6y0E7_GbSAWqV0WEldQj6j0kfw/s1600/happy+rizzi+house+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately Rizzi passed away in 2011, but the Happy Rizzi House, as easily his largest piece of work, assures that his off the wall vision of the world will live on for years to come. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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