Have you decided where you are going for your holiday this year? Perhaps it’s the stunning Maldives or maybe the US. If you haven’t yet booked your holiday and you want to visit somewhere a little unusual, then why not considerone of the 10 strangest places to visit.
The Igloo Village in Greenland
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If you head over to Greenland there is a place called Ittoqqortoormiit (yeah we don’t know how to say it either) where you are able to live among the Inuit. You will be able to take in the wildlife, go dog sledding, and visit ice caves and villages that have long been deserted along with travelling to frozen fjords.
Karni Mata Temple in India
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The Karni Mata Temple in Rajasthan, India, gets thousands of visitors each year who pay homage to the 14th century mystic that is said to be an incarnation of Durga, the goddess. Here you can visit with around 20,000 rats, which locals think are sacred and in no way can they be harmed. One of the highlights of the visit is watching the rats surround bowls of milk and drinking from them along with seeing them crawl through tunnels that have been specially made.
The Seagaia Ocean Dome In Japan
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This was the only indoor beach in the world and while it has now closed its doors, it is worth mentioning. It was open for 14 years in Miyazaki, Japan and saw around 1.25 million visitors walk through the doors each year. The Dome was home to a fake volcano, sand, fish and fauna and was kept at a balmy 86 degrees Fahrenheit. The man made beach was a huge 984 feet in length and the dome had a clear blue sky painted on it but was retractable. Sounds like the ideal place to be built in the UK.
Gnome countryside in Pennsylvania
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The Gnome countryside is located in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania USA and it is said to be a “breathtaking paradise and gnome biome nestled in the rolling hills of Amish farmland.” The founder was Rich Humphreys and here you can take walks, hike and learn about the gnomes, otherwise called the bearded little people.
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho
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Over in central Idaho in the US there is a weird apocalyptic looking preserve and national monument that draws in visitors to the rugged landscape. The landscape has crusted lava that is said to be many thousands of years old along with lava tubes that have created underground caves, which visitors can explore. There are also back country hikes, but be aware that there isn’t a natural water source to be found on the Craters of the Moon.
Izu Islands in Japan
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If you visit the Izu Islands in Japan there is one thing that you must take with you, a gas mask. Yes you really have to as the islands rests right on the top of a volcanic chain that is active and which has been known to erupt, more than once. It releases gases that are harmful and which are very unpleasant; however there is lots of lush landscape, which does make it a destination for those with no sense of smell, and surprisingly it is visited by people from around the world.
The Island of the Dolls in Mexico City
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Just outside of Mexico City is the Island of the Dolls. This happens to be not only one of the strangest places to visit but also the scariest. The island wasn’t meant to be an attraction that tourists would visit. The story goes that a child drowned here and the man who found here saw a doll floating on the canal and so he strung it up in a tree in her honour. It wasn’t long before hanging dolls from trees became something of an obsession on the island and now the whole island is littered with dolls hung from trees. It was said that the man who had come across the drowned girl also drowned himself in the same canal in 2001. His family are now running the island to attract tourists.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean
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You can visit this patch of floating trash out in the Pacific Ocean, which is said to be around the same size as Texas. It will cost you $10,000 per person for the privilege and you will be asked to operate a trawl while you are there that will collect the smallest of plastic particles which threaten the wildlife.
The Alnwick Poison Garden in the UK
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The Alnwick Poison Garden in the UK was founded by the Duchess of Northumberland and it has a sign on the gates warning that the plants can kill you and this isn’t a lie. In fact if you pay the garden a visit you are warned not to even smell the plants, let alone touch them. There are around 100 plants that can kill in the garden. There is also a castle here that was used in several Harry Potter films as a stand in for Hogwarts.
The Intergratron in California
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The Intergratron took 18 years to build by George Van Tassel after he claimed to have made contact with aliens on the site. The dome shaped building offers sonic healing sessions today as the site and structure is thought by many to be a mecca for spiritual and physical healing.
Via [Flavourwire]
Source:http://interestingengineering.com/
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