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Dirty Dick’s Crab House, Nags Head, NC

Although the name really threw me off quite a bit, I must tell you about my visit to a restaurant during my trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina called Dirty Dick’s Crab House. To begin, this is the marketing slogan found on all the restaurants brochures and menus:

Dirty Dick’s Crab House, Nags Head, NC

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It Is Almost Summer in Norilsk

Norilsk (Russian: Норильск; IPA: [nɐˈrʲilʲsk]) is an industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located above the Arctic Circle, east of the Yenisei River and south of the western Taymyr Peninsula. It has a permanent population of 175,000. With temporary inhabitants included, its population reaches 220,000.

Norilsk was closed in November 2001 to all non-Russians, except for Belarusians.It is the world's northernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants and the second largest city (after Murmansk) inside the Arctic Circle. Norilsk, Yakutsk, and Vorkuta are the only large cities in the continuous permafrost zone.
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It Is Almost Summer in Norilsk

Norilsk (Russian: Норильск; IPA: [nɐˈrʲilʲsk]) is an industrial city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located above the Arctic Circle, east o...

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Horsetail Fall (Yosemite)

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Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring.

The fall occurs on the east side of El Capitan. If Horsetail Fall is flowing in February and the weather conditions are just right, the setting sun illuminates the waterfall, making it glow orange and red.This natural phenomenon is often referred to as the "Firefall", a name that pays homage to the manmade Firefall that once took place in Yosemite.

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This waterfall descends in two streams side by side, the eastern one being the larger but both quite small. The eastern one drops 1,540 feet (470 m), and the western one 1,570 feet (480 m), the highest fully airborne waterfall in Yosemite that runs at some point every year.

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The waters then gather and descend another 490 feet (150 m) on steep slabs, so the total height of these waterfalls is 2,030 ft (620 m) to 2,070 ft (630 m). The image shown here is taken during a brief time during the winter, near February 21 at sunset, made famous by Galen Rowell's photograph.

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The fall is best seen and photographed from a small clearing close to the picnic area on the north road leading out of Yosemite Valley east of El Capitan.
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Horsetail Fall (Yosemite)

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The English atmosphere hidden in Japan: Yufuin Floral Village

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Apart from its incredible history and well preserved culture, Japan hosts some of the most wonderful places that very few know about. While the bonsai art and kimonos are exciting, it’s actually an English setting that takes people aback: Yufuin Floral Village.<br />
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Even though the visitors can walked through the village in a few minutes, the trip is definitely worth it. The old English atmosphere is inspired by Cotswolds, an English area dating back to the Neolithic Era. Many scenes from the legendary ‘Harry Potter’ were filmed in the little houses made of stone there.<br />
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Unlike Cotswolds, though, the vintage architecture of Yufuin Floral Village was made in 2012 by a local businessman – and it didn’t take long until it attracted crowds.<br />
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Surrounded by hills and mountains, the series of houses and stores are so small that an average adult can touch their roof. Each building is carefully decorated with flowers, bushes and lamps above the doors. Apparently, the inside is just as intriguing, regardless if it’s a garage or a store.<br />
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The old English atmosphere is even more pronounced due to the classic red vintage cars parked in narrow streets; from time to time, visitors can also spot the Great Britain flag on cars, doors or used as small carpets.<br />
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The Peter Rabbit animal garden is a beautiful mix of Japanese and English plants with ducks and other creatures. At the entrance, tourists can meet Beatrix Potter, an owl resembling the wise Harry Potter birds– except, Beatrix has its own little house.<br />
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There’s just one thing that reminds visitors they’re still in Japan. From Kiki’s bakery to a florist shop, the Battle of the fragrances or the Glasses shop, each store is filled with Japanese promotional signs and a wide range of products.<br />
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Furthermore, for those who fell in love with the natural, old atmosphere, there is a hotel placed on a hill where they can spend the night. From up there, not only can they see the entire village slightly enlightened by small lamps, but also the breathtaking view of mountains and hills in the area.<br />
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The English atmosphere hidden in Japan: Yufuin Floral Village

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Sulabh International Museum of Toilets

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In a quiet courtyard in the suburbs of New Delhi, inside a low-slung concrete building, the assistant curator and guides of Sulabh International Museum of Toilets eagerly awaits for visitors. The museum is small, with just one long room, but it’s possibly the world’s only toilet museum, and it’s location in the Indian capital is all the more important.<br />
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Hygiene and sanitation is one of India’s most pressing issues. An astonishing 60% of the country’s 1.2 billion people defecate in the open because they do not have access to safe and private toilets. The numbers were probably worse in 1970 when Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, a humanitarian and social worker, introduced pay-to-use public toilets in a small village in Patna, Bihar. At first the people laughed at his idea, but now over 15 million people across the country use public toilets constructed by Sulabh International, a non-profit he founded. <br />
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Sulabh International’s mission is to promote safe sanitation habits and provide public toilet facilities throughout India. It builds and maintains hundreds of public toilets in major cities, including those outside tourist attractions such as the Red Fort in Delhi and the Taj Mahal in Agra, as well as towns and villages across the vast nation. With 50,000 volunteers devoted to the cause, Sulabh International is India’s largest nonprofit organization.<br />
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The museum, located in the offices of the organization, traces the history and development of toilet system around the world from the brick commodes of the ancient Harappan settlement near Pakistan, five thousand years ago, through the Middle Ages to the modern day toilet with electrically controlled flush system, through a series of privies, chamber-pots, toilet furniture, bidets and water closets, accompanied by a healthy number of images, drawings, photographs, and graphics. The museum also provides a chronological account of developments relating to technology, toilet related social customs, toilet etiquettes, prevailing sanitary conditions and legislative efforts of the times.<br />
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Among its most prized possessions is a flush pot devised in 1596 by Sir John Harrington, a courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, a gem-studded bided of Queen Victoria, table-top toilets from England and a couple of highly decorated commodes from Austria. Some of the toilets of these period were disguised. There is a French one that looks like a stack of books, and an English one which resembles a treasure chest.<br />
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Hanging on the walls are display boards with poems, comics, jokes and cartoons related to toilet humor. But one of its most amusing displays is a full-size replica throne from the court of the French King, Louis XIII, with a hidden commode underneath it. The King used it to relive himself while still in court.<br />
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The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets was opened in 1992, and since then it has welcomed some 100,000 visitors. <br />
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Casa Terracota (Villa de Leyva/ Colombia)

<span style="font-size: large;">Colombia’s Flintstone House Is Made Entirely from Baked Clay</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFMgQYErt3iUklsEYsqXqdlHjjHp-k3PhGl7Jo4nUpShJYHiNP4MopQZJKWgJ37vqzqFHDG_J7t627K_rJaqg-TZuSlOrYb4faZxl3-XtqdlQG9qQULGhO3XUSaLxQX-RaDvd8FrCLsE/s1600/Casa-Terracota.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFMgQYErt3iUklsEYsqXqdlHjjHp-k3PhGl7Jo4nUpShJYHiNP4MopQZJKWgJ37vqzqFHDG_J7t627K_rJaqg-TZuSlOrYb4faZxl3-XtqdlQG9qQULGhO3XUSaLxQX-RaDvd8FrCLsE/s640/Casa-Terracota.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />64-year-old architect Octavio Mendoza literally baked the house that he lives in. He calls the 5,400 square foot house ‘the biggest piece of pottery in the world’. Casa Terracotta, or Casa Barro in Spanish, was built exclusively by hand using clay and baked in the sun. Located in Villa de Leyva, a colonial mountain village in Colombia, it is also known to locals as the ‘Casa de Flintstone’ or Flintstone House.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpld3Pk2RctsA2abV_bfGolOwdayGFASD_A28tFXIbc8ytf_OiNJQdMkF0vnvchO1TOWKAhw10l6yaEsJS4T1ONMl8cPfkAvRYq6rFGleaCUWbylnEy5Xc1NewZgBO5SSw-SDCwS_FXY/s1600/Casa-Terracota2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpld3Pk2RctsA2abV_bfGolOwdayGFASD_A28tFXIbc8ytf_OiNJQdMkF0vnvchO1TOWKAhw10l6yaEsJS4T1ONMl8cPfkAvRYq6rFGleaCUWbylnEy5Xc1NewZgBO5SSw-SDCwS_FXY/s640/Casa-Terracota2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />From the outside, Casa Terracotta looks like a huge mound of clay, loosely fashioned to resemble a cottage. It is surrounded by lush green farmland, set against a breathtaking backdrop of the mountains. Inside, the rooms curve and flow into each other, as though the entire house was cast in a single mold.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGzDyZmR_nU_JHIxICuAkHGzswRryYrWWpJTmNMvqFr8YZlLT7aAoqYUqxiwA2pK9LpVJEBM-1ifAN8j4RU7iGuJdMSmwP84nEhO7TsmCMoUETl3rT7SW0kbXqO3ncjb7ArQKfVxHHuE/s1600/Casa-Terracota3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGzDyZmR_nU_JHIxICuAkHGzswRryYrWWpJTmNMvqFr8YZlLT7aAoqYUqxiwA2pK9LpVJEBM-1ifAN8j4RU7iGuJdMSmwP84nEhO7TsmCMoUETl3rT7SW0kbXqO3ncjb7ArQKfVxHHuE/s640/Casa-Terracota3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Rustic as it seems, the clay cottage does offer a few modern conveniences – solar panels for hot water, toilets and sinks covered in colorful mosaic tiles, two floors with lounge and sleeping areas, and a fully functional kitchen. Of course, the kitchen table and all the utensils are all fashioned out of the same material – clay. The beer mugs that adorn the kitchen are made of recycled glass and the lighting fixtures from scrap metal.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLA3UvOBweh0bcnOOHK9sr9afrRdSWjHjw-J1ZjrtW3lfJ38InSlAGZYp0HP_keU0QmTmVxqbZRaK20ongEsmoYcbFDhh9DZfjqolD7_BnjNyp2z8OZ8MDYaYuAvLBxq7SMa1zkDJ135Q/s1600/Casa-Terracota4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLA3UvOBweh0bcnOOHK9sr9afrRdSWjHjw-J1ZjrtW3lfJ38InSlAGZYp0HP_keU0QmTmVxqbZRaK20ongEsmoYcbFDhh9DZfjqolD7_BnjNyp2z8OZ8MDYaYuAvLBxq7SMa1zkDJ135Q/s640/Casa-Terracota4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Mendoza, who spent most of his career designing homes, commercial buildings and churches, calls the clay house his ‘project for life’. <br />He started to work on it over 14 years ago – his goal was to demonstrate how soil can be transformed into habitable architecture by simply using the natural resources at hand.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJRkyBfm33xPZYhDfWkbtOa8iJlldf_2lrDVv3WOwdsTJJIjxOzC9x4zY4skUA0U2PUodsc1t3rpx0Lad1u3JposMZhImSFlR0XmLYGu9GFQpcwfQj1BidisAvY4IJet5liBboKctOZ0/s1600/Casa-Terracota5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJRkyBfm33xPZYhDfWkbtOa8iJlldf_2lrDVv3WOwdsTJJIjxOzC9x4zY4skUA0U2PUodsc1t3rpx0Lad1u3JposMZhImSFlR0XmLYGu9GFQpcwfQj1BidisAvY4IJet5liBboKctOZ0/s640/Casa-Terracota5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />So Casa Terracotta doesn’t contain an ounce of cement or steel. Mendoza, who is also an environmental activist, said: “Think of it this way.<br />In desert places (which exist all across the planet), soil is perfect for this type of architecture. This means that for all those regions, a system like this could bring housing to millions of families.”<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2357.50773946733!2d-73.5366923!3d5.6347936!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8e41d73e3b6a515d%3A0x17b945f196a031e9!2sCasa+Terracota!5e1!3m2!1shr!2s!4v1439280801166" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe></center><br />“Casa Terracotta is a unique space, destined not only to embody and promote my philosophy but also to spark off architectural and artistic experimentation,” said Mendoza. “This means that we are always encouraging the creation of alternative proposals for the use and decoration of its spaces – all with the help of those same four elements of nature. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2Xm2OaM4UsMCJI_xuxl9VOKktXfZ6snmrsHTw9xs8Ds5s-LmI3d_gBVf6h1-eSdiNI7Qfmj-XUaLMn2Pza52ux_YpWKnc0NxmxeGL7N2xWYsg6ppIjyW-gAECoWjvpNMQSnv6-uBJh0/s1600/Casa-Terracota6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2Xm2OaM4UsMCJI_xuxl9VOKktXfZ6snmrsHTw9xs8Ds5s-LmI3d_gBVf6h1-eSdiNI7Qfmj-XUaLMn2Pza52ux_YpWKnc0NxmxeGL7N2xWYsg6ppIjyW-gAECoWjvpNMQSnv6-uBJh0/s640/Casa-Terracota6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />For this we are in constant contact with artisans, artists, architects, designers and other craftsmen who are interested in helping us take the project even further.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrfE4iY8sXmv6Rnv-MDBTrOxvad9bP5PAPEqNATF4C6ygoaMs5wE3oA8H-cmHf3v9Tb0ts1-t4k-Uoy8D0p8vr2PsMAZouHYHa_M96B9plFA9CYMICVVRyYAeBV2_zlZiw46QEWMrR64/s1600/Casa-Terracota7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrfE4iY8sXmv6Rnv-MDBTrOxvad9bP5PAPEqNATF4C6ygoaMs5wE3oA8H-cmHf3v9Tb0ts1-t4k-Uoy8D0p8vr2PsMAZouHYHa_M96B9plFA9CYMICVVRyYAeBV2_zlZiw46QEWMrR64/s640/Casa-Terracota7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />While Mendoza lives in another house in the village, he spends most of his time at Casa Terracotta, working on clay furniture and utensils. The house is open to visitors as well; it costs only $3.50 for a self-guided tour.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KYqJE172tHI?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/klcvmpdliR4?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="640"></iframe></center><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/architecture/colombias-flintstone-house-is-made-entirely-from-baked-clay.html">Source</a></span>

Casa Terracota (Villa de Leyva/ Colombia)

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El Diablo Restaurant- Teguise, Spain

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTRJAm8CZV6s6TD8mH3yn2T_t4j6a2BjQMuBr1riiX_i2SYNSuJv3F9gcT1_xFPMsEccao-EVygJ3JjH2rvc4JlQID9DOwcM3Yzj4YVZVCvgqzmuuUL7uUYCsWIsFJW_UCY1pSqMMAW0/s1600/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTRJAm8CZV6s6TD8mH3yn2T_t4j6a2BjQMuBr1riiX_i2SYNSuJv3F9gcT1_xFPMsEccao-EVygJ3JjH2rvc4JlQID9DOwcM3Yzj4YVZVCvgqzmuuUL7uUYCsWIsFJW_UCY1pSqMMAW0/s640/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote_3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />A volcano might not be the most conventional way to cook food, but at theTimanfaya National Park on the island of Lanzarote off the coast of Spain, that’s exactly how they cook at El Diablo Restaurant.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUlyOkeKITW73hbXKd_o31HyxRprUUxx3ozvrMH0gT2QcedmJPCU9PxQUDskBOZwh2F5jY3ffYO_Jl5CAg9C3zDNvAYd38OhWtR6RQRhLA_xytH1YcrNtARzpVwerPVsKzuhIsGpl_TU/s1600/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote..jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUlyOkeKITW73hbXKd_o31HyxRprUUxx3ozvrMH0gT2QcedmJPCU9PxQUDskBOZwh2F5jY3ffYO_Jl5CAg9C3zDNvAYd38OhWtR6RQRhLA_xytH1YcrNtARzpVwerPVsKzuhIsGpl_TU/s640/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote..jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Named after “the devil,” the eatery has been in business since 1970. <br /><br />Diners can choose from a variety of meat and fish dishes barbecued on a grill heated to between 450 to 500 degrees Celsius using geothermal heat from the volcano.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMjAlyKZVv5hqgKInG4-zvAP40xz_wfUMmmv0YwfPiY3cUVz0Ivz5aq1KW72Eo-nDavD6mY0eLD79zsq3bN0NmRzF2Itv3qqrbwHhSXq_jf9OwxMOKreuXPoGDLEAYzjUb3iekiBvq9k/s1600/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMjAlyKZVv5hqgKInG4-zvAP40xz_wfUMmmv0YwfPiY3cUVz0Ivz5aq1KW72Eo-nDavD6mY0eLD79zsq3bN0NmRzF2Itv3qqrbwHhSXq_jf9OwxMOKreuXPoGDLEAYzjUb3iekiBvq9k/s640/Restaurante-El-Diablo-Lanzarote_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Because it was impossible to build a conventional cooking system that could withstand the heat of a volcano, architects Eduardo Caceres and Jesus Soto used nine layers of volcanic basalt rock to make the grill. <br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pMRPZ7sI-Xc?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9WRA5AnZ-l4?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ah2IDw-IEg?rel=0&controls=0&showinfo=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=d7cef3c18eb3" width="640"></iframe></center>

El Diablo Restaurant- Teguise, Spain

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Montreal Biosphere

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3WsFQ5SetQuAypOLuf2xQ2-IOkoEF8QrZ6gxSjPG8s5eyeObIPT-AAvN2vKwY97Ko0hreMDEwCfyJq4SFVv5MZQ4LBaQiBYY2fAj8ZQcktYD93yONQLUvsAVKSWynZggNMmX6rsuCdI0/s1600/montreal-biosphere-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3WsFQ5SetQuAypOLuf2xQ2-IOkoEF8QrZ6gxSjPG8s5eyeObIPT-AAvN2vKwY97Ko0hreMDEwCfyJq4SFVv5MZQ4LBaQiBYY2fAj8ZQcktYD93yONQLUvsAVKSWynZggNMmX6rsuCdI0/s640/montreal-biosphere-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/leoglenn_g/8382047769/" rel="nofollow">leo gonzales/Flickr</a><br /><br />The Montreal Biosphere, located on Saint Helen's Island in Montreal, Canada, is a museum dedicated to the environment. It was designed and created by visionary architect Richard Buckminster Fuller originally as the pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d1852.947347145503!2d-73.53379408444086!3d45.51405067910154!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4cc91b08b001c1b1%3A0x2d0ee66ff89f5a29!2sBiosphere+Environmental+Museum!5e1!3m2!1shr!2sba!4v1459940180433" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe></center><br />The Biosphere was the culmination of over twenty years of Fuller’s obsession with geodesic domes, a structure that emerged from his interests in material efficiency, structural integrity, and modularity. Fuller wished to demonstrate that it was possible to create a livable space using only one fifth of the materials normally used in conventional architecture.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv7f2XHU57_ATYr82-SFKo_noaGSDPOeC0xE3fkY6Gc_ESiu5mSYNGEHKZukIgQz8ocz1WmotyrPaQXZNk4nsZCsfIqU8Ks_fKLap2PQoSXhKofN_ojje8KzNkuJdMSrTxZCvXYlfluHp/s1600/montreal-biosphere-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNv7f2XHU57_ATYr82-SFKo_noaGSDPOeC0xE3fkY6Gc_ESiu5mSYNGEHKZukIgQz8ocz1WmotyrPaQXZNk4nsZCsfIqU8Ks_fKLap2PQoSXhKofN_ojje8KzNkuJdMSrTxZCvXYlfluHp/s640/montreal-biosphere-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mmarsolais/163768907/" rel="nofollow">MMarsolais/Flickr</a><br /><br />The enormous hemispherical structure soars sixty-three meters high and is so spacious that it comfortably housed the seven-story exhibition building including a forty-meter long escalator, the longest ever built at that time. The steel-framed sphere was covered with transparent acrylic panels. To control the indoor ambient temperature, Fuller designed an apparatus composed of mobile triangular panels that would move over the inner surface of the dome following the sun. Unfortunately the system never worked properly. Instead valves were installed in the center of the acrylic panels for the pavilion to ventilate. The United States pavilion became the most popular at the fair, and was visited by 11 million visitors in six months.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m0!3m2!1shr!2sba!4v1459940317197!6m8!1m7!1snqE79xg2hi6M-1dJQBFe6A!2m2!1d45.51303185265768!2d-73.53169331297349!3f34!4f2!5f0.7820865974627469" style="border: 0;" width="640"></iframe></center><br />The pavilion was originally designed to be dismantled. However, to cut cost, the metal tubes were welded and not bolted as proposed by Fuller. This made the structure impossible to dismantle. So after the fair ended, the US government donated its pavilion to the City of Montréal. For several years, the Biosphere was used for recreational activities and as a public attraction. For some time it became an oasis of plants and birds.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOXrlD73JZ6i6gsCo2xWF9JeTKMLcOPkM71wwnJP5aFfvvz-q_ve-gAePiaxPpX4dRk5Gv8OhG6LdWil8KGliabdGX4D2kX65PSmQAlnTBKFDpWP8J5gLK6wVYvmeXwlMlEIlYEv5sw4-/s1600/montreal-biosphere-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOXrlD73JZ6i6gsCo2xWF9JeTKMLcOPkM71wwnJP5aFfvvz-q_ve-gAePiaxPpX4dRk5Gv8OhG6LdWil8KGliabdGX4D2kX65PSmQAlnTBKFDpWP8J5gLK6wVYvmeXwlMlEIlYEv5sw4-/s640/montreal-biosphere-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephengg/2967176245/" rel="nofollow">stephengg/Flickr</a><br /><br />In 1976, during repair works, the structure's acrylic sheet caught fire and was completely destroyed. The sheet was never replaced. After the fire, the dome was abandoned for fifteen years until the city decided to repurpose it as an environmental exhibition space dedicated to the water ecosystems of the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River regions. The museum was opened in 1995.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RSCBWjSpEEZQU-OZiwpa-5ipwIKXiflex0L2qvSGkbRFRa4YrUQw7YAX39HOUMYuEsbsPbcZEPfiTMkVVXCB1iaI9DD6Hrg1g7OhOjGRSwXWy6RdDM4CMUI_v_zY8XAcDdPw_WT2apAZ/s1600/montreal-biosphere-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RSCBWjSpEEZQU-OZiwpa-5ipwIKXiflex0L2qvSGkbRFRa4YrUQw7YAX39HOUMYuEsbsPbcZEPfiTMkVVXCB1iaI9DD6Hrg1g7OhOjGRSwXWy6RdDM4CMUI_v_zY8XAcDdPw_WT2apAZ/s640/montreal-biosphere-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/husseinabdallah/5470337988/" rel="nofollow">abdallahh/Flickr</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXBE_HF9ug8kUAkQpOKnPHNUzoarYLrR_7dLjhhxfWPi89WpuWuEThFBRKOk7pgdeOGEbaQ8G-qBxyGFRbrUcqNqSOWnosAxumGBXjP8cRHFovmshXFTbZDW3j5MEf3ZLxoq3VKnuaI_I/s1600/montreal-biosphere-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXBE_HF9ug8kUAkQpOKnPHNUzoarYLrR_7dLjhhxfWPi89WpuWuEThFBRKOk7pgdeOGEbaQ8G-qBxyGFRbrUcqNqSOWnosAxumGBXjP8cRHFovmshXFTbZDW3j5MEf3ZLxoq3VKnuaI_I/s640/montreal-biosphere-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ailafm/14427874005/" rel="nofollow">AILAFM/Flickr</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaG_uMDxTjN_t0PFK18IxoRKV20h3mDpHNMIGfHYL4IT3yN5DsbQ1MTEtA-PT7zDSAAmUv__ymymxj9Ctaaq7dhXhH0FwXaaS2-ObI5zxzd_3JCqYJv6AuP95YHaeO4XZ0lgk-pmVn7UY/s1600/montreal-biosphere-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaG_uMDxTjN_t0PFK18IxoRKV20h3mDpHNMIGfHYL4IT3yN5DsbQ1MTEtA-PT7zDSAAmUv__ymymxj9Ctaaq7dhXhH0FwXaaS2-ObI5zxzd_3JCqYJv6AuP95YHaeO4XZ0lgk-pmVn7UY/s640/montreal-biosphere-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/126705735@N08/15392014260/" rel="nofollow">Alvaro Blanes/Flickr</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLmA9e8eSzbBXVU4u2oZFcUKNr177yBbImWN6S8VxizAFiaoyV8DJz6X0Ifaof9-6LPIj8njK5rrtEfnXRhkGGr2PNkBtqBaVFqI3o4sAml1qtEfmcBSVxt3gO4V2iiCJXGMVlPbrYC6-/s1600/montreal-biosphere-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLmA9e8eSzbBXVU4u2oZFcUKNr177yBbImWN6S8VxizAFiaoyV8DJz6X0Ifaof9-6LPIj8njK5rrtEfnXRhkGGr2PNkBtqBaVFqI3o4sAml1qtEfmcBSVxt3gO4V2iiCJXGMVlPbrYC6-/s640/montreal-biosphere-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettziegler/16068550509/" rel="nofollow">Garrett Ziegler/Flickr</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F_lvbMtAthyphenhyphenWk3QqITYG9lfVXIYciojMU3q3np260zuVHaEKw8lAU363dBpOfwy1kAuYV9WcFAH9YERFr8zDIYPD9V5pJuZQiMVe37CGc9WRts7ztj9-2D_Trll7GQ1OKvT4xS0quDjd/s1600/montreal-biosphere-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0F_lvbMtAthyphenhyphenWk3QqITYG9lfVXIYciojMU3q3np260zuVHaEKw8lAU363dBpOfwy1kAuYV9WcFAH9YERFr8zDIYPD9V5pJuZQiMVe37CGc9WRts7ztj9-2D_Trll7GQ1OKvT4xS0quDjd/s640/montreal-biosphere-8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettziegler/16252896111/" rel="nofollow">Garrett Ziegler/Flickr</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-sZFecGFHlEq5TR1aYtVuW5AYtdhFpI0u4sZAvGDcjTOfxkTRILV5CVnrqasePCp8PIfLnBQXw0cUmc3HDHqron1eZ0M96NO7-UkX35heaDQeByrwPtvhrp2mswqTahA65kuSty-oXab/s1600/montreal-biosphere-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-sZFecGFHlEq5TR1aYtVuW5AYtdhFpI0u4sZAvGDcjTOfxkTRILV5CVnrqasePCp8PIfLnBQXw0cUmc3HDHqron1eZ0M96NO7-UkX35heaDQeByrwPtvhrp2mswqTahA65kuSty-oXab/s640/montreal-biosphere-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Biosphere during the Expo in 1967. Photo credit: <a href="http://www.worldsfaircommunity.org/topic/14169-then-and-now-us-pavilion/" rel="nofollow">www.worldsfaircommunity.org</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98vHLICyxewPvyKNTVD2SdcQlLAs36HNY7o8LcOhibTHXU_po6VavhHu9Twi6ZFc24zXteoBOhJS5qIaDJRaV1Djec2z4ADH5uiXyso3n9OwjJ7BH_63iZuzBNB_xBlsqaeb7zouEKK37/s1600/montreal-biosphere-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98vHLICyxewPvyKNTVD2SdcQlLAs36HNY7o8LcOhibTHXU_po6VavhHu9Twi6ZFc24zXteoBOhJS5qIaDJRaV1Djec2z4ADH5uiXyso3n9OwjJ7BH_63iZuzBNB_xBlsqaeb7zouEKK37/s640/montreal-biosphere-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Biosphere during the Expo in 1967. Photo credit: <a href="http://www.worldsfaircommunity.org/topic/14169-then-and-now-us-pavilion/" rel="nofollow">www.worldsfaircommunity.org</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vmvsjsAUyTDPxfwsZ_xrqqescl3ngWKsVVITOWplUTLINRu416VyRL94qp3AI7TFPTGEmEPseJqbsR_7O8woj0johi-oNW3DjtgxYYBmkC1f5sSpCo-B3rqR7pNDpqHBDPFsOV24hHWG/s1600/montreal-biosphere-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vmvsjsAUyTDPxfwsZ_xrqqescl3ngWKsVVITOWplUTLINRu416VyRL94qp3AI7TFPTGEmEPseJqbsR_7O8woj0johi-oNW3DjtgxYYBmkC1f5sSpCo-B3rqR7pNDpqHBDPFsOV24hHWG/s640/montreal-biosphere-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The fire of 1976. Photo credit: Archives Canada/spacing.ca<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-CzcZ174KQZn4ZUXf6NII6s-6JsHYdOSKvOIzV6f5_IxLplEmbgA793eCXEAsylqOTCCCGK7cWgX-B_TmW_UN25766zW0BV34fVEl6ajMMrH_VsVsOM00SLLElmHKZxOJyvUEBJhZKwD/s1600/montreal-biosphere-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-CzcZ174KQZn4ZUXf6NII6s-6JsHYdOSKvOIzV6f5_IxLplEmbgA793eCXEAsylqOTCCCGK7cWgX-B_TmW_UN25766zW0BV34fVEl6ajMMrH_VsVsOM00SLLElmHKZxOJyvUEBJhZKwD/s640/montreal-biosphere-12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Photo credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montreal_Biosphere_at_night.jpg" rel="nofollow">Hamidreza/Wikimedia</a><br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/105773778" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe></center><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/04/montreal-biosphere.html">Source</a></span>

Montreal Biosphere

Photo credit: leo gonzales/Flickr The Montreal Biosphere, located on Saint Helen's Island in Montreal, Canada, is a museum dedicated to ...

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