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  • Buzludzha: Bulgaria’s Abandoned Soviet Monument
    Bulgaria | Europe

    Buzludzha: Bulgaria’s Abandoned Soviet Monument

    ByIlya May 17, 2014August 20, 2024

    Located on top a historical peak in the Central Stara Planina, Bulgaria, the Buzludzha monument looks like an alien ship out of a sci-fi movie. Built in 1981, the monument is closed for the public. Aside from the unusual architecture, which took seven years and 6,000 workers to complete, the interior is filled with intricate…

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    🏷️ building, monument
  • Nagoro – A Creepy Japanese Village Where Dolls Replace The Departed
    Asia | Japan

    Nagoro – A Creepy Japanese Village Where Dolls Replace The Departed

    ByIlya May 4, 2014July 18, 2026

    Nagoro is a slowly shrinking village tucked into the steep valleys of Shikoku in Tokushima Prefecture. Technically part of the remote Higashi-Iya area of Miyoshi City, the region is promoted locally as β€œSky Village – Scarecrow Village.” According to the official Miyoshi City Tourism site, Nagoro sits deep inside the legendary Iya Valley β€” one…

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  • Winter Landscape Panoramic Great Basin Central Nevada Highway. Long set of snowcovered foothills and ridges along highway 50 in Nevada
    Nevada | USA

    US Route 50: Map, Start & End Points, and Why It’s America’s Loneliest Road

    ByIlya April 19, 2014November 25, 2025

    U.S. Route 50 is one of America’s most fascinating cross-country highways. Stretching nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California, this legendary east–west route cuts through deserts, mountain ranges, tiny forgotten towns, and the famously empty stretch in Nevada known as β€œThe Loneliest Road in America.” US Route 50 Map:…

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    🏷️ highway, road, road trip, road trips, route
  • Maloy coastline with Kannestein Rock in sunset light, Norway
    Europe | Norway

    Kannesteinen Rock

    ByIlya April 18, 2014October 11, 2025

    Shaped over thousands of years by the crashing waves, Kannesteinen Rock is a magnificent mushroom shaped rock formation located in the rural village of Oppedal, Norway, approximately 10 km west of the center of MΓ₯lΓΈy. While difficult to measure the exact size by looking at the photographs, the rock is about three feet high and…

    πŸ’Ž Legendary
    🏷️ rock, rock formation
  • The Enchanted Glowworm Caves of Waitomo
    Australia | New Zealand

    The Enchanted Glowworm Caves of Waitomo

    ByIlya April 3, 2014April 3, 2014

    Deep underneath the hilly landscapes of North Island, New Zealand is hidden an amazing cave lit with glowworms.

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    🏷️ cave, caves
  • The Stairway to Heaven: Haiku Stairs
    Hawaii | USA

    The Stairway to Heaven: Haiku Stairs

    ByIlya March 30, 2014March 30, 2014

    Back in 1942, the U.S. Navy began construction of the HaΚ»ikΕ« Radio Station: a top secret facility that was to be used to transmit radio signals to the Navy ships that were then operating throughout the Pacific. They needed a radio transceiver and they needed it to be really high, so the peak of PuΚ»ukeahiakahoe…

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    🏷️ climbing, climbing areas, hiking trails, stairways
  • A CafΓ© That Looks Like A Gigantic Vintage Camera
    Asia | South Korea

    A CafΓ© That Looks Like A Gigantic Vintage Camera

    ByIlya March 25, 2014March 25, 2014

    Dreaming Camera (CafΓ© Dreamy Camera, Korean: κΏˆκΎΈλŠ” 사진기) is the family-run coffeehouse located in Yangpyeong County, east of Seoul. It was built by a former air-force helicopter pilot with a passion for photography. This unusually big camera coffee shop has been his dream for several years and it finally came true when he built it…

    🏷️ coffee house, coffee shop
  • Akkurum: The Mushroom Stones of Altai
    Europe | Russia

    Akkurum: The Mushroom Stones of Altai

    ByIlya March 10, 2014March 12, 2014

    Akkurum (Ak-Corum) is located on the right bank of the river Chulyshman, Altai region of Russia. Akkurum translates as the “white rockslide.” Generally, “kurums” are large boulders formed by erosion and weathering. One of the interesting facts about the kurums is that they are slowly moving down the slope.

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    🏷️ rock, rock formations, rocks

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