As if Holland wasn’t small enough to travel around, if you are really pressed for time, you can visit the whole country all in one day by visiting Madurodam. Madurodam is a miniature “city” located just outside The Hague, Netherlands. Madurodam is a scale model of the country and all the attractions and geographical features [...]
Tag Archives: Unusual Places
Unusual Place of the Month: Borobudur
June 24, 2011 – 12:00 pm
Borobudur is an 8th-century Buddhist monument in Indonesia. There’s nothing “unusual” about this place (at least, not like the Island of Dolls) except that it is unique in the world for the type of temple it is. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels [...]
Unusual Place of the Month: The Island of Dolls
April 27, 2011 – 1:43 pm
Known as “La Isla de la Munecas” in Spanish, the ‘Island of the Dolls’ is perhaps one of the creepiest tourist attractions in the world. You half expect Chucky to come out and slash you. It reminds me of those horror movies like “The Hills Have Eyes” where someone searches inside the house and it [...]
Unusual Place of the Month: Hutt River Principality
December 15, 2010 – 3:55 pm
Located in the desert of Western Australia is the Principality of Hutt River. The principality is an “independent sovereign state” in Australia, though it’s not recognized by any nation in the world. It lives in a legal limbo and has an uneasy and tenuous relationship with Australia. Hutt River was founded on April 21st, 1970 [...]
Unusual Place of the Month: Jellyfish Lake
August 11, 2010 – 12:45 pm
Palau is an island in the South Pacific and is often overlooked for Fiji, Bora Bora, or the Cook Islands. This makes Palau a great destination if you are looking for a nice, beautiful, and quiet tropical island. But more importantly, Palau has the amazing Jellyfish Lake. The Jellyfish Lake is a marine lake located [...]