QOTW: Unusual local attractions

[GilliC]

What are some of the more unusual attractions around where you live?

[GilliC]

This week's question inspired by the tragic news that Troll Penis was vandalized:


More local to Oslo:

We have the Mini Bottle Gallery, the "largest mini bottle gallery in the world!" Because, why not?

Also, the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum, which is kind of hard to explain. It's basically a death-themed art installation with ridiculously crazy acoustics. When you walk in, it's almost pitch black and you can only see a few creepy paintings on the walls that are illuminated by dim lights. As your eyes adjust, you see more and more of the wall paintings (lots of skeletons), and after about 20 minutes, you can start to see the sculptures in the corners of the room. Meanwhile, the place is such an echo chamber that you have to wear shoe protectors, and you can hear endless whispers from people's denim jeans rubbing together as they walk. It's in the middle of a residential neighborhood outside the city center, and they only open for a few hours on one afternoon each week.

[mrsukyankee]

I'm going to share the places I have actually been as London has a lot of interesting and unique places that I still have to check out.

My fav's are museums:

Pollock's Toy Museum - all sorts of creepy dolls

The Freud Museum - well, 'cause Freud.

The Hunterian Museum - seriously one of the weirdest museums I've ever been too.  Went on a walking tour where they showed off all the examples of body parts with venereal disease.  Unfortunately it is closed until 2020 for renovations.

A really cool Hindu Temple

[dorothyinAus]

I'm honestly not sure what's unusual around me.  Not far from me is the Penguin Parade, where the Fairy Penguins come home to nest nightly.  It's a big tourist draw, though I've never been.

I tell everyone who comes to Melbourne to take a tour of Parliament House, even if they have no interest in politics, it's really interesting and it helps explain the Westminster/Parliamentary system, especially if you grew up in the US and don't really understand the differences.

And one of the big local draws is the State Coal Mine, which is interesting, though I have never been in the underground part.  My FIL apprenticed at the mine so he keeps trying to take me "down pit" for a tour with a "real" miner, but I keep declining the offer.

[rupertpenny]

Hm, I don't know what counts as unusual.

Goldfish street is kinda weird, there is just shop after shop only selling Goldfish.


I guess the Mid-Levels Escalator is kind of weird, but it seems normal to me now!



A lot of people also go to Chungking Mansions, which is just a sketchy housing estate. I've actually never been here. 

[mrsukyankee]

rupertpenny, the part of Temple Market where they sell dildos is quite unusual!

[brainie]

There is a memorial in Worthing, UK, to all the pigeons who perished in the line of duty during WW2.

One stone bears the words: "In memory of the warrior birds who gave their lives on active service 1939–45 and for the use and pleasure of living birds".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_House_Park,_Worthing

[rupertpenny]

Jun 30, 2017 4:43:51 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

rupertpenny, the part of Temple Market where they sell dildos is quite unusual!

Lol, I haven't seen that part!

[Shreddingbetty]

www.bishopcastle.org

This guy basically built this castle by hand.

It's about an hour from here and it is weird. We visited it a couple of years ago with my sister. I don't particularly like heights anyway but this just gave me the willies. I only went up to the first level and called it good. Didn't feel too safe going up more than that

[origami]

There's some strange "museums" in Korea, many of them sex related, like Love Land in Jeju:



I went to the Rolling Ball Museum, which was accurately named. There's a museum for seaweed (gim), teddy bears, etc.

[loira]

origami, Jeju is where a lot of couples honeymoon, right? We never got around to going when we lived in Korea, but now I'm really regretting that lol.

Hm, I don't know what unusual stuff there is near me now. I grew up sort of near a town called Vulcan that has built an entire economy on Star Trek tourism.

Oh! I just remembered Coombs Market, about 2 hours from where I live. There are goats on the roof.

[origami]

Jul 1, 2017 23:55:58 GMT -5 loira said:

origami, Jeju is where a lot of couples honeymoon, right?

Yup!