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Roadside World

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  • Crazy House Hallway - Designed by architect Dang Viet Nga, this collection of buildings is called  "crazy house" by the people of Dalat, thanks to its outlandish design.  The architect wanted free curves and structures, not straight lines and planes.
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  • Hang Nga Villa, usually called "Crazy House", was designed and built as a personal project by architect Dang Viet Nga. Its original name means "Moon Villa" as the designer and architect, Ms Dang Viet Nga, wanted to bring people closer to nature.  This is why when exploring through the halls and corridors, you feel like you are inside an artery or intestine.  Watch out or you might just run into a giant spider web!  The house is constructed with these naturalistic themes, interpreted via concrete twists and turns.  Tigers, giraffes and kangaroos made of concrete decorate the gardens, adding to the surreal environment.
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  • The Elephant Building or Chang Building  is a high-rise building located on Paholyothin Road & Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok. The building is one of the most famous buildings in Bangkok because it has the characteristics of an elephant with 32 floors and is 102 meters high, it was completed in 1997.
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  • The Exploratorium created the hands on movement among museums.  There are about a thousand museums in the world that trace themselves to the Exploratorium in terms of exhibits or programs. This innovative museum of science, art, human perception and technology provides for even those with the most limited scientific knowledge and gives them back the joy of discovery. It is an experience that inspires young and old to understand science and nature.<br />
The Exploratorium in San Francisco is a public educational institution for peoples of all ages. Its audience numbers over 20 million each year, as its exhibits travel to science centers and other locations worldwide. At least 90 percent of the nation’s other science museums have borrowed ideas from Exploratorium exhibits or programs.
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  • Ginza is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and is recognized as one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Many upscale fashion flagship stores are located here, including Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton....  In recent years extraordinary architecture has gone up including the De Beers Building, Mikimoto Building among others.  Ginza is named after the silver-coin mint established there in 1612 during the Edo period..
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  • Every Easter Sunday, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco's beloved sect of cross-dressing nuns, host The Hunky Jesus Competition in Dolores Park - celebrating people who take the look of "our lord and savior" and transform it into "our lord and sexy."  The sisters believe all people have a right to express their unique joy and beauty and we use humor and irreverent wit to expose bigotry and ignorance.  The Hunky Jesus Competition is the highlight of the Sisters' free Easter party that's been going on in the Mission's premiere public space for over three decades. These events bring all all the drag queens and even a few designers in the city because of features such as a bonnet contest and drag performances..  One of those only-in-San-Francisco events.
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  • Man with his Iguana and body painting of Santo Nino the local patron saint of Cebu. Like the image's counterpart in Prague, the figure is clothed in expensive textile robes mostly donations from fervent devotees in the Philippines and abroad. The statue is the oldest Catholic relic in the Philippines and permanently housed since 1565 at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu City.
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  • Jantar Mantar is an array of Indian astronomical instruments. There are several of these in India, though the Jaipur observatory is the largest and best preserved.  Jantar Mantar literally means: calculation instrument.  The observatory is made up of geometric devices in the form of what appears to be modern architecture. These are for measuring time, predicting eclipses and tracking stars.  Though Jantar Mantar looks modern, it was only restored in 1901 and declared a national monument of India in 1948. It is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Haw Par Villas -  Ten Courts of Hell - Haw Par Villa is a one-of-a-kind theme park in Singapore with over a thousand statues and a hundred dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese mythology,  Confucian stories, folklore and legends.  Originally called Tiger Balm Gardens, the park was built by the Burmese-Chinese brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par  who were the developers of Tiger Balm ointment. They created the park in 1937 for teaching the public traditional Chinese values. The most renowned attraction at Haw Par Villa is the Ten Courts of Hell featuring gruesome depictions of hell in  Buddhism and Chinese mythology.
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  • The Keihin region or keihin chiho refers to the industrial region of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki though most of it is clustered around Kawasaki along Tokyo Bay.  Keihin is one of the important industrial districts in Japan with huge factories lit up at night which appears as a kind of efficient artwork, almost, depending on your point of view.  In recent years, despite its pollution, it has become something of a tourist attraction in Japan.  In fact the city of Kawasaki is promoting it as such these days, with boat cruises and guided tours of the factories.
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