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The Heidelberg Project

The Heidelberg Project began in 1986 when Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey started painting houses in Detroit’s McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, which began to fall

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The Glass Beach

Nothing more than a garbage dump between 1950 and 1967, California’s Glass Beach is now quite the tourist attraction. The Glass Beach used to be

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Tough Guy Race 2009

Known as the toughest competition in the world, the Tough Guy Race asked its question again in 2009, “Are you strong enough?” More than 5,000

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Japan’s Ice Hotel

Japan opens ice hotel, tourists rush to book rooms. Following the model of norththern-European countries like Sweden, Japan opened an ice hotel in Alpha Resort

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Neuburg Ice Swimming 2009

The traditional Neuburg Ice Swimming event is considered the biggest swimming event in Europe. This year over 2,000 brave swimmers from all over Germany gathered

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El Caminito del Rey

Often shortened to El Camino del Rey, this dangerous walkway has claimed many lives in recent years. El Caminito del Rey was built in 1901

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Sleeping in a Barrel

Sleeping in a wine-barrel without getting drunk is bvery possible at a lovely, little hotel in the Netherlands. De Vrouwe van Stavoren is probably the

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