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nbj914

Nick is a National Magazine Award-winning editorial and business leader who has had the privilege of working for many of your favorite publications. He's primarily interested in great storytelling, high-quality journalism, and a free press.

https://nbjackson.com/

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Chipley, Florida

Seacrest Wolf Preserve

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

ronin

Budapest, Hungary

Terror Háza

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

dzamonja

Added by dzamonja

Parkes, Australia

Parkes Radio Telescope

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Sumpter, Wisconsin

Dr. Evermor's Forevertron

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Dylan

Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand

Red Lotus Lake

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Added by charles

San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Peregrine Falcons

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Cliveden Estate, England

Cliveden Hotel

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Kazanlak, Bulgaria

Buzludzha Monument

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

ronin

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew

Temple of a million beers.

michelle

Added by michelle

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

ronin

Menchum, Cameroon

Lake Nyos

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

Dylan

Højbjerg, Denmark

Grauballe Man

Preserved "bog person" that is over 2,000 years old.

ronin

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Punakaiki, New Zealand

Pancake Rocks

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Bananaface

Added by Bananaface

Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Munich, Germany

Eisbachwelle

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

San Francisco, California

Exploratorium

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Tre

Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

Added by brettyoung

Bronx, New York

North Brother Island

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

michelle

Added by michelle

Greencastle, Indiana

Periodic Table Display

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

Dylan

Detroit, Michigan

The Caryatids of Book Tower

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Madiha Bataineh

Added by Madiha Bataineh

Portland, Oregon

The Zymoglyphic Museum

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

michelle

Added by michelle

Portland, Oregon

Reed College Research Reactor

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.