Category Archives: Art&Culture

7 Architecturally Surprising Destinations for the Wandering Traveler

March 19, 2013   admin   No comments

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Off to see the world? Here are seven destination that will feed your appetite for charming and original architecture along the way. From Yemen to China, prepare to get a glimpse of the world’s most creative small towns and villages ever built.

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Designed from Memory Sketches of the Mediterranean: Portmeirion, North Wales

March 11, 2013   admin   No comments

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Portmeirion, located in North Wales, Great Britain, is a distinctive village not just because of its remote position or secluded way of life, but due to its architecture innovation as well.

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Traveling to Setenil de las Bodegas aka The City Under Rocks

March 05, 2013   tote   No comments

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Traveling to Setenil de las Bodegas in Spain may prove to be a real adventure for those suffering from symptoms of claustrophobia. Located in the scenic province of Cádiz, Spain, the unusual village was creatively built using local stone as construction material.

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Surreal Land Art: Giant Hand in the Atacama Desert

February 07, 2013   admin   No comments

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As if a giant man was trapped in the desert of Atacama in South America, the surreal Mano de Desierto (Hand of the Desert) seems to reach out from the sand in the shape of an impressive stone sculpture. The unusual landmark is located conveniently on the Panamerican Highway, where it proudly stands 11 meter tall in a strange “hello” shape.

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Giant Wooden Clothespin Sculpture in Belgium by Artist Mehmet Ali Uysal

October 21, 2012   tote   No comments

Giant Wooden Clothespin Sculpture in Belgium by Artist Mehmet Ali Uysal

Designed by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal. this unusual clothespin sculpture which adorns the Chaudfontaine park in the outskirts of Liege, Belgium was especially implemented as part of the Festival of the Five Seasons in 2010. The giant “clipper” appears to be holding on tightly to a mold of land and grass, its original appearance attracting the attention and curiosity of cyclists and various travelers passing by.

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Banaue Rice Terraces, the Eighth Ancient World Wonder?

August 28, 2012   tote   11 Comments
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A Subjective Hitchhiker’s Guide to Milan

August 22, 2012   tote   5 Comments

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Because “Tourism on the Edge” strives to come up with information that is both practical and thrilling, for today we’ve decided to concentrate on the “unusual traveling” part of the blog and I put together a few small, but important conclusions of my last (and yet only) trip to Milan several months ago.

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