Everywhere: Themes: Weird Tours

While most tourists trudge to the usual museums, churches, and historic sites, other travelers seek out tours that are unusual or out-of-the-way. Obsessive collections of junk? Factory tours? Tours of underground tunnels? Abandoned ruins? Crime scenes? Weird tours provide a unique perspective on oddball places that don’t usually qualify as "tourist attractions".

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Corregidor; echoes of War In the Pacific.

Article by Merlin Peck, 6 July 2008

The saga of America's defending, losing, then re-taking the island of Corregidor, a place where the lasting bond between Filipino freedom fighters and the GI was forged.
Son Dong, the world's largest cave

Article by Ha Ha, 6 August 2009

Son Dong, a cave belongs to the Phong Nha-Ke Bang grotto system in central Quang Binh Province, has been discovered to be the biggest in the world.
SaPa, Vietnam, a natural mosaic

Article by Bobby Nguyen, 31 July 2009

Boasting sublime unspoiled beauty, from rolling verdant hills to spectacular terraced fields, Sa Pa Vietnam is a mix of natural wonder.
Underground Mosque

Photo by Gaye Mitra, 27 July 2009

We were wandering around the streets of Yogyakarta in search of the Taman Sari (Water Castle) on foot because we didn't want to pay for a becak.
Ohio Reformatory - West Cell Block

Photo by Angel, 1 June 2009

Listed on the Travel Channel’s “101 Things to do before you Die” and the filming of the movies "The Shawshank Redemption” & “Air Force One" (i.e.
Fort Myres Beach - Most Famous for its Beauty

Article by delsin johnson, 4 April 2009

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You Don't Have to Love Trains to Love Northlandz by Maureen Bruschi

Article by Maureen Bruschi, 25 March 2009

Explore magical Northlandz, part fantasy, part reality.
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Photo by john penmark, 20 March 2009
Mangoes and shrimp paste

Photo by Claire Marie Algarme, 2 February 2009

When you are stuck in a small island in the Philippines with no television in sight, the best way to enjoy siesta, aside from sleeping, is indulging yourself to a delectable bite of raw mango with shrimp paste.
Sunset at The Racetrack

Photo by Jeff Sullivan, 6 January 2009

Sunset at The Racetrack in Death Valley National Park.