[Bcma-l] CMA Clip Serv: Travel Picks: Weird attractions...
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<b>Travel Picks: Weird attractions from toilets to</b></span></font>
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Travelers seeking a bit of novelty on their journeys can study toilets
from 2,500 BC or join a red-carpet duck parade, according to a list of
top 10 weird attractions by travel review website
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This annual list was compiled by editors at IgoUgo.com
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<b>1.Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, Delhi, India</b></span></font>
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Synonymous with public toilets in India, the Sulabh company also
runs "Delhi's wackiest museum." A tour provides insight into the
history of hygiene, from 2,500 BC to the present with walls of offbeat
photos, one-ofa-kind toilets, and trivia.</span></font>
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<b>2. Texas Prison Museum, Huntsville, Texas, USA</b></span></font>
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This museum, run by former prison employees, has a list of star
attractions including "Old Sparky," a decommissioned electric chair, a
contraband exhibit, and a collection of items from the Texas Prison
Rodeo and the Bonnie and Clyde death car.</span></font>
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<b>3. Peabody Duck March, Memphis, Tennessee, USA</b></span></font>
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Twice a day, every day, five mallards and their human duckmaster
waddle the red-carpet from the Peabody hotel's fountain to its elevator
and back. What began as a joke in 1933 is now a tradition at all three
Peabody locations with Orlando and Little Rock the newer additions.</span></font>
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<b>4. Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Palau</b></span></font>
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Even experienced divers and snorkelers call this dive site "the
weirdest experience" in all their years. The water is thick with non-
stinging jellyfish and swimmers can float among the normally
threatening creatures and hold them without danger.</span></font>
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<b>5. Beer-Drinking Burros, Isla La Roqueta, Mexico</b></span></font>
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A short hop from Acapulco by boat, Isla La Roqueta is known for
beaches and burros, or small donkeys. The latter have developed a
taste for cold beer and are frequent fixtures at restaurant tables.</span></font>
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<b>6. Haines Shoe House, Hellam, Pennsylvania, USA</b></span></font>
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Since its construction in the late 1940s, the house of Mahlon "Shoe
Wizard" Haines has been a must-see for shoe fetishists or kitschy-
Americana enthusiasts. An architectural oddity built in the shape of a
giant shoe, it has served as an advertising gimmick, a haven for
honeymooners, an ice cream parlor, a private home, and now an</span></font>
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<b>7. Joe's Scarecrow Village, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia,
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This collection of scarecrows, including straw versions of Queen
Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan, is definitely
unique. Located in Cap Le Moine, the dozens of figures are clever,
quirky, and something a little different for those driving the Cabot
Trail.</span></font>
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<b>8. Christ of the Abyss, Key Largo, Florida, USA</b></span></font>
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This 9-foot (3 meter) sculpture is a main attraction of America' first
undersea park, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo,
and a popular site for diving and undersea weddings.</span></font>
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<b>9. Puzzling World, Wanaka, New Zealand</b></span></font>
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New Zealand's South Island offers no shortage of dramatic peaks, but
you can't miss the plastic Leaning Tower of Wanaka as it tilts at a 53-
degree angle in front of Puzzling World's repository of weird and
wonderful stuff.</span></font>
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Enjoy freaky illusion rooms and a difficult maze in a place where
even the toilets are a lesson in perspective.</span></font>
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<b>10. Moosefest, Roslyn, Washington, USA</b></span></font>
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Picturesque Roslyn, Washington, has staged its share of quirky
celebrations -- years past saw the Manly Man Festival and the Wing
Ding Parade -- but it's most famous as the onetime set of the TV show
Northern Exposure. Every summer, devoted fans of the 1990s show
arrive at Moosefest to pay homage to Roslyn.</span></font>
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