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  2. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  3. Wikipedia : Unusual articles/Places and infrastructure

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    The tenth-largest pyramid in the world, located in Memphis, Tennessee, and home to a Bass Pro Shops megastore. Michigan left: Directions are more complicated in Michigan. Mickey pylon: A powerline pylon with a shape reminiscent of a certain fictional rodent. Mill Ends Park: The smallest park in the world – 452 in 2 (0.292 m 2) – in Portland ...

  4. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    Center of the World: A place in Ohio that is actually about 41 degrees north and 81 degrees west of the center of the world. These people need to look at a map. Chad: This country is populated and ruled by sigma males. Charm: A charming Amish community in Ohio where an influx of visitors is an unfortunate intrusion. Chateaugay: A town in New York.

  5. List of reportedly haunted locations - Wikipedia

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    It was integrated into Zvíkov castle hundreds of years later. Strange events occur here frequently, including weird photos, technical problems, unpredictable behaviour of animals, spontaneous extinguishing of fires, electromagnetic anomalies, and the presence of ghosts. In Czech media it's a popular subject of investigation.

  6. The 10 most bizarre golf courses in the world

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    Demilitarized driving. Camp Bonifas Golf Course, South Korea. Described by Sports Illustrated in 1988 as “the most dangerous golf course in the world,” the course at Camp Bonifas – situated ...

  7. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of gravity hills and magnetic hills around the world. A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and ...

  8. The most unique street names in the world - AOL

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    Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.

  9. List of ghost towns by country - Wikipedia

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    Vijayanagara was possibly the second-largest city in the world in 1500, with around 500,000 inhabitants. [26] It was captured and destroyed by Muslim armies in 1565, and has been abandoned ever since. Hampi is a World Heritage Site within this town. Lakhpat was once a bustling port town at the mouth of Kori creek of Kutch.