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topsurf rated 8 months ago - From the page: "And Kim Jong-il would have been so proud. The Ryugyong ("Capitol of Willows") Hotel stands 105-stories tall in the dead-center of Pyongyang, the capitol of North Korea. At its inception, it was hoped to have 3.9 million square feet of floor space (and seven revolving r...
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 ChickenYumYum rated 3 months ago- Nice little journey to odd little locations
 fluffycreampuff rated 3 months ago- Cool stuff in cool places. I'm liking it. So random too.
 topsurf rated 8 months ago- From the page: "And Kim Jong-il would have been so proud. The Ryugyong ("Capitol of Willows") Hotel stands 105-stories tall in the dead-center of Pyongyang, the capitol of North Korea. At its inception, it was hoped to have 3.9 million square feet of floor space (and seven revolving restaurants), at a total cost of $750 million - 2% of the entire country's GDP. It was created as North Korea's answer to a renaissance of Asian skyscrapers.
It was never finished, and never will be. Money ran out - as did, supposedly, electricity. All that is left now is a shell, empty and uninhabitable: the quality of concrete is so poor that building probably couldn't be restarted even if they tried. But North Korea is still looking for a few hundred million dollars of foreign investment to do just that - instead of, say, fighting the country-wide famine and drought for which North Korea is far more famous."
 spudsstuff rated 10 months ago- Some amazing places
 guzer rated 6 months ago- Neat places.
 babooshka rated 8 months ago- Totally random buildings, sculptures, whatever in perfectly normal places. Very different kind of stumble
 carouselle rated 8 months ago- From the page: "Cool Things In Random Places
A little refreshing randomness from around the globe"
The title says it all. Interesting. Check it out!
 gimo49 rated 9 months ago- Nice to know!
 nomad3486 rated 8 months ago- That looks like such a cool place - it's great to know about random places like this
 siohui rated 10 months ago- I love weird stuff
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