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Cool Things In Random Places

topsurf rated 8 months agoFeatured Review
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