World's Strangest Prisons

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World's Strangest Prisons

Cascades Female Factory, Tasmania, Australia

Sure, Australia was essentially one big jail cell in the 19th century, but this prison in Tasmania’s capital city, Hobart, was one of the few for females only. In operation from 1828 to 1856, it was home to more than 5,000 female convicts and their children, many of whom died from poor hygiene, inadequate nutrition, and back-breaking work. What You’ll See: Check out the matron’s cottage (the only original building still standing) and the memorial gardens, modeled after formal European gardens that Cascades’ inmates might once have enjoyed in a previous life.

The Most Unusual And Strangest Banknotes

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The Most Unusual And Strangest Banknotes

Banknotes of the concentration camp (Czech Republic)

These notes Nazis created for walking in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, which was located in the former garrison town of Terezin in the Czech Republic, on the banks of the river Eger. This camp the Nazis considered "exemplary illustrative" - it demonstrated to the Red Cross and other international organizations as an example of good treatment of the Jews. There have acted synagogue, lecture halls, produced magazines, shows and exhibitions were held. These notes 10 and 20 crowns printed on plain paper, have become part of the Red Cross arranged for showing off, had no real value and never used.

World's Strangest Natural Wonders

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World's Strangest Natural Wonders

Spotted Lake, British Columbia

It looks almost as if you could play Twister on Spotted Lake near Osoyoos, less than a mile from the Washington State border. Each summer, most of the water in this mineral-rich lake evaporates, leaving behind large concentrations of salt, titanium, calcium, sulfates, and other minerals that form a polka-dot pattern in shades of green, yellow, and brown circles of varying size. The lake is a sacred site to the First Nations of the Okanagan Valley, and the land on which it sits is private property owned by the Indian Affairs Department. You won’t actually be able to get up close to the lake, but you can get a good look from the nearby road.