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Alphabets, Activist, & Architecture
Everything in this hotel and museum is for sale, but the stories it holds are priceless.
Not your typical b&b
Category: Impactful Patrons
Custodial Keeper of Seaside Beacons
From a custom-built lighthouse apartment to an airplane-hangar-sized workshop, the story of Ingvar Hreinsson, the man who repaired every single lighthouse in Iceland, isn’t one you’ll want to miss.
Impactful Patrons
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No Need For Sneaky Snacks
Though bringing your own food into a movie theater is typically frowned upon, owner Jerry Steel encouraged it.
In The Details
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The Lettuce Of Cabbage Key
A small island where tips are taped to the walls of the bar, and perhaps one of the most famous "Cheeseburgers in Paradise" is served.
Quality Quirks
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Saving The Rarest Floating Lighthouse
Despite the sci-fi sounding name, this lightship is a rare homage to how ships are protected in deep or onerous terrain where it is difficult to construct lighthouses.
On the Road
Celebrating A Chic Shetland Shelter
Cold and unforgiving Shetland weather inspired a young schoolboy to write the local paper to build a new bus shelter for him and his classmates, but it ended up becoming more than a bus stop.
Quality Quirks
An Airborne Laboratory
Installed in 1999, the Ballon Generali is a tethered helium balloon that also tracks air quality in the skies of Paris.
Groundbreakers