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Nature - The best artist, but sometimes it interferes with the idea man,
 and because such an alliance appear surprising places. We offer you a 
selection of the most unusual parks in the world.<b> </b></div>
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<b>Park Buddhas - Laos</b></div>
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The park was started in 1958 by Luang Pu (Venerable Grandfather) Bunleua
 Sulilat. Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat was a priest-shaman who integrated 
Hinduism and Buddhism. His unique perspective was influenced by a Hindu 
rishi under whom he studied in Vietnam. After the revolution in 1975, 
anxious about the repercussions of the rule of Pathet Lao, he fled from 
Laos to Thailand where he built another sculpture park, Sala Keoku in 
Nong Khai. Both parks are located right next to the Thai-Lao border 
(Mekong river), only a few kilometers apart from each other, and the 
tallest structures of the Buddha Park can actually be seen from the Thai
 side of Mekong.<br />
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The statues are made of reinforced concrete and are ornate, and 
sometimes bizarre, in design. The statues appear to be centuries old, 
though they are not. There are sculptures of humans, gods, animals, and 
demons. There are numerous sculptures of Buddha, characters of Buddhist 
beliefs like Avalokitesvara, and characters of Hindu lore, including 
Shiva, Vishnu, and Arjuna. These sculptures were presumably cast by 
unskilled workers under the supervision of Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat. One
 notable sculpture resembles a giant pumpkin. It has three stories 
representing three levels - Hell, Earth and Heaven. Visitors can enter 
through an opening which is a mouth of a 3-metre-tall demon head (9.8 
ft) and climb staircases from hell to heaven. Each story contains 
sculptures depicting the level. At the top, there is a vantage point 
where the entire park is visible. Another sculpture, an enormous 
120-metre-long (390 ft) reclining Buddha, is also a park attraction.</div>
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<b>Green Lake - Austria</b></div>
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Grüner See (Green Lake) is a lake in Styria, Austria near the town of 
Tragöß. The lake is surrounded by the Hochschwab mountains and forests. 
The name "Green Lake" originated because of its emerald-green water. The
 clean and clear water comes from the snowmelt from the karst mountains 
and has a temperature of 6–7 °C (43–45 °F). During the winter, the lake 
is only 1–2 m deep and the surrounding area is used as a county park. 
However, during the spring, when the temperature rises and the snow 
melts, the basin of land below the mountains fills with water. The lake 
reaches its maximum depth of around 12 m from mid-May to June and is 
claimed to look the most beautiful at this time. In July, the water 
begins to recede.<br />
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The lake supports a variety of fauna such as snails, water fleas 
(Daphnia pulex), small crabs, fly larvae, and different species of trout
 (Salmo). The flora is not abundant because of the rocky bottom of the 
lake. Furthermore, the lake’s depth is variable since its inflow comes 
from snowmelt. <br />
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The lake is popular among divers who can observe the green meadows in 
the edge zone of the lake particularly in June when the water is at its 
highest. A bridge and a bench can also be found underwater.</div>
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<b>Park Sinners - Thailand</b></div>
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90 minutes outside of Bangkok sits the Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, one of 
several "hell gardens" that can be found throughout Thailand. At this 
tourist destination, you can pack a picnic and ramble around the 
charming sculpture garden, which depicts sinners being eviscerated 
wholesale in the Buddhist underworld.<br />
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After all, nothing says "sunny weekend stroll" quite like statues of 
demons disemboweling the damned, arsonists transforming into snakes, and
 dogs eating a lost soul's giant testicles. Also, if you've ever used 
birth control, there's apparently a giant bloody vise waiting in the 
afterlife. (I'm not sure if dental dams qualify one for an eternity of 
squeezing.) Notes Fortean Times of this charming point of interest:<br />
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Around the giant sinners stand a further 21 life-size sinners, whose 
heads have been turned into various animals according to their misdeeds.
 Thieves are transformed into monkeys; the dishonest into toads; the 
corrupt into pigs Although often gruesome, Thailand's hell gardens are 
popular weekend destinations for family days out. As well as an 
entertaining way of teaching strict morality, they also encourage 
donations as a form of merit-making to support the monks and the 
monasteries.<br />
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One of io9's friends in Thailand further elaborated on the park's 
family-friendly angle - "It's fun seeing little Thai kids running around
 statues of people being eaten alive, having their guts torn out, etc. 
My five-year-old cousin loves the amusement park, but is terrified of 
Ronald McDonald." So yes, if Faces of Death ever went in cahoots with 
Six Flags, the result might just look like this.</div>
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<b>Park Space Reflection - Scotland</b></div>
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Space View Park is located less than 15 miles directly across from the 
launch pads. The Park is the first and only walk in the nation that 
honors America's astronauts as well as the men and women behind the 
scenes who helped America lead the world in space exploration. Located 5
 miles North from HWY 50 off of US1 on Broad Street on HWY 406 (Garden 
Street) off of Indian River Avenue.</div>
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<b>Creation Museum - USA</b></div>
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The Creation Museum is a tourist attraction near Petersburg, Kentucky 
which presents a mythical account of the origins of the universe, life, 
and humankind, portraying a 'creationist' narrative based upon a 
literalist interpretation of the Book of Genesis, rather than scientific
 knowledge. The Creation Museum opened its doors to the public on May 
28, 2007.<br />
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The Creation Museum has been criticized as promoting "fallacy over fact"
 and attempting to advance the tenets of a particular religious view 
while rejecting, overlooking and misconstruing authentic science. The 
museum has received criticism from the scientific community, educators, 
Christian groups acquainted with the scientific method, and in the 
press.<br />
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Its exhibits reject universal common descent and biological evolution, 
and assert that the Earth and all of its life forms were created 6,000 
years ago over a six-day period. In contrast to the scientific 
consensus, exhibits promote creationist claims including the proposition
 that humans and dinosaurs once coexisted, and that dinosaurs were on 
Noah's Ark. Scientific evidence supports the conclusions that the earth 
is approximately 4.5 billion years old, and that the dinosaurs became 
extinct 65.5 million years before human beings arose.</div>
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<b>Keukenhof Gardens - Netherlands</b></div>
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Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world's largest 
flower garden[citation needed]. It is situated near Lisse, Netherlands. 
According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 
7,000,000 (seven million) flower bulbs are planted annually in the park,
 which covers an area of 32 hectares.<br />
Keukenhof is located in South Holland in the small town of Lisse, south 
of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the 
train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area
 called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (Duin- en Bollenstreek).Keukenhof is 
open annually from mid-March to mid-May. The best time to view the 
tulips is around mid-April, depending on the weather.</div>
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<b>Francisco Alvarado Park - Costa Rica</b></div>
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The park sits in front of the church at the town center. It is noted for
 its topiary garden produced and maintained by Evangelisto Blanco since 
the 1960s. Shrubs in the park have been trimmed into the shapes of 
various animals, including some that are quite abstract and bizarre.<br />
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Iglesia de San Rafael: Zarcero's pink and blue church was constructed in
 1895. The interior features very nice paintings of the stations of the 
cross. Materials for the construction of the church are not what they 
seem. Columns are painted to look like marble, and the exterior is metal
 siding, not brick as it appears.</div>
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<b>Jurong Bird Park - Singapore</b></div>
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Jurong Bird Park, is a tourist attraction in Singapore managed by 
Wildlife Reserves Singapore. It is a landscaped park, built on the 
western slope of Jurong Hill. It is located within the Boon Lay Planning
 Area of the Jurong district and has an area of 202,000 square metres 
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<b>Kingdom of dwarfs - China</b></div>
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The Kingdom of the Little People is a theme park located near Kunming, 
Yunnan that features comic performances by people with dwarfism. 
Supporters of the park claim that it provides employment to people who 
would otherwise be unable to find work, but it has been criticized for 
treating dwarfism as a humorous condition.</div>
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<b>Chess Park - Japan</b></div>
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The garden was erected to celebrate the sister city relationship between
 Sydney and Nagoya in Japan. Some of the interesting features in the 
garden include a set of magnificent stone lanterns presented to City of 
Sydney by Nagoya. It also incorporates various plants in the garden 
which have cultural significance to Japanese people. For example, pine 
tree symbolise long life, a plum tree represents gracefulness and bamboo
 is a sign of vitality.</div>
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World 10 Most Unusual Parks

Nature - The best artist, but sometimes it interferes with the idea man, and because such an alliance appear surprising places. We offer...