Welcome to the Rabbit's Den

Posts tagged can we go here?

14,011 notes

clarabolina: The Alnwick Poison GardenAlnwick Castle, Northumberland, EnglandThe Alnwick Poison Garden boasts some of the world’s most dangerous plants, hence the name. Behind big black gates, the carefully curated garden contains about 100 varieties illegal narcotics including poppies, which are used to make opium, the poisonous Atropa belladonna (also known as deadly nightshade), Strychnos nux-vomica (used to make strychnine), Coca (from which cocaine is produced), hemlock (used to kill Socrates), cannabis and more.The current Duchess of Northumberland decided to revamp the gardens when she became mistress of Alnwick Castle. The project began around 2000, but she did not begin the Poison Garden until five years later. Inspired by the garden near Padua, Italy which was once used by the Medici’s to find better ways to kill their enemies, the Duchess decided to build a garden that was filled with narcotic, poisonous and deadly plants. The initial design included some medicinal plants, but she had them removed to maintain the concept of the Poison Garden.

clarabolina:

The Alnwick Poison Garden
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England

The Alnwick Poison Garden boasts some of the world’s most dangerous plants, hence the name. Behind big black gates, the carefully curated garden contains about 100 varieties illegal narcotics including poppies, which are used to make opium, the poisonous Atropa belladonna (also known as deadly nightshade), Strychnos nux-vomica (used to make strychnine), Coca (from which cocaine is produced), hemlock (used to kill Socrates), cannabis and more.

The current Duchess of Northumberland decided to revamp the gardens when she became mistress of Alnwick Castle. The project began around 2000, but she did not begin the Poison Garden until five years later. Inspired by the garden near Padua, Italy which was once used by the Medici’s to find better ways to kill their enemies, the Duchess decided to build a garden that was filled with narcotic, poisonous and deadly plants. The initial design included some medicinal plants, but she had them removed to maintain the concept of the Poison Garden.

(via thegreenwolf)

Filed under can we go here?

35,135 notes

coochiesnorcher:

fondlyregardcreation:

plastic-knives-and-forks:

stillbeatsurname:

Centralia (Pennsylvania)

mine fire burning beneath the borough since 1962

This place literally inspired Silent Hill you guys

oh shit this place

this place is literally burning from the inside out

there’s this mine underneath the town that they used as a landfill and years ago it caught on fire

they had to evacuate the whole god damn place because the street was caving in and shit and smoke was spilling out

the fire hasn’t stopped since then and it’s predicted that it will burn for the next 150 years

this place not only inspired silent hill but it’s like literal hell on earth

Oh man. I want to go here.

(via )

Filed under can we go here?

35,135 notes

rifa:

that-trans-guy:

fondlyregardcreation:

stillbeatsurname:

Centralia (Pennsylvania)

mine fire burning beneath the borough since 1962

oh shit this place

this place is literally burning from the inside out

there’s this mine underneath the town that they used as a landfill and years ago it caught on fire

they had to evacuate the whole god damn place because the street was caving in and shit and smoke was spilling out

the fire hasn’t stopped since then and it’s predicted that it will burn for the next 150 years

this place not only inspired silent hill but it’s like literal hell on earth

Want to know something even creeper? The only thing still standing in that place is the church. 

this has been on my list of places to visit for years

(via iimpavid)

Filed under can we go here?