good one, thegiantsnail!

Even better is the bacon chocolate bar:
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2007/12/biagio-bacon-fo.html

How about the smell of frying onions? The smell of a shoe-repair shop? I agree with the other commenters about the smell of hardware shops. Or the scent of jet fuel, as described so poetically by Jerry Haines on World Hum:
http://www.worldhum.com/speakers_corner/item/fueling_desire_20060819/

This is one of my very favorite things at the Smithsonian (at the Museum of American Art) and photos do NOT do it justice-- you gotta see it in person.

Outstanding! There are some pretty memorable street photos among the winners of the recent National Geographic photography contest too:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/people.html

Check out Adolf Hitler's Facebook page on Banterist:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000530.html

These remind me of the Playmobil re-enactments over at Banterist:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/cat_playmobil.html

Ah, and those were the days of Jacobus, video blogger of the 14th century!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlx1fFAgLJs&mode=related&search

"Chatty seat neighbors are a bane to the traveler who likes to be left alone. What to do? Look no further than the Inflatable Travel Pillow. If your neighbor seems like the talkative type, simply take out your ITP and start blowing. During the 30-45 minutes it takes to inflate, you'll be unable to carry a conversation. When you're done, simply flop forward and enjoy a restful sleep on this classy vinyl colossus."
--Sky Mall: For the Shameless Traveler

See more funny reviews of Sky Mall products on Banterist:
http://www.banterist.com/archivefiles/000340.html

I found out the hard way that the @ symbol is called different things in different countries. Snail, elephant's trunk, monkey, strudel, and more foreign names here: http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2006/11/where_its.html

I love this site! Thanks for reminding me. Some of the word choices are really funny.

I've heard about this salt mine but never sawaphotos-- thanks!

Have you seen this hotel made of salt in Bolivia?
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/one-or-two-nights-in-sodium-hotel.html

I love these guys! Did you see their Beggars Banquet for street kids in Hanoi? Awesome.

here's some cool junk you don't need, but it's free, at least if you work in a car factory: http://geekbuffet.wordpress.com/2007/07/31/pretty-pretty-fordite/

If you think that's awkward, you should see the Stick Figures in Peril group on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/stickfiguresinperil/pool/