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> 特に見物するほど珍しい物もない
>
> 自分の匂いの染み付いていない巣穴ほど落ち着かない物はない。

I didn't think too much of the first line but it did feel a bit awkward to
read, but when i saw this structure later on i got a bit confused.

> There wasn't anything particularly special to go sight-seeing for.
>
> One can't settle down until one gets used to their (new) place (aka after
> one's smell is ingrained into it).

This is the only way that this sentence could make sense, but i feels like
it's saying the opposite. [One can't settle down until one gets used to their
(new) place ] <-- not this?
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particle-ほど
Use of ～ほど～物(は/も)ない
`Aほど(に) + B(な) + Cは/も + (い)ない` is [a common
construction](https://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-
jlpt-n3-grammar-%E3%81%BB%E3%81%A9%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84-hodonai/).

If A is a noun, AほどB means "as B as A", and the sentence can be translated as
"No C is as B as A." or "There is no C that is more B than A." If A is a verb,
[AほどB](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/56248/5010) means "B (enough) to
A" or "B to the point where A happens", and the sentence is translated as "No
C is B enough to A".

>   * 彼女ほど美しい人もいない。  
>  No one is as beautiful as she is.
>   * これほど簡単な問題はない。  
>  There is no question that is easier than this one.
>

Therefore:

> 自分の匂いの染み付いていない巣穴ほど落ち着かない物はない。  
>  Nothing is as unsettling as a den without my smell ingrained into it.

落ち着かない ("unsettling") is a relative clause that modifies 物.
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