AAlcazar's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

AAlcazar

Howdy, I'm an American from Denver, Colorado now living in Spain, exploring the path less traveled by. My profile picture is a selfie of me on the islet of Sa Dragonera, off the coast of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain where I lived.

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Museum of Human Evolution

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Cartagena, Spain

National Museum of Underwater Archeology

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Cartagena, Spain

Roman Theatre of Cartagena

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Kilometre Zero

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Added by romimaletz77

Chamberí Ghost Station

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

fernandezlago

Added by fernandezlago

Salt Lake City, Utah

The Pioneer Memorial Museum

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

K Cady

Added by K Cady

Frontón Beti-Jai

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

Added by TheSpaniard

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Valley of the Fallen

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Salt Lake City, Utah

Gilgal Sculpture Garden

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Istanbul, Turkey

Obelisk of Theodosius

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Added by kirbyf

A Coruña, Spain

Tower of Hercules

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

Added by solarconstant

Salt Lake City, Utah

This Is The Place Monument

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Istanbul, Turkey

Basilica Cisterns of Istanbul

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City Public Library

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Hanging Lake

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Added by michaelmecseri

Barcelona, Spain

Montjuïc Cemetery

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

VampyV

Added by VampyV

Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.

serflac

Added by serflac

San Miguel, Spain

Shell House - Casa de las Conchas

A small house in Tazones, completely covered in shells.

serflac

Added by serflac

Palmyra

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Added by heatherdoodle

Vienna, Austria

Boltzmann's Grave

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Kennecott Utah Copper-Bingham Canyon Mine

Largest man-made excavation on earth!