dtheodora's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

dtheodora

I find joy in the curious, obscure, and streets steeped in history. When travelling I seek out museums, galleries, bizarre places, charming walks, and beautiful landscapes.

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St. Brigid's Well

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

London, England

Handel & Hendrix in London

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Amy Bonaduce

Added by Amy Bonaduce

Tullamore, Ireland

Lough Boora Discovery Park

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

Emily Toner

Added by Emily Toner

London, England

Victoria & Albert Museum Dining Rooms

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Rohini Chaki

Added by Rohini Chaki

Richmond, Virginia

Agecroft Hall and Gardens

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Added by rvacryptid

Waiānuenue (Rainbow Falls)

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Melissa Marshall

Added by Melissa Marshall

London, England

'The Ambassadors'

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

London, England

Charing Cross Mural

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Carrières de Lumières

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

agiel

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

Saint-Paul de Mausole

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

Arles Amphitheatre

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

annambouma

Added by annambouma

Maison Carrée Reconstructed Inscription

The lost Latin words were reconstructed using the holes from the nails that once pinned them in place.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Vers-Pont-du-Gard, France

Pont du Gard

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

philoursmars

Added by philoursmars

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

linazeldovich

Added by linazeldovich

Gap of Dunloe

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

Ea Rayos

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Connemara, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Added by amelianotthepilot

King Puck

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Inisheer, Ireland

MV Plassy

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Charlie Chaplin's Vacation Statue

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

Added by wenmia

Fahan Beehive Huts

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Added by bcbubba12

Valletta, Malta

St. John’s Co-Cathedral Skeleton Tombstones

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Winslow, Arizona

Standin' On the Corner Park

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Added by thescousewife

The Dry Stone Walls of the Aran Islands

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Holbrook, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng