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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Funchal, Portugal

Madeira Botanical Garden

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Edinburgh, Scotland

Museum of Edinburgh

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Added by Rachel Gould

Ballyedmonduff, Ireland

Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

noeldonnellon

Added by noeldonnellon

Ercolano, Italy

Herculaneum

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Gabinetto Segreto

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

Added by Milo Vella

'She Lies'

This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.

Added by DenverApplehans

Atlanta, Georgia

Margaret Mitchell House

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

J Ginsberg

Added by J Ginsberg

Dunsyre, Scotland

Little Sparta

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Added by Rachel Gould

Wilkieston, Scotland

Jupiter Artland

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

Added by Rachel Gould

Disgusting Food Museum

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

Added by andreas 27b223fb

Atlanta, Georgia

Center for Puppetry Arts

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

kendallmbailey

Added by kendallmbailey

Edinburgh, Scotland

Inverleith House

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

Added by Rachel Gould

Pep's Maison

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

Nikki Vargas

Added by Nikki Vargas

Roman Amphitheater of Lecce

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

phawk54

Added by phawk54

Drogheda, Ireland

St. Oliver Plunkett's Head

The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.

Added by trigger2lips

Waterford, Ireland

Tankardstown Engine House

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

Added by mahonsurfer

Wicklow, Ireland

Kilmacurragh House

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

UrbexJunkie

Added by UrbexJunkie

Knocknakilla Stone Circle

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

Added by BikeGeek

Roscommon, Ireland

The Irish National Famine Museum

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Great Blasket Island

Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.

arteek001

Added by arteek001

Medb's Cairn

This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.

Added by LibrariNerd

Wicklow, Ireland

The Round Tower of Glendalough

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

Added by cpennen

Tullamore, Ireland

Charleville Castle

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

Allison

Added by Allison