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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Roslin, Scotland

Rosslyn Chapel

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Makarau, New Zealand

Gibbs Farm

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

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Added by lewblank

Ehlanzeni, South Africa

Adam's Calendar

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

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Added by lewblank

Washington, D.C.

Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Vega

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

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Added by seh256

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

The 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

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Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

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Added by seh256

London, England

Bunhill Fields

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

London, England

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

London, England

Michael Faraday Memorial

Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Fredericksburg, Texas

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Austin State School Farm Colony

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

Andie

Congleton, England

Little Moreton Hall

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Added by Brittmark

Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Dylan

Blackpool, England

High Tide Organ

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

Allison

Added by Allison

Holywell, Wales

Winifred's Well

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

Added by thescousewife

The Giant's Grave

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

johnreppion

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Zuccari Palace

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Added by pboduch

Tattershall, England

Grave of Tom Thumb

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

kelvin1084

Added by kelvin1084

Diquís Spheres

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Josh

Berchtesgaden, Germany

The Eagle's Nest

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Art Nouveau in Riga

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

stanestane

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Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng

Grünwald, Germany

Bavaria Filmstadt

This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser