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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Reykjavik, Iceland

Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Added by Ethan Nicholls

Tlalpujahua, Mexico

Carmen Tower

This lonely tower survived the landslide that devastated much of a Mexican mining town.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Yosemite National Park, California

Horsetail Fall's Firefall

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Dylan

Badab-e Surt

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Added by mbison

Calhan, Colorado

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

larkspurtile

Added by larkspurtile

Aguascalientes, Mexico

National Museum of Death

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

Added by eolmosc

Second Mesa, Arizona

Awat'ovi Ruins

More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.

Edward Denny

Added by Edward Denny

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tippu Tip's House

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Wall of Great Tajik Writers

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Ishkoshim, Tajikistan

Yamchun Fort

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Amber Fort

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Anaconda, Montana

Washoe Theater

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

PassionsandPlaces

Added by PassionsandPlaces

Discoteca Ayala

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

Meg

Undersea Brine Lake

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Chicxulub, Mexico

Chicxulub Crater

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Pomuch Cemetery

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

San Lorenzo Aké

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Abang, Indonesia

Pura Lempuyang Luhur

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

siewch

Added by siewch

Oklo Reactor

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

Bartlett, Illinois

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Chicago

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Added by michele

Denver, Colorado

Denver Zine Library

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Added by Ashawnta

Commerce City, Colorado

National Wildlife Property Repository

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Istanbul, Turkey

Tombili

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe