Aksel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Aksel

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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Fars Province, Iran

Graffiti at Persepolis

Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Eram Garden

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

TrevorShawnElia

Added by TrevorShawnElia

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Dolat Abad Windcatcher

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Stoumont, Belgium

Sanatorium du Basil

An early 20th-century sanatorium, long abandoned and now being reclaimed by nature.

siejoenl

Added by siejoenl

Inn Wa, Myanmar (Burma)

Inwa

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

leiris

Added by leiris

Kyaukse, Myanmar (Burma)

Werawsana Jade Pagoda

The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.

Added by alasdairmc

Myingyan, Myanmar (Burma)

Mount Popa

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug.

serflac

Added by serflac

Taunggyi, Myanmar (Burma)

Floating Gardens of Inle Lake

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Vézelay, France

La Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine

This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.

taotaoholmes

Added by taotaoholmes

London, England

The Mayflower Pub

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Added by Byrdmouse

London, England

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

Beaufort, Luxembourg

Beaufort Castles

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

SamM

Brussels, Belgium

Délirium Café

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

chelseadeptula

Added by chelseadeptula

Breezanddijk, Netherlands

Afsluitdijk

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

wanderlustingk

Added by wanderlustingk

Lelystad, Netherlands

Bataviawerf

Building Men of War and Indiamen from Holland's Golden Age.

Added by Sylvester

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brouwerij’t IJ

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

aniatbrown

Added by aniatbrown

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudemanhuispoort

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Added by stevekorver

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Dylan

The Hague, Netherlands

Madurodam

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Added by curiositynl

Leiden, Netherlands

Zweetkamertje (Sweat Room)

Graffiti covers the walls of a room where university students through the centuries have waited nervously to defend their theses.

Added by blahdotnet

Leiden, Netherlands

'Bagage'

A striking memorial to the Jews of Leiden who were murdered during World War II is scattered throughout the city.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Schouwburgplein Kinetic Lamp Posts

Four giant movable street lights decorate this modern Rotterdam square.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Paul McCarthy's Santa Claus

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab