Asia London Palomba's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Asia London Palomba

Hello! My name is Asia (yes, London is my real middle name) and I'm a journalist from Rome, Italy. I speak three languages, and love reading and writing about anything to do with history and travel. I've been lucky to visit some 30 countries, and even luckier to visit many of those countries more than once. You can follow my travels at @asialpalomba

https://asiapalomba.wordpress.com

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Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic

Los Tres Ojos

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

Added by aardvarkgod

Key West, Florida

Time for Fun

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Key West, Florida

Truman's Little White House

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Key West, Florida

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Added by CPilgrim

Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Roman Polanski's Neptune

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

atimian

Added by atimian

Valencia, Spain

Parque Gulliver

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

Added by mdschill

Berlin, Germany

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Dampo

Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki Brothel

A two thousand year old brothel uncovered in Northern Greece.

stkaratzas

Added by stkaratzas

Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

leiris

Added by leiris

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Added by Sam Teicher

Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Córdoba, Spain

Mezquita (Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba)

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

cnowell

Added by cnowell

Iglesias, Italy

Nebida Laveria

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

serflac

Added by serflac

Paulilatino, Italy

Well of Santa Cristina

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

Ubud, Indonesia

Sacred Monkey Forest (Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana)

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Sukawati, Indonesia

Goa Gajah

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Pura Goa Lawah

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Added by penelopeashe

Tambon Phai Cham Sin, Thailand

Thailand's Biggest Buddha

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Added by dhall111

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

emdrichardson

Added by emdrichardson

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

stanestane

Added by stanestane