bluceleste87's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

bluceleste87

Born in Lecco, Italia...parents moved to Phoenix, Arizona when I was 7...studied and currently living in Tucson, Arizona.

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Lake George, New York

Lake George Mystery Spot

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

bhrbagenski

Added by bhrbagenski

Leninskiy rayon, Russia

The Kamera (The Chamber)

The laboratory where the Soviet secret police invented exotic poisons used to kill dissidents in hideous and (mostly) untraceable ways.

Dylan

Forks, Washington

One Square Inch of Silence

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Witcham, England

World Pea Shooting Championship

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Ennenda, Switzerland

Anna Göldi Museum

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

kaila

Villa Caldari, Italy

Cammino di San Tommaso Fountain of Wine

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Exeter, England

Parliament Street

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Added by HannahFrances

Wilmington, Delaware

Museum of Business History and Technology

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

Added by Marcin Wichary

Ascona, Switzerland

Monte Verità

The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

Added by christianmoccia

La Cueva de las Manos (Cave of Hands)

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

tr8lina

Added by tr8lina

Ohrdruf, Germany

The Living Fence

Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.

Sarah Laskow

Added by Sarah Laskow

Flintsbach am Inn, Germany

Flintsbach Historical Cemetery

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

pieofthemonth

Added by pieofthemonth

The Rakke Compass

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

Added by marinasdokken

Blanchard, North Dakota

KVLY-TV Mast

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

The Haxey Hood

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Toberonochy, Scotland

'The Unsoiling of Rockall'

A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.

jase

Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan

Grey Owl's Cabin

Where the English trapper who faked a First Nations identity bunked with beavers.

Added by Burgess Shale

Festenburg, Austria

Festenburg Fortress

Home of controversial poet priest who penned the words for the Austrian national anthem used in the 1930s.

Added by inaleaguewithsatan

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Bank Vault

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

M.I.A.U. (Unfinished Museum of Urban Art)

The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.

Added by Daisycutter

Searchlight, Nevada

Walking Box Ranch

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

San Bernardino County, California

Mojave Phone Booth

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Added by Natsuba

Canterbury, New Hampshire

Church of the Woods

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Added by lrt228

Fantoft Stave Church

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

haniyarae

Added by haniyarae