chrissymons358's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

chrissymons358

Big fan of islands and multi-day hike and bike adventures. Wine, cheese, and honey are the holy trinity, and I believe you haven't truly experienced a place until you've had their signature soup. Favorite world destinations: Sintra, Portugal Monterey, CA Santa Fe, NM Vinales, Cuba Lake Biwa, Japan Prefer small towns to larger cities. Closet steampunk enthusiast. Most of my role models are fictional.

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Florence, Italy

Stibbert Museum

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Luke Cata

Added by Luke Cata

Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."

rachellyon

Added by rachellyon

Biblioteca Malatestiana

A gorgeous medieval library where the books are kept in chains.

Allison

Added by Allison

Old Bussana (Bussana Vecchia)

An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

Eric Millman

Added by Eric Millman

Pomposa Abbey

The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Santa Maria dello Spasimo

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano

Ischia di Castro, Italy

Eremo di Poggio Conte (Poggio Conte Hermitage)

A dreamlike medieval church dug into the tuff rock, with unusual carvings and possible traces of the Templar knights.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Soriano nel Cimino, Italy

Santa Cecilia Necropolis

A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Montecassino Abbey

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Bollengo, Italy

Ciucarun

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

La Specola Observatory

This old medieval prison tower has been a site of astronomical research for more than 250 years.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Museum of Vampires

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Added by IanWhalen

Minerve, France

Minerve, France

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Added by Facebook1535854831

The Old Mill of Vernon

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

The Rue Obscure

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

Machecoul, France

Château de Machecoul

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

Added by Abidougou

Seattle, Washington

Freeway Park

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

steedjb

Added by steedjb

Seattle, Washington

Blue Moon Tavern

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Added by crackdogx

Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Boston, Massachusetts

Ruins of Schoolmaster Hill

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Added by katesoeser

Boston, Massachusetts

Franklin Park's Overlook Shelter Ruins

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Added by katesoeser

Boston, Massachusetts

Empire Garden Restaurant

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Boston, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

nbj914

Added by nbj914