educatorclaire's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

educatorclaire

Museum educator, pinball enthusiast, and lover of sea creatures. I've made a career out of teaching children the history of murdering both whales and people.

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The Iron Palace

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

Added by losthermarbles

Cartagena, Colombia

The Circo Teatro of Old Cartagena

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Barranquilla, Colombia

Shakira Monument

This 16-foot, 6-ton statue in the singer's hometown doesn't actually look like her.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Andoke Foundation

A scalable map of Colombia with the bonus of a butterfly house.

Tanja M Laden

Added by Tanja M Laden

Barranquilla, Colombia

Train Track To Nowhere

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

freebornaiden

Added by freebornaiden

Santa Marta, Colombia

Ciudad Perdida

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Meg

San Bernardo, Colombia

Mummies of San Bernardo

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

Added by pipeafcr

Villa de Leyva, Colombia

Museo El Fósil

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

quiubosimone

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Cartagena, Colombia

San Pedro Claver Museum and Cloisters

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

rickleite2002

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Salento, Colombia

Wax Palms of Cocora Valley

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

Added by pipeafcr

Guatape, Colombia

La Manuela Hacienda Ruins

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

MarEdu

Added by MarEdu

Zipaquira, Colombia

Cathedral of Salt

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the earth's surface.

Tocancipá, Colombia

Jaime Duque Park

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

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Added by lewblank

Barú, Colombia

Pablo Escobar's Abandoned Secret Island Mansion

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Puerto Triunfo, Colombia

Hacienda Nápoles

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

Dylan

Nemocón, Colombia

Nemocón Salt Mine

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Lady Kymera

Added by Lady Kymera

Villavieja, Colombia

Tatacoa Desert

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

Mariana Zapata

Added by Mariana Zapata

Guatape, Colombia

Guatapé

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

davidplotz

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Jardín, Colombia

Cave of Splendor

Enchanting cave with a river crashing through the roof.

andresvargas

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Nariño, Colombia

Las Lajas Sanctuary

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

serflac

Added by serflac

San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia

Tequendama Falls Museum

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Hannah Frishberg

Added by Hannah Frishberg

Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Caracas, Venezuela

El Monumento a la Paz

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.

Mikah

Merida, Venezuela

Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

katiebaker4

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