etiennebara's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

etiennebara

Just another person trying to explore the World.

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Places visited in Longyearbyen, Norway

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Places edited in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

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Places visited in Inari, Finland

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Gwangju-si, South Korea

Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Shannon Ohaire

Added by Shannon Ohaire

Capalbio, Italy

Il Giardino dei Tarocchi

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

Added by Bswanson

Wentworth Point, Australia

SS Ayrfield

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

Luke Cata

Added by Luke Cata

Lake Hillier

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Josh

New York, New York

Alice in Wonderland Statue

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

finzach135

Added by finzach135

New York, New York

Gimbel's Bridge

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

New York, New York

Pier 54: The Titanic's Arrival Destination

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Josh

New York, New York

Mmuseumm

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Pyongyang, North Korea

Mansu Hill Grand Monument

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

North Pyongan Province, North Korea

North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall

A bizarre collection of gifts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from the despots of the world.

Dylan

Pyongyang, North Korea

Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Pyongyang, North Korea

Juche Tower

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

emmastargirl

Added by emmastargirl

Guiyu

China's biggest e-waste village.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Zhangjiajie, China

Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Haohan Qiao — "Brave Men's Bridge"

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

China Watermelon Museum

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

kendraschaefer

Added by kendraschaefer

Changsha, China

Giant Head of Mao Zedong

The world's largest statue of Mao Zedong looks out over the city where he discovered Communism.

Josh

Xianyang, China

Chinese Pyramids of Xian

Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.

serflac

Added by serflac

Sidu River Bridge

This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Reed Flute Cave

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.

Added by jloasby

Shanghai, China

Flask and the Press

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

Xilin Gol, China

Erlian Kissing Dinosaurs

The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.

Dampo

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.