gingercinnamon's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

gingercinnamon

Full-time geeky daydreamer based in Bonn, Germany. Born and raised in southern Italy, lived in 6 countries so far. Avid reader and traveller, always trying to catch the magic in my surroundings.

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'Living Skeletons Scenes'

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

Dylan

Basingstoke, England

Preserved Victorian Wedding Cake

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

AdOYo

Treetop Tower of Rügen

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Botanical Garden

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

Espai Xavier Corberó

A surrealist labyrinth and museum of contemporary sculptures.

FelipeTrigo

Added by FelipeTrigo

Province of Matera, Italy

The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.

serflac

Added by serflac

Alianello, Italy

Alianello Ghost Town

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

Added by federicoformica

Cologne, Germany

Roman Tomb Köln-Weiden

The final resting place for a wealthy Roman family, this tomb might be the best preserved of its kind outside Italy.

Added by albertsenm

Oberhausen, Germany

Gasometer Oberhausen

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

Allison

Added by Allison

Mettlach, Germany

Höckerlinie Westwall

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

robinrocket

Added by robinrocket

Rothwell, England

Rothwell Bone Crypt

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Added by Sarah Farrow

Zittau, Germany

Zittau Narrow-Gauge Railway

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Blumberg, Germany

Sauschwänzlebahn

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

Vololona

Added by Vololona

Klosterneuburg, Austria

Gugging House of Artists

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

bboas

Giessen, Germany

Mathematikum

This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

New Orleans, Louisiana

Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Added by chrystalnause

Ercolano, Italy

Vintage Market of Pugliano

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

danielatdelorenzo

Added by danielatdelorenzo

Lahnstein, Germany

Burg Lahneck

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.

Added by mbshupin

Torre del Greco, Italy

San Michele Arcangelo Hypogeum

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.

Added by JunKasai

Dienersdorf, Austria

Gsellmann's Weltmaschine

"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.

Dylan

Grottenbahn

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Andernach, Germany

Andernach Geyser

The highest cold-water geyser in the world.

Ginter Kappl

Added by Ginter Kappl

The Sacconi Rossi Crypt

A burial vault located under Tiber Island in the middle of the Italian capital.

FelipeTrigo

Added by FelipeTrigo