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Hopla

Born in Prague, where I lived for 50 years, now in a small town for more peace :-). I love to travel, especially to little-known places, I like photography and climbing hills.

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Places visited in Toluca, Mexico

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Places visited in Gjirokaster, Albania

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Places visited in Tokamachi, Japan

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Places visited in Mġarr, Malta

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Places edited in Aguascalientes, Mexico

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Casar de Cáceres, Spain

Museo del Queso

A cheese discovery made by shepherds became the pride of a region.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Mechelen, Belgium

St. Rumbold's Cathedral

The tallest church in Mechelen might have been the tallest in the world if not for a lack of funds.

Added by blimpcaptain

Plombières, Belgium

Gare De Montzen

Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

themultiverse

Added by themultiverse

Beveren, Belgium

The Doomed City of Doel

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

Laetitia Petruzzella

Added by Laetitia Petruzzella

Miskolc, Hungary

Miskolctapolca Cave Bath

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

NicholasManila

Added by NicholasManila

Oroszlány, Hungary

Bokod Floating Houses

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Abandoned Marx Generator

A dormant lightning machine equal to all the power in Russia.

Allison

Added by Allison

Yekaterinburg, Russia

Psychedelic Salt Mines

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

Added by claude chappe

Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

Added by ekoptev

São Miguel, Portugal

Solar Branco Gin Library

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

alibullock

Added by alibullock

Mina de São Domingos (Sao Domingos Mines)

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

Gradius

Added by Gradius

Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico

Virgen Monumental de Xicotepec

This enormous statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe has become one of the world's most recent Catholic pilgrimage sites.

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko

Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Mundo Fútbol

What better place to learn about the beautiful game than an actual soccer ball-shaped building?

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko

Via Mala

A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Ai-Petri Bridges

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

SamM

Angahuan, Mexico

Viejo San Juan Parangaricutiro

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

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Tonalá, Mexico

Jorge Wilmot National Museum of Ceramics

A tribute to the region's rich history of pottery art.

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko

Guadalajara, Mexico

Casa José Guadalupe Zuno Door

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

Mario Yair TS

Added by Mario Yair TS

Guadalajara, Mexico

'Sincretismo'

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Vincent City

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Aguascalientes, Mexico

Castillo Ortega-Douglas

In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.

linkogecko

Added by linkogecko