louisarigali's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

louisarigali

2016
joined atlas
obscura

country
I've visited

places
I've been

places
I want to go

place
published

foods
I want to try

Leaderboard Highlights

louisarigali's activity rankings

1^st

Places edited in Volterra, Italy

4^th

Places added to Cambridge, Massachusetts

Loading map...

New Portland, Maine

Wire Bridge

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

Added by dzavotsky

The First Amendment Museum

Located in the historic home of a newspaper publisher, this museum is dedicated to the Freedom of Speech.

Added by GuyGannettsGhost

Manchester, Maine

Devil’s Footprint

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Bartlettyarns Mill

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

South Solon Meeting House

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

Added by colleencourtney c93b920e

Thorndike, Maine

Bryant Stove and Music

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

Callmenemoplease

Added by Callmenemoplease

Charcuterie

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Fairfield, Maine

L.C. Bates Museum

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

Added by Mainebagpipes

Altivole, Italy

Brion Tomb

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

qubex

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Tomb of Antonio Canova

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

matthiasheinrich

Added by matthiasheinrich

Ponte delle Tette

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Giant Hands of Venice’s Grand Canal

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Lazzaretto Nuovo

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Isola di San Michele

Venice's island of the dead.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

'Dragon Bones' of Santa Maria e San Donato

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano

Tipoteca

This Italian museum is a one-of-a-kind celebration of printing and type.

diegotonini

Added by diegotonini

The Mad Colored Houses of Burano

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Added by laurajok

Torcello Bell Tower

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

Added by mpwestfall

Torcello

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

Added by mgtd1953

Attila's Throne

An island on the Venetian Lagoon hosts this stone chair that has nothing to do with the King of the Huns.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy

Ai Pioppi Playground

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Added by viliusdidit

Cemetery of the Burci

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

diegotonini

Added by diegotonini

Fontana delle Tette

Centuries ago, red and white wine poured from the statue's breasts whenever a new Venetian ruler was elected.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi