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quiubosimone

Artist / Writer / Teacher. Will rapidly and alarmingly pull over for cool plants, colourful rocks, cemeteries, and megaliths.

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Panguitch, Utah

Butch Cassidy's Childhood Home

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Hodovytsya, Ukraine

All Saints Church

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

wordsbymaria

Added by wordsbymaria

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Botafumeiro

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

IJVin

Galway, Ireland

Abandoned Menlo Castle

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

phawk54

Added by phawk54

Falkland Islands

Bertha's Beach

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

Kraft Kreator

Added by Kraft Kreator

Il-Maqluba Sinkhole

This 50-foot-deep sinkhole created in the 14th century is home to rare plants and fungi.

orion7be

Added by orion7be

Crawick, Scotland

Crawick Multiverse

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

ssm67alba

Added by ssm67alba

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tiny Hidden Houses on Westerstraat

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

Poupee Mecanique

Added by Poupee Mecanique

Utsunomiya, Japan

The Venus of Gyoza

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

Added by mmmyoso

Turangi, New Zealand

Creel Tackle House & Cafe

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Clark County, Nevada

Gold Butte National Monument

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Nikki Vargas

Added by Nikki Vargas

Nativitas, Mexico

Murals of Cacaxtla

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Mexico City, Mexico

Xoloitzcuintles of the Dolores Olmedo Museum

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Acquapendente, Italy

Bosco del Sasseto

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Big Almaty Lake

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

megancstarr

Added by megancstarr

Uley Long Barrow

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

Added by bigwilko

Seattle, Washington

Beacon Food Forest

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Marrakesh, Morocco

Saadian Tombs

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

The Lady of Elche

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Tamajón, Spain

Enchanted City of Tamajón

Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.

Luis Morato

Added by Luis Morato

Henderson, Nevada

Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Britta Shoot

Added by Britta Shoot

La Danta

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

Added by astilpe

Goseck, Germany

Goseck Circle

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Cuzamá Cenotes

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano