relizh's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

relizh

Wanderer, storyteller, & daydreamer who occasionally gets out to see the world.

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Dolat Abad Windcatcher

Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Yazd Atash Behram

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.

Aksel

Kharānaq

The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Yakhchāls

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Mistley, England

Old Knobbley

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

AdOYo

Nottingham, England

The Caves of Nottingham

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Waterbury, Connecticut

Abandoned Fairy Village

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

Seattle, Washington

Georgetown Castle

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Alice Cowens

Added by Alice Cowens

Kensington, Maryland

Pauli Bellet Foundation

One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.

markswartz123

Added by markswartz123

Silver Spring, Maryland

National Capital Trolley Museum

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

WhiskeyBristles

Added by WhiskeyBristles

Silver Spring, Maryland

Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Added by Ashawnta

Arian Baptistry

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Pleasure Beach

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

Added by pumaliontiger

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Remington Shot Tower

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Bridgeport, Connecticut

P.T. Barnum Museum

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

JWOcker

Added by JWOcker

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bloodroot Feminist Vegetarian Restaurant

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands

Plompe Toren

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

annikaaa

Added by annikaaa

Dinant, Belgium

The Charles de Gaulle Saxophone Bridge

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

Gavin

The Stravinsky Fountain

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Added by kelseyv64

Vevey, Switzerland

La Fourchette (The Fork)

At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Currarong, Australia

Mermaid Inlet Cliffs

These sea cliffs are an epic natural wonder.

Added by noneil777

Brooklyn, New York

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Andres Schiffino

Added by Andres Schiffino

Mermaid of Warsaw

The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab