tarajso's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

tarajso

Hi! My name is Tara, and I'm a humanitarian professional from Canada. To date, I've been to 15 countries (not counting the 3 I've transited through -- Panama, Austria and Germany, though I think I've spent enough time in the Frankfurt airport for it to count!): Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ireland, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Vatican City, Iceland, Switzerland, Bulgaria, and Greece. As well, I've visited 35 UNESCO world Heritage sites (and two that've been on the tentative list for years) Last adventure: Thessaloniki Current adventure: Bulgaria

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Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

Added by chersil

Lucrezia Borgia’s Love Letters

"The prettiest love letters in the world" ... or so said Lord Byron.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Devil's Column

The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Added by Giorgio

Bollengo, Italy

Ciucarun

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Goats of the Cingino Dam

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

Josh

Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Ceiling

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Lausanne, Switzerland

The Births of the Full Moon

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Leuk, Switzerland

Bhutanese Bridge Over the Illgraben

A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Geneva, Switzerland

Le Frigo

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

Added by Antonin S

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

Schilthorn Piz Gloria

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Added by graemelovell

Obergoms VS, Switzerland

Hotel Belvédère

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Neuheim, Switzerland

Höllgrotten Caves

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

Added by Megsandbacon

Boudry, Switzerland

Saut de Brot

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

David W

Added by David W

Hope, British Columbia

Othello Tunnels

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

SamM

Reykjavik, Iceland

Ásatrú Temple

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

FelipeTrigo

Added by FelipeTrigo

San Francisco, California

Church of 8 Wheels

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

santiholley

Added by santiholley

San Francisco, California

Hotel Vertigo

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

daneder

Added by daneder

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Bison

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

San Francisco, California

Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

mojotexas

Added by mojotexas

San Francisco, California

Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

GuttersnipeRebecca

Added by GuttersnipeRebecca

'Kindred Spirits' Sculpture

A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.

jacksonhotaling

Added by jacksonhotaling

Boyeeghter Bay

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

Added by tomod05

Inishmaan, Ireland

The Island of Inishmaan

Certain traditions prevail on the least-visited island of the Aran Islands.

caitlinschneider

Added by caitlinschneider