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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Kotor, Montenegro

Fortifications of Kotor

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

leiris

Added by leiris

Predjama, Slovenia

Predjama Castle

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Dampo

Matavun, Slovenia

Skocjan Caves

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

Added by jloasby

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Cyanometer

Martin Bricelj Baraga's monolithic sculpture measures the blueness of the sky, and changes color to match it.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Bled Island and Castle

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

AllisonEng

Added by AllisonEng

Tasiilaq, Greenland

Kulusuk

Small Island off the coast of Greenland.

Summit Camp

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Thule, Greenland

Infrasound Station IS18

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

Dylan

Camp Century (Project Iceworm)

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

Dylan

Improvement District No. 24, Alberta

Wood Buffalo National Park

The world's largest dark sky preserve is a Canadian park established to preserve the country's last wood bison.

canuck

Added by canuck

Improvement District No. 9, Alberta

Lake Minnewanka Underwater Ghost Town

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Thrihnukagigur Volcano

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

canuck

Added by canuck

Sorrento, Italy

Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Luke Cata

Added by Luke Cata

Belpasso, Italy

Mount Etna

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Allison

Added by Allison

County Down, Northern Ireland

Slieve Donard

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Mogale, South Africa

Cradle of Humankind

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

barnumbrownie

Added by barnumbrownie

Rapa Nui, Chile

"El Gigante" and the Moai of Rapa Nui

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Added by LongNow

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Dylan

Pramarzo, Italy

Temple of Damanhur

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

atimian

Added by atimian

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Added by LongNow

Podgarić, Croatia

Podgaric Monument

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

serflac

Added by serflac

Paro Taktsang

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Added by LongNow

Puerto Inca, Peru

The Boiling River of the Amazon

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Lauren J Young

Added by Lauren J Young