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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Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Gassy Jack' Statue

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

jbartlett2000

Added by jbartlett2000

Vancouver, British Columbia

Granville Island Hat Shop

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

Added by Jackfm

Vancouver, British Columbia

Japadog

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Vancouver, British Columbia

Digital Orca

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

SamM

Dublin, Ireland

Freemasons' Hall

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

noeldonnellon

Added by noeldonnellon

County Donegal, Ireland

Grianán of Aileach

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

coylev

Added by coylev

Dublin, Ireland

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

River Farset

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

Added by peadarheaney

Belfast, Northern Ireland

SS Nomadic

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

randomshadow

Added by randomshadow

Bogotá, Colombia

Monserrate Sanctuary

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Bogotá, Colombia

Museo del Oro

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Canmore, Alberta

Big Head Sculpture

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

rybuszka

Added by rybuszka

Calgary, Alberta

Calgary's Utility Box Art

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

Added by Leanne Louie

Calgary, Alberta

Peace Bridge

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

Added by Leanne Louie

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971'

This enormous photomural pays homage to Vancouver's infamous history of public activism.

tarajso

Added by tarajso

Vancouver, British Columbia

Woodward's Spiral Staircase to Nowhere

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

jengphoto

Added by jengphoto

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

canuck

Added by canuck

Los Angeles, California

Jim Morrison Mural

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Laguna Beach, California

Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

benihoopla

Added by benihoopla

Vancouver, British Columbia

'Giants' on Granville Island Silos

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Vancouver, British Columbia

Point Grey Battery Ruins

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

asherkaye

Added by asherkaye

San Juan Capistrano, California

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Oldest building in California still in use.

Added by nitikp

Jasper, Alberta

Athabasca Glacier

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Added by armstrongjason