atimian's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place
Leaderboard Highlights
atimian's activity rankings
1st
Places added to United Arab Emirates
1st
Places edited in Egypt
1st
Places added to Kosovo
2nd
Places added to Malaysia
2nd
Places edited in Ethiopia
2nd
Places added to Nepal
3rd
Places added to Austria
3rd
Places edited in Bolivia
3rd
Places added to Prague, Czechia
Staten Island, New York

Fresh Kills Landfill

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
atimian Added by atimian
Vaglia, Italy

The Colossus of Villa Demidoff

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
atimian Added by atimian
Ivrea, Italy

Battle of the Oranges

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.
atimian Added by atimian
Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Barra Airport

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
atimian Added by atimian
Mexico City, Mexico

Soumaya Museum

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
atimian Added by atimian
Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Shan

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
atimian Added by atimian
Paro, Bhutan

Paro International Airport

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.
atimian Added by atimian
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Museum of Mourning Art

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
atimian Added by atimian
Ottosdal, South Africa

Klerksdorp Spheres

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.
atimian Added by atimian
Norway

Geilo Ice Music Festival

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.
atimian Added by atimian
Windhoek, Namibia

Namibia's Space Ball

Welded sphere dropped from space.
atimian Added by atimian
Laredo, Texas

World Trade Bridge

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.
atimian Added by atimian
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Tian Tan Buddha

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
atimian Added by atimian
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Emirates National Auto Museum

The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.
atimian Added by atimian
Minsk, Belarus

National Library of Belarus

Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
atimian Added by atimian
Pristina, Kosovo

National Library of Kosovo

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
atimian Added by atimian
Namibia

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
atimian Added by atimian
Bentleyville, Ohio

Henry Church Rock

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.
atimian Added by atimian
Mampikony, Madagascar

Ambohimanga Main Gate

Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
atimian Added by atimian
Genoa, Italy

Roman Polanski's Neptune

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
atimian Added by atimian
Dorset, England

Old Harry Rocks

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
atimian Added by atimian
Diligent River, Nova Scotia

Mary Celeste Monument

Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.
atimian Added by atimian
Llívia, Spain

Esteve Pharmacy

This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.
atimian Added by atimian
Dayton, Nevada

The Republic of Molossia

The smallest country in the world.
atimian Added by atimian