Notices tagged with sectionatlas

Mitchell Caverns in Essex, California

These caverns in an isolated corner of the Mojave Desert offer spectacular views inside and out.#route66 #mountains #caves #section-Atlas
Mitchell Caverns

Hôtel Cathédrale Unexploded Shell in Strasbourg, France

A remnant of the Franco-Prussian War, lodged in the city's walls.#architecture #warrelic #war #section-Atlas
Hôtel Cathédrale Unexploded Shell

Lucy Tower in Lincoln, England

Remains of a keep that was built shortly after the Norman conquest of England.#norman #castles #towers #section-Atlas
Lucy Tower

Santa Maria La Scala in Acireale, Italy

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.#mythology #villages #section-Atlas
Santa Maria La Scala

Hubbard Park in Meriden, Connecticut

Home of the Daffodil Festival, Castle Craig, and a ghostly hound.#hiking #parks #section-Atlas
Hubbard Park

Parque Natural de las Dunas de Corralejo in Corralejo, Spain

Park in the Canary Islands renowned for white dunes that contrast with the turquoise waters of the Atlantic.#nationalparks #dunes #deserts #section-Atlas
Parque Natural de las Dunas de Corralejo

Six Fontaines in Herve, Belgium

A Belgian town divided its water supply into six troughs, each with a specific use.#infrastructure #fountains #water #section-Atlas
Six Fontaines

World’s Largest Belt Buckle in Abilene, Kansas

Celebrating the cultural heritage of Kansas’s premier cowtown.#cowboys #cows #livestock #history&culture #roadsideattractions #section-Atlas
World’s Largest Belt Buckle

David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill, Ontario

This little-known telescope was the world’s second largest when it was built in 1935.#astronomy #observatories #section-Atlas
David Dunlap Observatory

The Glass Chapel in Braine-le-Comte, Belgium

The unlikely Art Deco shrine to marbrite, a vanished glass.#artdeco #architecture #glass #chapel #section-Atlas
The Glass Chapel

Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve in Buenos Aires, Argentina

From a 1930s bathing beach to a 1970s dumping ground, this stretch of Buenos Aires is now its largest and wildest reserve.#naturepreserves #nature #section-Atlas
Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve

Myra Canyon Trestles in Kelowna, British Columbia

Cross towering trestles and tunnels on a historic canyon rail trail.#canyons #railroads #trails #section-Atlas
Myra Canyon Trestles

French Toilets of Spikersuppa in Oslo, Norway

A celebration of Norwegian independence, or public art gone wrong?#publicart #toilets #section-Atlas
French Toilets of Spikersuppa

Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Australia

One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.#prisons #section-Atlas
Fremantle Prison

Fox Fullerton Theatre in Fullerton, California

This landmark building, from notable Los Angeles architects, is being restored.#architecture #theaters #section-Atlas
Fox Fullerton Theatre

Shaw House Bullet Hole in Shaw, England

Evidence of a bullet that nearly killed King Charles I—or is it?#assassination #royalty #section-Atlas
Shaw House Bullet Hole

Nishiki Tenmangū Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

A 1000-year-old shrine in Kyoto with a poorly planned sacred arch.#fortuneteller #gate #gods #deity #shintoism #architecture #architecturaloddities #history #shrines #section-Atlas
Nishiki Tenmangū Shrine