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Patan Dhoka in Lalitpur, Nepal

A colorful gateway to a historic neighborhood.#hinduism #history&culture #cities #gate #section-Atlas
Patan Dhoka

Argyll and Bute Hospital in Lochgilphead, Scotland

This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.#abandoned #abandonedhospitals #hospitals #ruins #section-Atlas
Argyll and Bute Hospital

Isola Boschina in Ostiglia, Italy

One of the biggest islands in the River Po is a protected nature reserve, reachable only by a seasonal ford rich with endemic fauna, fossils, and late 19th-century buildings.#naturepreserves #islands #rivers #section-Atlas
Isola Boschina

Verviers Station's Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief in Verviers, Belgium

A humorous work of art making fun of the station's very long construction time.#trains #trainstations #sculptures #artdeco #section-Atlas
Verviers Station's Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief

Maine Troop Greeters Museum in Bangor, Maine

Inside the Bangor International Airport is a collection of military challenge coins.#airports #museums #history&culture #coins #militaryhistory #section-Atlas
Maine Troop Greeters Museum

'Dreams of Hyperion' in New York, New York

A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.#sculptures #outsiderart #art #theaters #section-Atlas
'Dreams of Hyperion'

The V House in Copenhagen, Denmark

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.#modernism #architecturaloddities #architecture #section-Atlas
The V House

Iwakiyama Shrine in Hirosaki, Japan

An atmospheric shrine of mountain worship that is home to a number of curious folk tales.#mountains #shrines #folklore #folktales #section-Atlas
Iwakiyama Shrine

Tower of the Scipios in Tarragona, Spain

An elaborate Roman funerary monument dedicated to the family of Scipio.#mausoleums #towers #burial #funeral #warhistory #ancientrome #roman #section-Atlas
Tower of the Scipios

Hanford Reach National Monument in Helen, Washington

The only undammed section of the Columbia River in the United States has been preserved, ironically, by its proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.#nationalmonument #fish #dams #nuclear #rivers #water #section-Atlas
Hanford Reach National Monument

Sodbrunnen Rennweg in Zurich, Switzerland

A 700-year-old drinking fountain turned charity for the less fortunate of Zurich.#water #charities #coins #wells #section-Atlas
Sodbrunnen Rennweg

Bonneville Lock & Dam in North Bonneville, Washington

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.#fishladders #waterworks #water #boats #rivers #wildlife #engineering #dams #fish #section-Atlas
Bonneville Lock & Dam

Penistone Paramount Cinema in Penistone, England

This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.#film #artdeco #cinema #movies #movietheater #section-Atlas
Penistone Paramount Cinema

Grand Mosque of Mopti in Mopti, Mali

Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.#sacredspaces #architecture #islam #religion #mosques #section-Atlas
Grand Mosque of Mopti

Murales de San Isidro in Orihuela, Spain

A working-class suburb has become an open-air art museum dedicated to a local poet and hero of the Spanish Civil War.#history #poetry #artoutside #murals #section-Atlas
Murales de San Isidro

Castner Glacier Ice Cave in Delta Junction, Alaska

An icy behemoth that towers over you with a blue ice cave in the winter and a roaring creek in the summer.#climatechange #trails #glaciers #ice #caves #icecaves #section-Atlas
Castner Glacier Ice Cave

Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area in Redd, Washington

One of the northernmost occurrences of western juniper can be found in the sand dunes of Washington's Palouse.#dunes #naturepreserves #flora #nature #trees #section-Atlas
Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area

Japan's Biggest Statue of Liberty in Oirase, Japan

Replica of the Statue of Liberty but 1/4 the size of the original. On the same latitude as the original but across the world.#statues #statueofliberty #section-Atlas
Japan's Biggest Statue of Liberty

Floating Sauna Lake Derby in Derby, Australia

Warm up from the freezing waters in this fully functional sauna in the middle of the Tasmanian wilderness.#lakes #section-Atlas
Floating Sauna Lake Derby

Tiny Tombs in New Orleans, Louisiana

In a city famous for its cemeteries, it's no wonder these are easy to overlook—they clock in at just a few inches tall.#mausoleums #replicas #miniatures #tombs #section-Atlas
Tiny Tombs