Daphni Monastery in Athens, Greece
Athens’s lesser-visited World Heritage site boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.#architecture #monasteries #history&culture #section-Atlas
Daphni Monastery
Daphni Monastery in Athens, Greece
Athens’s lesser-visited World Heritage site boasts an impressive ensemble of medieval gold mosaics.#architecture #monasteries #history&culture #section-Atlas
Daphni Monastery
Central Deborah Gold Mine in Bendigo, Australia
Direct access to a gold mine showing the boom and bust of Australia's Victorian gold rush.#section-Atlas
Central Deborah Gold Mine
Eden V Shipwreck in Lesina Marina, Italy
Remains of a cargo ship that wrecked in 1988.#section-Atlas
Eden V Shipwreck
Uniwersytecki Bridge Hand in Wrocław, Poland
A mysterious concrete hand reaches out from between the stones of Uniwersytecki bridge.#artoutside #mystery #hands #bridges #section-Atlas
Uniwersytecki Bridge Hand
Ima Market in Imphal, India
Established in the 16th century, this "mother's market" is run entirely by women.#women #history&culture #markets #section-Atlas
Ima Market
Todoroki Valley in Tokyo, Japan
The only natural gorge in metropolitan Tokyo, with lots of greenery and ancient burial chambers.#trails #temples #plants #urbanparks #parks #section-Atlas
Todoroki Valley
Ruins of the Ilha Grande Aqueduct in Ilha Grande, Brazil
The ruins of a 19th-century aqueduct run through this Brazilian island's deep forest.#ruins #infrastructure #aqueducts #water #section-Atlas
Ruínas do Aqueduto
Le Char Duguay-Trouin in Dijon, France
This M4A1 participated in the fighting to liberate Dijon of Nazi occupation and was hit by a German anti-tank round on 6 September 1944.
September 1944
Le Char Duguay-Trouin
Jack Kilby Square in Great Bend, Kansas
In this rural town square, a unique statue honors the inventor of the microchip.#inventors #memorials #technology #section-Atlas
Jack Kilby Square
Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas
A beautiful botanical garden in the heart of the Natural State.#naturepreserves #plants #flora #botanicalgardens #gardens #section-Atlas
Garvan Woodland Gardens
The Lewes Shark Weather Vane in Lewes, England
This toothy tower topper commemorates a valuable shark that washed ashore nearby.#weirdweatherphenomena #churches #wealth #history #sharks #section-Atlas
The Lewes Shark Weather Vane
Dilmun Burial Mounds in Buri, Bahrain
These 4,000-year-old tombs form a surreal landscape.#culturesandcivilizations #bronzeage #history&culture #archaeology #mounds #tombs #burialplaces #section-Atlas
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Grave of 'Washed Ashore' in East Sussex, England
This simple wooden cross is said to mark the grave of an unknown sailor who washed ashore nearby.#crosses #songs #burialplaces #section-Atlas
Grave of 'Washed Ashore'
Kamakura Carnival Mural in Kamakura, Japan
This frenetic mural recalls an annual festival that once took the city by storm.#carnival #history&culture #history #murals #section-Atlas
Kamakura Carnival Mural
Longshoreman's Museum in Ventnor, England
An unusual seafront museum hides behind an unassuming Ventnor giftshop.
Longshoreman's Museum
Williamsport Falls in Williamsport, Indiana
A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.#rivers #water #waterfalls #section-Atlas
Williamsport Falls
Tainan Confucius Temple in Tainan City, Taiwan
The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord-turned-dynast, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.#pirates #history&culture #history #architecture #temples #section-Atlas
Tainan Confucius Temple
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