‘Sleeping Figure’ in Marfa, Texas
Twelve decommissioned shipping containers evoke a reclining person in Marfa, Texas.#shipping #sculptures #texas #publicart #section-Atlas
‘Sleeping Figure’
Gresham College in London, England
England's "third oldest college" has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.#colleges #england #london #section-Atlas
Gresham College
Hell’s Gate, British Columbia in Boston Bar, British Columbia
A construction mishap at this narrows on the Fraser River rendered it impassable to many migrating fish species, with international consequences.#bridges #rivers #canada #section-Atlas
Hell’s Gate, British Columbia
Goa's Daugim Cross in Old Goa, India
This memorial cross along a roadside in Old Goa, India marks the spot of once bustling, but long-gone community.#ruins #churches #crosses #india #section-Atlas
Goa's Daugim Cross
James Lick’s Grave in Mount Hamilton, California
A 19th-century California philanthropist is entombed beneath the telescope he funded.#section-Atlas
James Lick’s Grave
The Lagoda in New Bedford, Massachusetts
The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.#whales #19thcentury #fishing #museums #ships #section-Atlas
The Lagoda
Miculla Petroglyphs in Tacna, Peru
In the desert of southern Peru is an intriguing collection of ancient petroglyphs whose origins remain unknown.#section-Atlas
Miculla Petroglyphs
Ravne Tunnels in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A network of tunnels connecting Bosnia’s ‘ancient pyramids’—or maybe just an abandoned mine?#healing #pyramids #tunnels #section-Atlas
Ravne Tunnels
Monterrey’s Contemporary Art Museum (MARCO) in Monterrey, Mexico
The outdoor area of this contemporary art museum is a modernist reinterpretation of hacienda architecture.#pink #architecture #mexico #artoutside #artmuseum #section-Atlas
Monterrey’s Contemporary Art Museum (MARCO)
Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa
A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.#cavepaintings #caves #fires #fire #archaeology #ancienttechnology #inventingtheworldinternal #section-Atlas
Wonderwerk Cave
The 'Old Secretariat' in Panaji, India
Panaji’s oldest surviving building, which was once a palace and viceroy residence, now houses the Goa State Museum.#history #india #section-Atlas
The 'Old Secretariat'
Bozdağ Film Platolari in İstanbul, Turkey
Step into the world of one of Turkey's most popular television series for a virtual trip through Ottoman Empire history.#turkey #filmlocations #ottoman #section-Atlas
Bozdağ Film Platolari
Sea Water Distilling Plant in Tas-Sliema, Malta
Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.#waterworks #infrastructure #section-Atlas
Sea Water Distilling Plant
Ayo Rock Formations in Santa Cruz, Aruba
The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.#cactus #petroglyphs #nativeamericans #rockformations #rocks #section-Atlas
Ayo Rock Formations
Parking Lot Shoeprints in Las Vegas, Nevada
A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.#prank #shoes #section-Atlas
Parking Lot Shoeprints
Dewey Square Pylon & Bent 38 in Boston, Massachusetts
These structures serve as a memorial to one of Boston’s most ambitious and controversial urban redevelopment projects.#construction #highways #memorials #section-Atlas
Dewey Square Pylon & Bent 38
Black Rocks of Pungo Andongo in Pungo Andongo, Angola
These giant volcanic rocks towering above the Angolan savannah once served as a natural fortification.#geology #rockformations #rocks #section-Atlas
Black Rocks of Pungo Andongo
Abandoned Observatory of the Pioneer Palace in Chisinau, Moldova
Once built to inspire young Soviet minds through astronomy, this dome now stands as a quiet relic of a vanished era.#astronomy #observatories #section-Atlas
Abandoned Observatory of the Pioneer Palace
Desert Training Center in Chiriaco Summit, California
Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.#militaryhistory #worldwarii #section-Atlas
Desert Training Center
Porta Coeli Cathedral in Mexico City, Mexico
One of Mexico City's seats of the Catholic faith, although not the majoritarian Latin Roman rite.#catholic #cathedral #section-Atlas
Porta Coeli Cathedral
