Rubezahl's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Rubezahl

They're stories everywhere you look: in old buildings, cities, towns, ghost towns, cemeteries, neighborhoods...everywhere. I enjoy digging up the stories of past events and people who may have been forgotten or just not known. In addition to learning about past events and people, I enjoy all types of travel, but especially travel off the beaten path. I'm an advocate for historic and cultural preservation, Main Street and urban redevelopment, and protection of our natural resources.

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Places added to Valkenburg, Netherlands

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Places added to Indianapolis, Indiana

London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

London, England

Boadicea and Her Daughters

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

London, England

Pelicans of St James's Park

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Added by duncanchappell

Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Claymore

Added by Claymore

Fiordo di Furore

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Florence, Italy

Gipsoteca Bartolini

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Meg

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Vatican City Walls

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

'The Brave Righetto'

Among the busts of heroes of the Roman Republic of 1849, there is also a statue of a boy and his dog.

LatiumMirabile

Added by LatiumMirabile

Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

ThomLaB

Added by ThomLaB

Temple of Hercules Victor

This curious, round temple is the oldest still-standing marble building in Rome.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

The Mouth of Truth

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Sarasota, Florida

Pinecraft

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Apollo Beach, Florida

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

mojotexas

Added by mojotexas

Roland M. Manteiga Statue

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

Added by blimpcaptain

Parque Amigos de Jose Marti

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Added by zlombardo

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

James A. Garfield's Memorial and Tomb

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

markallender

Added by markallender

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville Y-Bridge

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Added by solarconstant

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield Armory

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

MazelTovCocktail

Added by MazelTovCocktail

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Washington Memorial Chapel

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Added by wallaj3

New York, New York

Survivor Tree

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Old Slater Mill

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

Maria Valeria Diaz

Added by Maria Valeria Diaz