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I am Kristina and my name, written with the initial K, was a strange name in Italy when I was born. My parents gave me this name not because they came from a different country - my family lived in Parma, the city where I was born, already around 1200 AD – but because they always had a great fascination for Eastern Europe at a time when traveling to the countries of the Soviet Union was practically impossible. Perhaps that is why the first time I visited Prague - just a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall - I was so fascinated I have never stopped returning every year. As I grew up, however, my horizons broadened, and I began to travel to new and mysterious places. I still remember the amazement after the climb to the castle of Cachtice to see the ruins of the last residence of the blood countess Elizabeth Bathory, or the diligent research for all the strangest tombs in the many cemeteries of Paris, or the thrill felts, despite the heat, at the Winchester Mystery House. Every trip is a discovery, but there is no need to take planes and leave home because you can visit incredible and unknown places even in a day; for example, in a tiny village near my house, the man who murdered the Empress Sisi was conceived. Today, in 2022, due to the pandemic, I found myself with little work and too much free time, so, together with my husband, we decided to take a gap year and spend it traveling. We were planning a trip in the footsteps of Giacomo Casanova, from the Piombi prison in Venice to his burial in the Duchcov castle, to then direct us to France, Spain, and Portugal following many bullfighting forms you could still watch, when I landed on this site. I have visited many of the places reported on Altas Obscura, but others are unknown to me, while others still amaze me that they are not indicated. I know every trip should be a moment for personal growth and sharing. For this reason, I will try to do my part to arouse in future travelers a flicker of a discovery’s joy I have experienced in the past and which I hope to continue to try in the future.
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Catacombs of San Gennaro.

Naples, Italy

Catacombs of San Gennaro

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

The inner dome of the Monopteros.

Munich, Germany

Monopteros

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

View of the museum bar

Gruyères, Switzerland

H.R. Giger Museum

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

Furniture from 1758 to the 1830s.

Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Fekete Sas Patikamúzeum (Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum)

300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.

Photographed by Arpad Horvath, June 2006

Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Bory Castle

Hungarian self-built castle.

Riegersburg Castle

Riegersburg, Austria

Riegersburg Castle

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

Styrian Armoury

Graz, Austria

Styrian Armoury

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

The Stairs of Reconciliation

Graz, Austria

The Stairs of Reconciliation

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Crystal Worlds

Wattens, Austria

Crystal Worlds

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Bomarzo Monster

Bomarzo, Italy

The Monsters of Bomarzo

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Civita di Bagnoregio

Civita, Italy

Civita di Bagnoregio

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

The view from the bottom of the well.

Orvieto, Italy

Pozzo di San Patrizio

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

The mummified forearm

Prague, Czechia

The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Valentin Karlstadt Museum

Munich, Germany

Valentin Karlstadt Museum

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

Day time view.

Barcelona, Spain

Las Arenas de Barcelona

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Houses inside Park Güell designed by Gaudí

Barcelona, Spain

Park Güell

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Casa Batllo

Barcelona, Spain

Casa Batlló

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Niagara Falls Floral Clock

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

The Hydrangea Train

Odawara, Japan

The Hydrangea Train

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Broken eggshells litter the pavement.

Hakone, Japan

Owakudani Black Eggs

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Samurai Museum

Tokyo, Japan

Samurai Museum

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

The Asahi Flame

Tokyo, Japan

The Asahi Flame

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Godzilla in Shinjuku, taken March 2020.

Tokyo, Japan

Godzilla Head

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Personal gadgets for sale in Akihabara around 2008.

Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

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