Alyssa McMurtry

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2019

Writer & history student. Living in the lush green hills of Northern Spain.. well, in an apartment nearby.

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Researchers found the remains of the frontal skulls of 35 large game animals in Des-Cubierta cave near Madrid, Spain.

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Did Neanderthals Collect Impressive Animal Skulls?

Researchers found something "very strange" in a Spanish cave.

The mid-century architecture of Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones is unusual in Northern Spain. “It really is a treasure,” says architect Adrián Cachán Vallina.

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This Abandoned Spanish Resort Is Still a Popular Vacation Destination

Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones was built by Spain's Fascist dictatorship to placate workers.

Water stains and aquatic plants attest that the dolmen was recently submerged.

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Drought Has Revealed Spain's Long-Submerged 'Stonehenge'

Up close with the 7,000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal.