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Jon Opol

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I like off the beaten places and obscure stuff. Shuttling between NYC and Manila. Insta (IG): wanderjon

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The Democracy Monument

Bangkok, Thailand

Democracy Monument

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

 The cemetery in the Fell's Point historic district.

Baltimore, Maryland

Fell Family Cemetery

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Baltimore's Phoenix Shot Tower.

Baltimore, Maryland

Phoenix Shot Tower

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Via dei Presepi

Naples, Italy

Via dei Presepi

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

Inside the Blue Grotto

Anacapri, Italy

Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto)

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Arco Naturale (Natural Arch)

Capri, Italy

Arco Naturale (Natural Arch)

This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.

Lake Abbe

Djibouti

Lake Abbe

A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.

Lac Assal

Tadjourah, Djibouti

Lac Assal

Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

Sculpted figures lounge in the Swann Memorial Fountain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swann Memorial Fountain

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Alexander Hamilton Death Rock

Weehawken, New Jersey

Weehawken Dueling Grounds

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

A piece by French artist JR. This was a photograph of immigrants who had been marked for deportation, awaiting their appeal hearing.

Jersey City, New Jersey

Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

New York, New York

The Village Gate Sign

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

New York, New York

The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The Statue of Roscoe Conkling

New York, New York

The Statue of Roscoe Conkling

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

A relic box is laid in the cornerstone

New York, New York

The General Worth Monument

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Patent Pending

New York, New York

Patent Pending

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

New York, New York

Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Tin Pan Alley today

New York, New York

The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

Tannen's Magic Shop

New York, New York

Tannen's Magic Shop

New York's oldest magic store.

Keen's Steakhouse

New York, New York

Keen's Steakhouse

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The New York Herald Monument.

New York, New York

New York Herald Monument

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

El  Carnaval de la Vega. (bebeto/Atlas Obscura)

La Vega, Dominican Republic

El Carnaval de la Vega

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

Faro a Colon (Columbus Lighthouse)

Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic

Faro a Colon (Columbus Lighthouse)

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

Ruins of the Hospital of St. Nicolas of Bari

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Ruins of San Nicolás de Bari Hospital

The first hospital in the New World.

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