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Joshua Carlon

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2014

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

My Travel Interests

  • Abandoned & Ruined
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  • Culture & Society
  • Death & the Dark
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  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Science & Technology

My Location Interests

  • Minneapolis

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    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Places this traveler has marked as been there.

The Chapel of Santa Marta

Vernazza, Italy

Chapel of Santa Marta, Vernazza

This tiny chapel withstood a massive mudslide and flash flood.

Corniglia, Cinque Terre.

Vernazza, Italy

Cinque Terre

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Ponte di Tiberio (Bridge of Tiberius)

Rimini, Italy

Ponte di Tiberio (Bridge of Tiberius)

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

Recently revealed prisoner art found under layers of whitewash

San Marino, San Marino

Prisoner Art of Guaita Tower

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The remnants of the ancient eatery.

Pompeii, Italy

Pompeii Thermopolium

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Villa dei Misteri seen from above.

Pompeii, Italy

Villa dei Misteri

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

Pompeii, Italy

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

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

Vatican City walls.

Vatican City

Vatican City Walls

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

The sculpture was created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1670.

Vatican City

'The Vision of Constantine'

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Pons Fabricius

Rome, Italy

Pons Fabricius

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

The Mausoleum of Augustus during recent restoration works.

Rome, Italy

Mausoleum of Augustus

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

The Flying Donkey

Rome, Italy

The Flying Donkey

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

Campo de Fiori

Rome, Italy

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.

The Temple of Apollo, Delphi

Greece

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Ancient Agora, Athens

Athens, Greece

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Tower of the Winds.

Athens, Greece

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

View from the west.

Athens, Greece

Church of Agios Sostis

This Byzantine Church was moved from Paris to Athens block by block.

The Athens Polytechnic Monument

Athens, Greece

The Athens Polytechnic Monument

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

Antikythera Mechanism

Athens, Greece

Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

September 2021

Athens, Greece

The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

The Runner.

Athens, Greece

Dromeas (The Runner)

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Monument of Lysicrates

Athens, Greece

Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

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