melodml's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

melodml

Historian born and raised in Volta Redonda, the city of steel, studied in Niterói, the smile city, and currently livind in Rio de Janeiro, the Wonderful City. Love to travel and visited almost every state in Brazil.

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Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic

Faro a Colon (Columbus Lighthouse)

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

Added by bebeto

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Incarnation

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

Added by bebeto

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Fortaleza Ozama (Ozama Fortress)

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Andres Schiffino

Added by Andres Schiffino

La Caña, Dominican Republic

Cueva de las Maravillas (Cave of Wonders)

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Added by bebeto

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

The Sundial of Santo Domingo

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Added by bebeto

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

El Meson de la Cava

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Added by bebeto

Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil

Lençóis Maranhenses Dunes

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

Viñales Mural de la Prehistoria

Neo-cave art on the macro scale.

serflac

Added by serflac

Cueva del Indio

Besides being home to cave paintings and pre-Columbian Cuban archaeological remains, you get to take a boat through this stalactite and stalagmite covered cave.

femaleabroad

Added by femaleabroad

Colón Cemetery

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

vturiserra

Added by vturiserra

John Lennon Statue

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

michelle

Added by michelle

Coppelia

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

El Caballero de Paris (The Gentleman from Paris)

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

Talek Nantes

Added by Talek Nantes

Viaje Fantástico

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Statue of Cecilia Valdes

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

Added by mwgerard

Callejon de Hamel

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

cguttery

Added by cguttery

Hotel Nacional de Cuba

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Added by JasonW

Grand Lodge of Cuba

The largest masonic lodge in Cuba.

Added by tomasznowicki187

La Plaza de la Revolución

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Go Apocalypse

Added by Go Apocalypse

Kansas City, Missouri

Charlie Parker Memorial

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Added by KrispyMac

Kansas City, Missouri

Union Station Lamp Post Clock

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

hana

Kansas City, Missouri

Country Club Plaza

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

jusTodd

Added by jusTodd

Kansas City, Missouri

World's Largest Shuttlecocks

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

ronin

Fairbanks, Alaska

Aurora Ice Museum

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Rachel

Added by Rachel