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ambrune

Since 2001, A.M. Brune has reported and written hundreds of freelance newspaper, magazine and website articles – from pitch to print – for publications, such as the New Yorker, The Guardian, the New York Times, The Nation, Atlas Obscura and others on a variety of topics, including world affairs, social justice, human rights and culture. Brune has also worked as a press officer at the United Nations and an associate editor for the UN Yearbook, an annual chronicle of all things UN. Brune holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York. She often brings along a camera on assignments and is known to shoot her own photos.

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Al-Shaheed Monument

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

EricGrundhauser

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Saddam Hussein's Blood Quran

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

Molly McBride Jacobson

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Great Mosque of Samarra

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

atimian

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East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Lake Urmia

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Amna Suraka Prison

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

Nichali Ciaccio

Added by Nichali Ciaccio

Qyzqapan Tomb

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

Exiled Archaeologist

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Koysinjaq, Iraq

Qshla Koya

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

Max Cortesi

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Al-Shikhan, Iraq

Aqueduct of Jerwan

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Exiled Archaeologist

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Barcelona, Spain

Tramvia Blau

Barcelona's only remaining tram system takes riders to the Tibidabo funicular.

joanicinapoli

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Barcelona, Spain

Street Performers of Las Ramblas

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Sebastian Wortys

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Barcelona, Spain

Caelum

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

rachelrummel

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Barcelona, Spain

European Museum of Modern Art

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

Blindcolour

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Barcelona, Spain

Columns of the Temple of Augustus

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

bquetglas

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Barcelona, Spain

Chocolate Museum

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

serflac

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Barcelona, Spain

Montjuïc Cemetery

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

VampyV

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Barcelona, Spain

Casa Batlló

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

isidrond

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Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Leslie McIntyre

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Stapleford, England

The Hemlock Stone

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

Capemarsh

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Nottingham, England

Church Cemetery

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

Capemarsh

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Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Brighton City Airport

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

stevendicosta

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Shoreham-by-Sea, England

Houseboats of Shoreham

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

Rubix Fountain

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'Fingermaze'

This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.

Curioussquirrel

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Victorian Seaside Shelters

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

Curioussquirrel

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Brighton, England

West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

EricGrundhauser

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