Gina Buonaguro's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Gina Buonaguro

I am a writer who has coauthored six novels, written dozens of articles, won three writing grants, and edited/proofread for multiple clients. Born in New Jersey, USA, I currently reside in Toronto, Canada where I am working on a novel, set in Renaissance Venice. My interests include Italy, the Renaissance, the artist Raphael, maps, geography, travel, American, British, Canadian, and Ancient history, reading historical fiction, and bingewatching historical series. I’m the kind of person who stops to read every roadside plaque and sign.

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Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The Dry Stone Walls of the Aran Islands

Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.

Helsinki, Finland

Fortress of Suomenlinna

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Stockholm, Sweden

Ribbinska Huset

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Little Mermaid

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Added by Alexander

Copenhagen, Denmark

Tivoli Gardens

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

Added by nitikp

Apollo Beach, Florida

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

mojotexas

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Grates Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

Walled Landscape of Grates Cove

The stone barriers in this historic fishing village were once used for farming and gardening.

Gina Buonaguro

Added by Gina Buonaguro

Keats-Shelley Memorial House

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

Luca Mogini

Added by Luca Mogini

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.

ThomLaB

Added by ThomLaB

Pyramid of Cestius

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Neptune's Grotto

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

michelle

Added by michelle

Tallinn, Estonia

Old Thomas

The Guardian of Tallinn.

stanestane

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Pushkin, Russia

The Amber Room

An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain

Santa Cova of Montserrat

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.

treeswithknees

Added by treeswithknees

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

Added by Sebastian Wortys

Barcelona, Spain

Park Güell

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

leiris

Added by leiris

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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Arles Amphitheatre

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

annambouma

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New Delhi, India

Gandhi Smriti

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

Added by Didaskalos

St. Mark's Lost Third Column

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Palazzo Dario

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

Melanie Xulu

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