Luke Cata's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Leaderboard Highlights
Luke Cata's activity rankings
1st
Places visited in San Gimignano, Italy
1st
Places added to Beijing, China
1st
Places visited in Phan Thiet, Vietnam
3rd
Places edited in Beijing, China
3rd
Places edited in Marco Island, Florida
5th
Places added to China
Loading map...
Jerash, Jordan

The Ruins of Jerash

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.
Nazca, Peru

Puquios

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru

Gocta Waterfall

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Urubamba, Peru

Moray

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Nazca, Peru

Chauchilla Cemetery

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Peru

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Urubamba, Peru

Wiñay Wayna

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Lima, Peru

Mercado de Brujas

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Andria, Italy

Castel del Monte

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
Tropea, Italy

Santa Maria dell’Isola Monastery

A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Province of Matera, Italy

The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.
Italy

Montecristo

The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.
Perca, Italy

Earth Pyramids of Platten

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
Sciacca, Italy

Il Castello Incantato

A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
Vagli Sopra, Italy

Lago di Vagli

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Genga, Italy

Temple of Valadier

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.
Bang Muang Mai, Thailand

Erawan Museum

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.
Khlong Mai, Thailand

Wat Samphran Temple

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.
Geneva, Switzerland

CERN

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.
Elvas, Portugal

Fort of Graça

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.
Estella, Spain

Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
Portugal

Drowned Village of Vilarinho da Furna

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Moreira do Rei, Portugal

Stone House

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.
Baia, Italy

The Sunken City of Baia

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.