Built Mysteriously

Ruins and relics with a story lost...

by tristanpollock

23 Places

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Druid Circles

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Alexandria, Minnesota

Kensington Runestone

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

atimian

Added by atimian

Castle Hill, New Zealand

Castle Hill

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Bananaface

Added by Bananaface

Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

atimian

Added by atimian

Pachacamac

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Added by aburl80c

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

leiris

Added by leiris

San Luis Obispo, California

The Dorn Pyramid

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Added by cargocultnoise

Palenque, Mexico

Palenque

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Calakmul

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Toniná

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

Seth Teicher

Added by Seth Teicher

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

La Rotonda del Mar

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Kevin OKeeffe

Added by Kevin OKeeffe

Temoaya, Mexico

Centro Ceremonial Otomí

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

Laetitia Bech

Added by Laetitia Bech

Qesm Hurghada, Egypt

Desert Breath

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

Josh

Petra

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Added by LongNow

Petra District, Jordan

Little Petra

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

shinmin

Added by shinmin

Jerusalem, Israel

Shrine of the Book

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Moorhead, Minnesota

Hjemkomst Viking Ship

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

Added by jlcpaulson

Vigeland Sculpture Park

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Tribal Eye on Tank Hill

Mysterious scrawlings adorn this abandoned water tower base atop a hidden hill.

tristanpollock

Added by tristanpollock

Las Vegas, Nevada

'Akhob'

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Added by TheStephanieCass

Hand of the Desert

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Santa Fe, New Mexico

House of Eternal Return

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

caitlinrinn

Added by caitlinrinn

Vigeland Sculpture Park

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

stanestane

Added by stanestane