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Source: Atlas Obscura The castle of Santa Barbara is a historic building in Alicante, Spain. Just below its southern ramparts is a rock formation that has become known as the “Head of the Moor.” Top Places in Alicante See more things to do in Alicante » The castle turret, at the highest

Source: Atlas Obscura Painted onto a crevice of one of the mountains looming over the medieval city of Cuenca are two large blue eyes overlooking the city’s small, winding streets. Originally painted by an anonymous artist, the eyes pay homage to a legend of forbidden love that is almost 1,000

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Source: Atlas Obscura In the age of Outlander, standing stones have a larger fan base than ever before. But what are standing stones? Those at Machrie on Scotland’s Isle of Arran prove it matters little what they are and far more that they have the power to imbue magic and wonder into even the

Three months ago, in a not entirely surprising move meant to circumvent US economic sanctions on Venezuela, president Nicolas Maduro announced that his nation would stop accepting dollars as payment for oil imports, followed just days later by the announcement that in a dramatic shift away from the