The Auteurs Gallery of great places and buildings

this is the most relaxing thread ever. Thx guys for the pictures

Split, Croatia blew me away, It felt like something in La Dolce Vita.

Another thread revival but I’ll have to browse the collection first before I contribute in case I accidentally post a previously posted landmark and / or location here!

Besides, we need threads like these since most of the forum is swarmed with repetitive themes and directors and academics discussing boring, thematic bullshit.

Check this thread along with other amazing ones on my profile page

Perhaps not as pristine as some of the other places posted, but still one of the more significant contributions made to contemporary art culture (plus its only 10 minutes away from my apartment.) 5 Pointz aka The Institute of Higher Burnin aka 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Queens, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.

Nahuel Huapi lake, Argentina

^ Wow.

yeah it looks great- i came across it for my Patagonia list

Natural Hot Tubs

In Hawaii hundreds of these hot ponds are interconnected and sometimes extend 200 yards or so out to sea: These are the natural hot tubs at Kapoho, not far from Kilauea Volcano.

Iceland, Blue Lagoon

Canada, Liard River Hot Springs

Japan, Beppu Hot Springs

New Zealand, Taupo Volcanic Zone

Neuschwanstein castle, Germany

^ I’m not sure I feel convinced that such a place exists it’s so otherworldly.

Like Shangri-la, the fountain of youth . . . . . or Thomas Pynchon’s house.

Nubian pyramids

Ancient Nubian culture tends to be overlooked, but i expect well worth exploring, so too black pharaohs like Piankhy/Piye

worth exploring indeed ^

The Line Islands, Teraina Islands or Equatorial Islands, is a chain of eleven atolls and low coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands, that stretches for 2,350 km in a northwest-southeast direction, making it one of the longest islands chains of the world.

.. tiny Taburean (Fanning) Island in south Pacific…11 miles long, 7 miles wide, no electricity…sustained 40% tsunami damage to their seaweed farms, their main source of income. Samoan Islands were luckier than last year when they were hit hard after Chilean tsunami. This time only some flooding and no loss of life.

Taburean Island, south Pacific

Heading to Samoa in July – only a 4 and a half hour flight from Honolulu to Pago Pago. Then possibly on to New Guinea!

Jostedalsbreen

Lindau

I’ve done a list with pictures of WALES

Enjoy!

can’t resist another view of Portmeirion

is that where they filmed the prisoner? :0

who is number one, kenji???

i bet someone has already posted the temples of khajuraho edit: nope

there are i believe 16 temples there. u could spend weeks and not see everything. amazing amazing place

Yeah Portmeirion is where they filmed The Prisoner. Well worth a visit.

Several miles down the coast is another favourite spot

Mawddach Estuary

moving across to the East side of North Wales:

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

here’s something from my local area then. white house ruin, canyon de chelly

hasn’t changed much since ansel adams’ famous photo

nice little hike on the navajo rez

Ah that is very different from Wales, a lot less rain for a start. I’ve only spent 1 1/2 hours in USA, at Niagara

you’ll have to come back kenji! i’ve only spent an hour in britain, at heathrow. hope to see more one day too; looked just as i imagined it from the plane window! xD thanks for these galleries