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The Most Curious and Fascinating Places We Came Across This Week
A view of Opus 40 from the eastern edge of the quarry. (Photo: Blake Olmstead/Atlas Obscura)Every day our community of travelers and writers unearths fascinating places from the hidden corners of the...
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Aurora Express Bed & Breakfast in Fairbanks, Alaska
It all began with a dream Susan Wilson had in 1993, in which her modest Fairbanks property housed a train. Her husband, Mike, laughed it off. But Susan was on a mission. After calling around to various...
View ArticleBatman, a Four-Earred Cat, Has Found A Home
Four-eared cat called Batman finds a new home https://t.co/8AT169nJHipic.twitter.com/KDydC9jkUU— Independent US (@IndyUSA) August 11, 2016Batman has finally found a place to call home. Batman the...
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Pyramid of Stjärneborg in Aneby C, Sweden
The Swedes have a nickname for the eccentric nobleman who built himself a pyramid tomb in the middle of the south Swedish highlands: “Mannen som gjorde vad som föll honom in”. “The man who did what he...
View ArticleWatch a Groovy Synchronized Swimming Routine From the 1960s
Synchronized swimming is a complicated sport, bringing together elements of swimming, gymnastics and ballet. Competitors are highly skilled and their timing, strength and balance are all crucial for a...
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Abandoned Village of Esco in Sigüés, Spain
While the village of Esco dates officially back to at least the 12th century, archaeological evidence suggest the land around the village has been inhabited more or less continually since the Bronze...
View ArticleThe World's Oldest Gold Artifact Was Just Found
This tiny bead may be the world's oldest gold artifact https://t.co/U43uqXIbUapic.twitter.com/8pupeo7bUT— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 11, 2016Humans have been making things out of gold and trading them...
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Bad Bad Boy in Helsinki, Finland
As far as micturating statuary goes, Manneken Pis in Brussels has been the gold standard for an astonishing 400 years. However, Helsinki introduced a charming new entrant a couple years ago that is...
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After Lovers Hemingway and Gellhorn Faced Off on D-Day, They Filed for Divorce
Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, a married couple in China. (Photo: John F Kennedy Library/Public domain)The American war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn, walked along a corridor at the London...
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A Whirlwind Tour of Space Race Relics
A 1965 stamp depicting Alexey Leonov on the first spacewalk. (Photo: EugeneZelenko/Public Domain)During the Cold War, the U.S. and the USSR fought for dominion over the coveted title of World's Most...
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Fetta di Polenta in Turin, Italy
There are two buildings in the northern Italian city of Turin, built by the same man. They are on opposite ends of the size spectrum. On one end is the symbol of the city, Mole Antonelliana, or...
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Sorry, Dear Abby—Ann Landers Advises a Better Cake
The Dear Abby Cake and the Ann Landers Cake, side by side. (Photo: Atlas Obscura)From the time the twins were born, in 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, they were fated to lead entwined lives. The woman who...
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Bohnický Hřbitov Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic
Behind rusty gate, under tall, dark trees in the outskirts of Prague lies a cryptic place. It is an old graveyard that used to belong to the nearby mental asylum, but the last dead were buried here in...
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Abandoned City of Pripyat in Pryp'yat', Ukraine
When one thinks of Chernobyl, vacation spot is certainly not the first thing to come to mind. However, more than two decades after the terrible reactor meltdown, tours of the contaminated towns...
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Grave of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in Gießen, Germany
There are few discoveries that have affected modern medicine as much as the X-ray, a previously unknown electromagnetic wavelength range that was discovered more or less on accident, by Wilhem Conrad...
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Found: A 19th Century Sword Tip at the Alamo's Southern Wall
Sword tip. (Photo: Texas General Land Office)Archaeologists studying the Alamo, the famous mission that featured in the Texas Revolution, discovered the tip of a Mexican sword near what they believe is...
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This James Bond Map Will Teach You How to Become a Spy
Ian Fleming Thriller Map. (Photo: PJ Mode's collection of persuasive maps/Cornell Digital Library)James Bond is the world’s most famous fictional spy. A super sleuth, cold-blooded marksman and serial...
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Thousands of Sticks of Dynamite Discovered in a Philippines Mine
If only all explosives were so clearly labeled. (Photo: Sean MacEntee/CC BY 2.0)Up to 39,000 sticks of dynamite were discovered in a shelter that once belonged to a now-abandoned mine. According to the...
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Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology in Camarillo, California
Nestled in an industrial area of Camarillo, California is a center which houses one of the largest collections of all things avian the world over.Though its name suggests the study of any creatures...
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British Zoo Enjoys Record Tarantula Birth
A brand new baby Montserrat tarantula, safe in its zoo condo. (Photo: Chester Zoo)Last week, an employee at Britain's Chester Zoo saw something that would send most humans running: hundreds of...
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