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Podcast: Checking Into Hotel Imperial With Deborah...

May 2, 2024

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we travel back to the eve of World War II, when there was one place that was the source for all good stories: the Hotel Imperial in Vienna. It exuded luxury and power, and in the 1920s and ‘30s it was also the converging spot for foreign correspondents who were warning the world about the rise of dictatorship....

5 Hot Digital Trends in the Tourism...

May 2, 2024

Digital Trends in the Tourism Industry Digital tourism trends encompass the growing integration of digital technologies in the tourism industry. These trends include virtual reality experiences, online booking and planning tools, personalized travel recommendations through AI, and the use of social media for destination marketing. They are important for enhancing the travel experience, making trip The post 5 Hot Digital Trends in the Tourism Industry appeared first on Revfine.com.

The Child-Eating Bloodsucker of Aboriginal Australian Nightmares

May 1, 2024

The children all knew the story of the Yara ma tha who. In the Aboriginal communities of the southeastern Australian coast, parents warned their sons and daughters about the little red men who hid in the boughs of the wild fig trees. Wayward boys and girls who wandered alone through the dense forests were the favored prey of these spirit men, who had lived alongside Aboriginal people since the Dreaming, when the land and its creatures were created. The...

How the World’s Largest Octopus Went From...

May 1, 2024

Sitting on the Pacific coast in northwest Washington State, Tacoma is no stranger to high winds and stormy waters. But in November 1940, the strongest gusts in years twisted the massive Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Steel beams gyrated, the road warped, and, after a final creak, the whole structure collapsed. More eerie than the spontaneous failure was the myth that bubbled up around the disaster—that it was caused not by 40 mph winds but by the meaty arms of a...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sculpture in...

May 1, 2024

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. When. Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt, it was an unserious and unambitious personal project that quickly spiraled their lives into unexpected stardom. Laird was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1954 where he then went on to study fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1970. Turtlemania, as it began to be...

Guanyin Cave in Green Island, Taiwan

May 1, 2024

Guanyin, a bodhisattva sometimes called the “Goddess of Mercy,” is revered by Chinese practitioners of Buddhism, Daoism, and folk religion alike as a savior of fishermen and sailors. Appropriate, then, that a small island off the coast of Taiwan would have a pilgrimage site dedicated to her. In a sacred cave hidden in the hills of Green Island, the slow process of erosion by dripping water has, over the course of tens of thousands of years, created a stalagmite...

Magdalen College Gargoyles in Oxford, England

May 1, 2024

Oxford is not only a city of dreaming spires, but also of gargoyles and grotesques, often silly and strange. The best examples of those may be found on the outer walls of Magdalen College, which are adorned by a cornucopia of creepy creatures, cartoonish chimeras, and humorous human heads. The bizarre menagerie consists of miserable-looking dragons, ugly goblins and feeble fiends, many of them screaming, while the humans go wild and unhinged in their nonsensical mania. Some taunt the...

Rabbits Are Creatures of the Underworld According...

May 1, 2024

Fuzzy tails, wide eyes, long and distinguishable ears, and an ever-twitching nose—the rabbit seems fairly unassuming at first glance. Yet ancient beliefs about the Leporidae family refer to the creature as something crafty, otherworldly, and a bit spooky. It turns out rabbits provoke an ancient fear, one that has rippled in civilizations across the globe, from ancient Egyptians to Celtic peoples. For many, it’s okay, maybe even wise, to be afraid of bunnies. For the Irish in particular, hares...

Meet the Creatures and Creators Behind Bali’s...

May 1, 2024

On the eve of March 11, the streets of the traditional village of Mengwi, Bali, flooded with monsters. The giant figures loomed over villagers’ heads, with grotesque smiles, protruding fangs, and extra arms and eyes. They danced in the night, each one brought to life by dozens of locals who moved as one, lifting, spinning, and shaking the monstrous creations. The spectacle, known as the Ngrupuk parade, is one of several rituals meant to banish evil ahead of Nyepi...

Podcast: Exotic Feline Rescue Center

May 1, 2024

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the Exotic Feline Rescue Center. Long before Joe Exotic got the country talking about big cats, there was Joe Taft, a regular guy, who began raising and rescuing these types of felines in Indiana. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an...

Enter For Your Chance to Win a...

May 1, 2024

As summer approaches on the horizon, it’s impossible not to dream of adventure. During those warm months, the days are longer, the offices quieter, and our wanderlust even stronger. And for us, summer trips bring up images of natural wonder, great food, adventure, and a cold drink after a long day of exploration. To celebrate this spirit of summertime travel and all the wonder it entails, we’re partnering with Cayman Jack Margarita to give away three incredible Atlas Obscura...

Spinning Balls of Fire Light Up Spring...

April 30, 2024

When church bells ring out on a beautiful spring evening in the small German town of Lügde, the village people grab their torches. The sun has been set for about an hour when they approach six large wooden wheels, each 6.5 feet tall, weighing about 620 pounds, and stuffed with straw. The torchbearers light the wheels on fire and push them down a hill. One by one, each giant fireball careens down the slopes, picking up speed as they...

Kyoto Station's Skyway in Kyoto, Japan

April 30, 2024

There are two opposing strands running through Japan‘s built environment. One is the traditional architecture of wooden beams and sliding doors that is redolent of a world of tea ceremonies and temples. The other is the modern concrete and glass cityscape that inspired the cyberpunk novelist William Gibson to set his Sprawl Trilogy in a futuristic, dystopian Chiba City. Kyoto is world famous for the former, but is also home to one of the country’s most striking examples of...

Swallow-Songs for Spring Are the Greek ‘Trick...

April 30, 2024

She has come, she has come, The swallow has come!Bringing good weather and a good year,Her belly is white and her back is black. Won’t you roll out a fruitcake from your mansion and offer it to us, And a cup of wine, and a basket of cheese? Neither wheat bread nor bean flour bread will the swallow refuse.Shall we leave, or will we get something to eat? More than 2,000 years ago, on the first day of spring,...

Space Age Lodge and Restaurant in Gila...

April 30, 2024

While traveling on I-8 between Phoenix and San Diego, consider stopping by the Space Age Lodge and Restaurant. Originally built in 1965, it was designed by Al Stovall, a man who made his fortune in the plastics and metals industries during World War II. Mr. Stovall designed five space-themed hotels: four in Anaheim, California (just near Disneyland) and one in Pima Bend, Arizona. The Pima Bend location is the only remaining hotel designed by Stovall that has retained its...

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