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Podcast: Pricilla’s Homecoming

December 20, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the ruins of a slave castle off the coast of Sierra Leone to tell the story of Thomalind Polite, an American woman who learned that she was descended from a girl who was taken as a slave 250 years ago, at the age of 10. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring,...

Grave of the Potato King in Potsdam,...

December 16, 2022

Walking the grounds of Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, you might stumble across a peculiar gravestone that is covered with potatoes. Perhaps even more confusingly, the stone bears the name of King Fredrick the Great of Prussia. While this may seem odd, it is actually a sign of respect and gratitude to Der Kartoffelkönig (“the potato king”). Though potatoes are a large part of diets around the world, this was not always the case. The potato plant, which is native...

'Journey' in Manchester, England

December 16, 2022

One might suppose to be the subject of or the artist behind a piece of civic art would be a desirable way to leave a physical legacy in the world. Future generations would stop to admire the result, gently patinaed by age and made even more striking than when it was first unveiled. Manchester is replete with monuments recognizing the many achievements of its citizens. Scientists, politicians, activists, musicians, and artists rendered in stone, metal, and paint adorn every corner...

Triple Falls in Jasper, Arkansas

December 16, 2022

This ain’t just one waterfall. It ain’t even two waterfalls, but three waterfalls, all pouring off the same 48-foot-tall bluff. Now some say it’s just two waterfalls, on account of there only being two water sources, but the wet season brings the triple fall effect. The falls are also called Twin Falls. But there are other, better-known Twin Falls in Arkansas, so the title “Triple Falls” has taken effect. Two of the falls are spring-fed. The spring can be...

House of Wills in Cleveland, Ohio

December 16, 2022

This 124-year-old, 50,000-square-foot Gothic-style building only showcases a small part of Cleveland‘s rich and diverse history. Built in 1898 and opened in 1900, the 42-room structure originally served as a clubhouse for the German Society where the Cleveland Gesangverein, a singing group, would perform for the next 14 years. The building was then converted into a hospital for Hungarian immigrants. After that, it housed the Cleveland Hebrew Institute for 18 years. Allegedly, the lower level was a meeting spot...

Meet the Blacksmith Resurrecting Greek History

December 16, 2022

In a quiet suburb of Athens, the sound of a hammer breaks the silence as it meets heated sheets of bronze. Inside a small garage turned into a workshop, blacksmith and artist Dimitrios Katsikis has spent the past 12 years designing and forging. He transforms the malleable metal by hand, using only traditional techniques, into unique and functional pieces of art that replicate the armor of antiquity for display in museums. Like a modern Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths,...

The ‘Perpetual Broths’ That Simmer For Decades

December 15, 2022

When Magdalena Perrotte arrived in the U.S. from France in 1982, she had a secret stashed in her purse—a large jar, filled with a precious golden liquid. “I had it carefully wrapped in a scarf, as well as some raw milk cheeses and cured saucisson—French ingredients you couldn’t buy in Florida,” Perotte, a former owner of Orlando institution Le Coq au Vin, recalls. “I became an expert at hiding food from customs officials.” Four decades later, Perrotte still uses...

Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts in Caguana, Puerto...

December 15, 2022

A Taíno ceremonial site with monoliths, petroglyphs, and ball courts. Considered one of the most important Pre-Columbian archaeological sites in the Caribbean, Caguana is nestled in the mountains of Puerto Rico’s Cordillera Central, a short but fun drive away from the crowded beaches along the coast. The site is estimated to have been built around 1270. Archaeologists have identified approximately 13 ball courts and plazas (bateyes), many of which have been restored how they might have looked when they were...

Molly Stark Sanatorium in Louisville, Ohio

December 15, 2022

Opened in 1929, Molly Stark Sanatorium was one of 25 tuberculosis hospitals in Ohio. The main four-story Spanish Revival style facility wasn’t the only structure to occupy the property; there was also a nurse’s home, a supervisor’s home, a children’s hospital, and a power plant. Some 1,200 feet of underground tunneling connecting the buildings completed the hospital grounds, for now. In 1952, the west and east wings as well as the kitchen and laundry rooms were expanded despite the...

A New Look at Nosferatu’s Bloody Legacy

December 15, 2022

There’s a moment in F.W. Murnau’s silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror in which Thomas Hutter, the story’s unwitting protagonist, enters a world of nightmares. When he crosses the river to where the thinly disguised vampire Count Orlok resides, the intertitle reads “Als er sich auf der anderen Seite der Brücke befand, kamen die Geister, um ihn zu treffen.” (“As he reached the other side of the bridge, the spirits came to meet him.”) It is a literal...

'The Prick of Consciousness' in York, England

December 15, 2022

One of the popular works in the English language, prior to the invention of the printing press, is the Middle English poem, “The Prick of Consciousness.” This 14th-century tome consists of over 900 lines and pertains to humans who are seeking forgiveness, or penance, over enduring the wrath of the impending apocalypse. It also relates to the metaphysical feeling of experiencing guilt through touch or other sensory methods. Situated on the south bank of the River Ouse is the...

Dance-O-Mat in Christchurch, New Zealand

December 15, 2022

Tucked away in an empty lot in Christchurch, the Dance-O-Mat doesn’t look like much more than an abandoned washing machine with a fun paint job. But for the low price of a two-dollar coin, you can hook your phone up to the machine, choose your music, and dance away! The Dance-O-Mat is a laundromat washing machine that has been adapted to power a series of speakers surrounding a sprung dance floor. Dropping a coin into the Dance-O-Mat activates lighting and...

Balze del Valdarno in Botriolo, Italy

December 15, 2022

In the province of Arezzo rise the Balze del Valdarno, mountains that were formed after the drying up of a lake during the Pliocene era and, subsequently, thanks to the action of exogenous forces such as water and wind. One striking feature of the Balze is its three distinct layers. The top of these mountains is brown because many pebbles and fine sand protect them from erosion caused by rainwater. The middle section is yellow because of clay and silt...

This Family Gave the World the Snow...

December 15, 2022

As the classic film Citizen Kane opens, Charles Foster Kane lies in bed, alone in the dark clutching a snow globe. Inside the globe is a wooden cabin covered in white. After a minute, Kane whispers one of the most famous lines in film history—just one word—“Rosebud.” His hand goes limp, and the glass globe falls to the floor and shatters. It’s an iconic image—but it is one with some mystery. No one knows for sure who made Kane’s...

Zen College Pagoda in Germantown, Maryland

December 15, 2022

The American Zen College was founded in 1976 by Zen Master Gosung Shin on a 12-acre farm near Germantown, Maryland, with the purpose of practicing and teaching Zen Buddhism. The building of the college included the erection of an impressive 30-foot-tall pagoda carved out of Indian limestone and flanked by statues of the Buddha. The pagoda can be seen by people hiking the Greenway Trail in the Seneca Creek State Park adjacent to the college but otherwise, it is...

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