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Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark in Lagro,...

December 2, 2022

Hanging Rock National Natural Landmark is a unique feature along the Wabash River near Lagro, Indiana. Hanging Rock rises approximately 65 feet above the river and provides a spectacular view of the surrounding area and river. It has been recognized as a National Natural Landmark since 1986. Prior to this, Hanging Rock served as a river navigational landmark and a lookout point. The unique rock formation is part of an ancient reef. Like the nearby Wabash Reef, Hanging Rock is...

Robertsport Ghost Ship in Robertsport, Liberia

December 2, 2022

In 2016, this mysterious ship bearing the name Tamaya 1 washed up on the shores of Robertsport, Liberia. After the 60-meter-long ship washed ashore, it took government officials several days to realize what had happened, as the Liberian coast is largely unmonitored. Two days later, the government officials learned about the mystery ship on their shores, the Coast Guard boarded the vessel to investigate. The lifeboats were missing and there was no trace of the crew. The Ministry of National...

Thoughtful, Surprising Last-Minute Gifts

December 2, 2022

All week we’ll be giving you a peek at the gifts we here at Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura have on our wishlists. Sometimes the days slip away during the holiday season and suddenly it’s just hours until the gift exchange. We’ve all been there—and we have a solution for you. Here are some of our favorite gift subscriptions and memberships, all available online. Historic letters For the politics wonk. Letterjoy delivers a history lesson directly to your mailbox....

Petrified Wood Building in Lamar, Colorado

December 1, 2022

Wood and stone are traditionally two of the most popular materials for building. A much less common choice is wooden stone. Yet, that is exactly what a Colorado entrepreneur decided to use to build his business in 1932. Apparently tired of working with regular wood, lumber dealer William T. Brown constructed a building entirely of Colorado petrified wood. Even the floor was made of petrified wood. The completed product was billed as the “world’s oldest gas station” with a...

Cessford Castle in Cessford, Scotland

December 1, 2022

Part of what has come to be known as the frontier defenses between England and Scotland, Cessford Castle is a 15th-century castle that was once the stronghold home of the Ker family. It is thought that Andrew Ker began building this castle around 1450. The Ker family spent much of the 1500s in a bitter feud with the Scotts of Buccleuch, a fight that began after a man working for the Kers was killed by a Scott. In an attempt...

Dornier Do 17M-1 Crash Site in Movatn,...

December 1, 2022

On July 2, 1942, a German aircraft crashed at the eastern side of Hansakollen in Nordmarka, Oslo, on its way to Gardermoen. It was a rainy and foggy day, and the pilot did not see the steep hills. Three Germans on board were killed and the tree tops in the area were chopped off by the plane. You can still find the remains of the Dornier DO17 aircraft, together with an information placard about the incident, around 2.4 km...

Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías in Mexico City,...

December 1, 2022

Valentín Gómez Farías was President of Mexico during two separate one-year periods in the 1830s and 40s. As vice president to Antonio López de Santa Anna, Valentín was never elected into the position, but became the acting president when Santa Anna was unable to occupy the position, usually due to military campaigns. This small park was named after Gómez Farías due to his home being located nearby. Following his death in 1858, he was actually buried in the court...

How 'The Secret History' Conjures Haunting New...

December 1, 2022

Secret Obsessions is Altas Obscura’s new column where we ask wondrous people to take us down a rabbit hole. This edition features British pop singer/songwriter Maisie Peters, as told to Atlas Obscura Associate Editor Sarah Durn. I can’t remember where I was when I first read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. I think I was maybe a teenager on holiday with my family. Maybe in Italy or Spain? Maybe on the beach? Probably somewhere warm. It’s so funny because...

Kraków Pinball Museum in Krakow, Poland

December 1, 2022

Hidden away in a 15th-century cellar, the Kraków Pinball Museum is dedicated to pinball machines and arcade games. Inside there are dozens of machines, more than 50 of which are flippers and 35 video games. This interactive museum offers a unique and varied collection and a hefty dose of nostalgia. The museum’s oldest machine is Race the Clock, which dates back to 1955. Their most recent is a Guardians of the Galaxy pinball machine dates back less than a decade...

Quirky Gifts for the Crafty DIYer

December 1, 2022

All week we’ll be giving you a peek at the gifts we here at Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura have on our wishlists. For some people, the best gift is more than a simple object; it’s a project. These kits will let those DIYers on your list build everything from a miniature spacecraft to a larger-than-life insect. Or show off your own talents and gift handmade tie-dyed fabric and personalized perfumes. Metal Earth International Space Station For the would-be...

Podcast: Tina Turner Museum

December 1, 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 Flagg Grove School in Brownsville, Tennessee, which has become a museum dedicated to its most famous student: Tina Turner. 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 incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their...

Long John Silver Figurehead Collection in London,...

December 1, 2022

A gallery beneath the Cutty Sark is home to the Long John Silver Figurehead Collection, the world’s largest collection of the elaborate wooden carvings that decorate the bow of a ship. “Long John Silver” was Sydney Cumbers (1875-1959). He lost sight in his left eye as a child in an accident with a toy gun, and took to wearing a distinctive eye patch (hence the nickname, a reference to the famous pirate from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island). He was a successful businessman...

Inside the Diet That Fueled Chinese Transcontinental...

November 30, 2022

The winter of 1867 came bitter and merciless to the Chinese men that tunneled through the transcontinental railroad’s most formidable section, a nearly 1,700-foot stretch of granite at the Donner Summit in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The men, immigrants from subtropical Guangdong, had never before known snow, let alone the relentless blizzards of the kind that, just 20 years before, forced the Donner party into cannibalism a few miles away. The laborers, who worked around-the-clock to drill the tunnels...

Delicious Gifts for the Food-Obsessed

November 30, 2022

All week we’ll be giving you a peek at the gifts we here at Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura have on our wishlists. The winter holidays are a glorious time for food lovers. Not only are there wonderful things to eat, there are also wonderful gifts to open. Of course, we’d recommend wrapping up a copy of the Gastro Obscura book for the culinarily inclined. But there are plenty of other tasty gifts we’re giving to foodie friends and...

Podcast: Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill

November 30, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit rocks that glow in otherworldly colors at this historic zinc mine in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. 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 incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday...

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