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5 Haunted House Stories That Will Make...

October 19, 2022

Haunted houses are so popular that selling a home that is reported to have paranormal activity isn’t all that hard. As author Dan Nosowitz writes, “sometimes a haunting can be a turn-off, but it all depends on the market and, well, the ghosts.” In other words, not all haunted spaces are the same. Take a tour through through the troubling histories and fraught futures of some of the world’s scariest places in these Atlas Obscura stories Planning on Selling...

Seven's Pinballorama in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island

October 19, 2022

Located just west of Charlottetown, Seven’s Pinballorama offers the most playable pinball machines under one roof in Canada. Opened in the spring of 2022, the arcade features around 40 machines and counting, ranging from the 1950s to the present day. Players can try their hand at electro-mechanical machines from the 60s and 70s, solid-state games from the late 70s (hello, digital display readouts, ramps, and flashing lights on the playfield), and increasingly complex dot-matrix display machines of the 1990s....

Podcast: Brown Dog Statue

October 19, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit a memorial that marks the life of a pup who sparked riots over animal rights issues in London, England. 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....

Otford Solar System in Otford, England

October 18, 2022

The Otford Solar System is a scale model built in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. The scale is 1:4,595,700,000, so one millimeter is equivalent to 4,595.7 kilometers. All the planets of our Solar System are located in their relative positions at midnight on January 1, 2000. Each planet is shown as a scaled engraving on a sun-sized stainless steel disc on the top of a three-foot-tall white concrete column. The sun and planets out to Jupiter are all...

Falls Creek Falls in Rebel Creek, Nevada

October 18, 2022

The Santa Rosa Range, in the far northern part of the state next to southeastern Oregon, is another of those little-known Nevada ranges with peaks near 10,000 feet. Like nearly all of Nevada’s ranges, it trends north-south, with most of the southern part of the range included in the Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness. Although the range does host perennial streams, the Santa Rosas are relatively dry, so a waterfall is an unexpected sight. Falls Creek drains to the west....

Grave of Walter “Snowy” Farr in Oakington,...

October 18, 2022

The grave of much-loved local character Walter “Snowy” Farr is located in the graveyard of St. Andrews Church, the grounds of which he lovingly tended for more than 30 years. Walter Reginald Farr was born in 1919. He came by the nickname “Snowy” because even as a child he had white hair. He worked as a street sweeper for many years and also cared for the grounds at the church. Snowy also raised tens of thousands for charity with his...

Meow Wolf Convergence Station in Denver, Colorado

October 18, 2022

Once upon a time, four universes collided, converging at a point in Denver, Colorado. The disaster erased the memories of the inhabitants of these universes. Memories are bought and sold on the open market, and travel is controlled by the bureaucratic Quantum Department of Transportation. This is the lore behind Denver’s most unique art installation, Meow Wolf Convergence Station. Featuring the work of over 300 artists, the Convergence Station brings something new every time it is visited. One could,...

Getting to Know Edward Gorey

October 18, 2022

On a June day too dank for the beach, a three-generation carload of Goreyphiles—fans of the American author, illustrator, and oddball genius Edward Gorey—pulled into a small parking lot in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. The Edward Gorey House, a sea captain’s home the artist bought in 1979, is now a museum that welcomes visitors from April to December each year. Gorey slowly reclaimed it from rot and ancient plumbing, and lived and worked here until his death in 2000. I...

'Empire' in Glasgow, Scotland

October 18, 2022

Though over 5,000 miles separate the Land of Make-Believe and Merchant City, they share similarities, especially when it comes to creating movie magic. Scotland’s largest metropolis has been a stand-in for Philadelphia in 2013’s World War Z starring Brad Pitt, and more recently served as the backdrop for Gotham in the closing scene of The Batman (2022). But there is another connection to old Hollywood that may go unnoticed by the untrained eye. Appropriately positioned down a dark alley just off...

The French Art of Cheese-Label Collecting

October 18, 2022

Tyrosemiophilia is a mouthful to pronounce. Breaking it down, the meaning is still murky: in ancient Greek, tyro means cheese, semio is sign or label, and philos is love. The term does not refer to savoring rich, creamy cheese. Rather, it defines a surprisingly popular hobby: collecting the cheese labels that have been affixed to French Camembert’s round wooden boxes for over 100 years. Each label is a miniature work of art. Themes run the gamut, from animals, flowers,...

Briz Loan & Guitar in Vancouver, Washington

October 18, 2022

Nestled in downtown Vancouver, Washington, Briz Loan & Guitar is not your usual hock shop. This pawn shop, which opened in 1995, only deals in music gear such as guitars and drum sets. Inside the shop you’ll find an ever-changing selection of rare and vintage used instruments and recording gear. You’ll also find a large collection of old-school concert posters from around the Pacific Northwest on display. The store is run by Vancouver local Matt Brislawn, who wanted to provide...

Vitträsk Rock Paintings in Kirkkonummi, Finland

October 18, 2022

The first ancient rock paintings discovered in Finland were found in 1911 by none other than the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Situated in a beautiful cliffside spot, the composer stumbled upon them while visiting the nearby home of Finnish-American architect Eliel Saarinen. The prehistoric art decorates a stone ledge about 16 meters above the waves of Lake Vitträsk. When the paintings were first made, they would have been closer to the water, but due to glacial rebound over millennia,...

Catalonia's Human Tower Tradition Starts With a...

October 18, 2022

Sometimes, it takes a village to raise a mountain. In Catalonia, no festival is complete without castells, massive towers of humans that can reach jaw-dropping heights—the tallest on record had 10 levels. Castells go back to the early 18th century, and likely grew out of much older gymnastic and human tower–building traditions throughout Spain, particularly Valencia, to Catalonia’s south. Unlike many of these ancient sports, which have all but disappeared over time, castells have actually been gaining in popularity...

Großer Refraktor (Great Refractor) in Potsdam, Germany

October 18, 2022

Overlooking the city of Potsdam, Telegrafenberg (Telegraph Hill) has been a hotbed for astronomy since the 19th century. An observatory was founded in 1878, and the construction of the Großer Refraktor (Great Refractor) furthered the scientific endeavors at this site. Completed in 1899, the massive double refractor telescope featured two openings, one measuring 80 cm and the other 50 cm. Unlike most of its contemporaries, this telescope was made specifically for astrophysical studies, arguably making this telescope and the...

Post Office Oak in Council Grove, Kansas

October 18, 2022

Council Grove, Kansas was the last stop for 625 miles along the Sante Fe trail. Pioneers would gather their provisions at The Last Chance store, gussy up, and perhaps mail a final letter to their loved ones before the trek to New Mexico and beyond. With no formal post offices, letters were placed in the knobs and holes of the 80-foot tall tree that shaded the main drag of Council Grove. From 1827 on, travelers would leave trail condition...

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