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Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Munich, Germany

April 11, 2022

You want to see a really big door? Then head to the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Munich. Opened in 2000, it is one of the most striking churches in the city, with rather unusual architecture. The church is a cube with a 14-meter (46-foot) front made of blue glass and semi-transparent walls. Inside this steel-glass construction is a further, unconnected almost similarly sized wooden cube. The real special feature, however, is the front. If one normally enters the church through two normal...

Black Monarch Hotel in Victor, Colorado

April 11, 2022

Victor, Colorado is an old mining town that was established in 1895. It was once home to 18,000 people during the gold rush but these days Victor has a population of just over 400 people and is a semi-ghost town. Adam Zimmerli initially purchased the Monarch, a former casino and gentlemen’s club, as an investment. It was originally built in 1895, but a massive fire destroyed the town in 1899. After the fire, the Monarch was rebuilt, but unfortunately the...

Tasting the Fabled Peanut Butter Fruit

April 11, 2022

This article is adapted from the April 9, 2022, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. We have written about thousands of intriguing foods and drinks over Gastro Obscura’s history—everything from a soup steamed with volcanic rocks to a cocktail containing a human toe. But nothing has intrigued me, made me desperately desire a taste, and driven me to distraction like peanut butter fruit. That’s not its official name. Bunchosia armeniaca, to go by...

The Grave of Alice Richman in Pune,...

April 11, 2022

Within the campus of Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly the University of Pune) is a beautiful garden. It is a quiet, tranquil green place where students are often seen studying under the canopy of the large trees, peacefully, amongst the chirping of birds and rustling of leaves. This place goes by the name Alice Garden. There lies, within the premises, of this garden, a lone grave from the 19th century. The grave is in a slightly secluded corner and...

Kilwinning Abbey in Kilwinning, Scotland

April 11, 2022

Kilwinning Abbey was a Tironensian Benedictine monastic community whose magnificent ruins sit in the centre of Kilwinning town. The Tironensian order took its name from Tiron in the diocese of Chartres. Kilwinning means “the church of Winnin” and the abbey was dedicated to Saint Winning and the Virgin Mary. Traditional holds that St Winnin was a holy man who first set up a church here in the 700s, while the abbey was established later sometime between 1162 and 1168...

The World's Largest Bee and the Cautionary...

April 11, 2022

This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. While working as a curatorial assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, Eli Wyman learned about a very unusual bee that was presumed to be extinct. The bee, Megachile pluto, also known as Wallace’s giant bee, is a massive unit. It is the largest bee in the world, four times larger than a honeybee and measuring about the length of a...

Podcast: Watts Towers

April 11, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit one of America’s most famous pieces of self-built architecture: 17 interconnected towers that rise like inverted ice cream cones, the tallest reaching over 100 feet. 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...

Podcast: Museum of Innocence

April 10, 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 museum built of memories in Istanbul, Turkey, that was created in a book before it was created in real life. 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...

Tukuni in Fiji

April 8, 2022

In Fijian, the word tukuni means “fairytale,” a story that has been passed down through time. At Tukuni, a restaurant located in the foothills of Tuvu Lautoka, Fiji, food tells the island’s story. On any given day, customers will find locally sourced and traditional Fijian meals like tavu fish, fish cooked on charcoal and wrapped in banana leaves, and kokoda, the country’s ceviche-like national dish made with fish caught that day, coconut milk, red and yellow bell peppers, and lemon....

This Depression-Era Science Trick Transforms Water Into...

April 8, 2022

Recipes from the Great Depression carry reminders of how difficult the period was for the average American. From Depression pie—where oats make for a poor man’s substitute for pecans—to mock apple pie—in which cinnamon-scented Ritz crackers stand in for fruit—the defining feature of most of these confections is what they lack. Even among the genre of desserts known as “desperation pies,” “hard times pie” seems particularly dire. Its other moniker, “water pie,” sounds like a practical joke or urban...

For Sale: Moon Dust Collected by Neil...

April 8, 2022

The first thing Neil Armstrong did after setting foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, was defy orders. The entire point of the Apollo 11 mission was to collect lunar material. Mike Mallory, a member of the Apollo 11 Navy frogman recovery team, remembers being instructed to “save the moon rocks first. We only have one bag of rocks. We have lots of astronauts.” But seven minutes after stepping onto the moon, Armstrong was busy taking panoramic photos....

Odditorium in Asheville, North Carolina

April 8, 2022

Most of the time, if someone openly declares themselves “weird” or “quirky,” it’s more indicative of how they wish to be seen than of any true idiosyncrasies. West Asheville’s Odditorium, however, holds up their end of the bargain, in spades. Sure, there are drag shows, burlesque nights, and comedy events; there’s live music ranging from Appalachian folk to punk to rap; there’s even an authentic Zoltan. But the true peculiarity of the space is a bit more subtle. The...

Ridgefield's Heritage Sequoia in Ridgefield, Washington

April 8, 2022

Added to Ridgefield Washington’s register of heritage trees in December of 2018, this Magnificent Giant Sequoia named “Hughes” has been growing for more than a century. It is located at 605 N Main Ave, and adjacent to the tree is a sign left by the owners of the property that says it is the largest non-native tree in Washington state by volume. Not only is it massive at its 11-foot diameter trunk, but it has huge hanging branches and a...

Sir William Percy Cowley Memorial in Cregneash,...

April 8, 2022

On the southeastern tip of the Isle of Man is a memorial stone dedicated to one of the island’s greatest conservationists. Sir William Percy Cowley was instrumental in the formation of the Manx National Trust and helped the Isle of Man gain more autonomy from the United Kingdom through constitutional reform through his work as a High Baliff and Deemster, as well as his work as Chairman of the War Consultative Committee. A plaque on the side of the...

Melkfabriek de Hoop in Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands

April 8, 2022

Not far from the house with two house numbers is a large industrial-looking brick building that would not draw a second glance from most passers-by. But this old milk factory was once the center of an international milk war, which was then followed by a butter war. The building was built in 1904, spearheaded by father Van de Elsen, as the milk processing center of a milk cooperative for farmers in the area. Because this is the border town...

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