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Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury,...

April 5, 2022

One doesn’t expect to see them looming in the woods along the trails of a wildlife refuge. Long and low with rounded tops, they resemble ancient burial mounds or crypts. The back end of each curves down to the ground while the front has a flat concrete façade secured by a heavy iron door. A ventilation port projects from the top. Some of these structures face the trails while others stand in isolation among the trees These are concrete...

Ken Burns on His Obsession With Ben...

April 5, 2022

It seems absurd to ask, but who was Benjamin Franklin, really? The American founder’s legacy is at once ubiquitous and somehow elusive. He was never president, nor a cabinet secretary—he’s not even name-checked in Hamilton. Surveying his various careers as a scientist, inventor, writer, publisher, and diplomat, one could be forgiven for not properly engaging with any of them. Call it the curse of the polymath. That was the challenge before filmmaker Ken Burns, whose new, two-part documentary, Benjamin...

Bratislava Old Town Hall's Cannonball in Bratislava,...

April 5, 2022

That Bratislava’s Old Town Hall is a striking historic building is hard to miss, but what often goes unnoticed is a cannonball stuck in the tower wall. It has been there since 1809, when Bratislava (called Pressburg back then, and one of the major cities of Austrian Empire) was bombarded by Napoleon Bonaparte. After the bloodbath of the Battle of Austerlitz (1805), Pressburg saw Napoleon sign a peace treaty with Austria. The peace did not last long and only...

Snib's Cave in Girvan, Scotland

April 5, 2022

Bennane Cave, or Snib’s Cave, can be found down the closed and now bypassed original coast road off the A77. A mortared masonry wall stands across the entrance to the cave, once inside you can see the remains of a now blocked window and the fireplace. There are traces of mortar on the rocks above the wall, suggesting that the cave was completely walled up previously. Further back is a second wall with a doorway that separates the front...

How Orangutans Changed Their Behavior After Devastating...

April 5, 2022

It’s around 4 a.m. on the island of Borneo, and a few researchers have already left camp. In darkness, they creep along boardwalk trails: lines of single planks of wood that offer solid footing in the swamp forest. Where the planks end, the scientists step gingerly into knee-deep muck and toe along tree roots. The team hopes to reach a slumbering orangutan before she wakes and urinates. They’ll try to catch the stream in a baggie on a stick,...

Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara, Mexico

April 5, 2022

The Colonial Bishop of Guadalajara founded Hospicio Cabañas in 1701 to serve not only as a hospital but also as a church, orphanage, and workhouse for the poorer inhabitants of the city. By 1796 the original building required an expansion and a facelift, so the colonial authorities hired the renowned Spanish architect Manuel Tolsá to construct the building. No expense was spared. Inspired by the Baroque grandeur of the Les Invalides in Paris and El Escorial in Madrid, Tolsá got to work...

Barsalloch Fort in Monreith, Scotland

April 5, 2022

On the edge of a 100-foot tall cliff, a 2,000-year-old promontory fort known as Barsalloch Fort overlooks the sea towards the Mull of Galloway, the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland. The fortified settlement is situated on a D-shaped bank surrounded by a ditch 33 feet wide and 11 feet deep. There’s also a protective earthen rampart three feet tall on either side. The entrance to the enclosure was located on the northeast side of the settlement. The site at...

Podcast: Chemin de la Mâture

April 5, 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 treacherous path cut through a stretch of the Pyrenees Mountains in France that may have played a key part in one nation’s quest for international influence—and possibly helped foment a revolution. 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,...

The Greatest Food Hoaxes of All Time

April 4, 2022

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE APRIL 2, 2022, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. I do love a good prank. For six months, for example, I snuck increasingly improbable produce into my editor’s desktop fruit bowl, culminating in a coconut with a sizable branch still attached. But during my first year at Atlas Obscura, our editor-in-chief forbade anything like a fake article, or even fake tweets, for April 1. I’ll admit, I...

Thirparappu Waterfalls in Tiruparapu, India

April 4, 2022

Located in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, the Thirparappu Waterfalls is located a little over two miles from the Thirparappu Dam. The dam and waterfalls were built for irrigation of the nearby farmland, but the waterfalls are also a place to relax. This location is considered one of the best places to visit in Kanyakumari and is certainly worth spending an afternoon. The easiest way to enter the falls is through the entrance, which is a seven-minute walk...

Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail in Susanville,...

April 4, 2022

The Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail, named for the congressman who played a major role in its creation, follows the original course of the western and more scenic part of the Fernley and Lassen branch line. Part of the Southern Pacific, this was a timber railroad that declined with the industry. It was finally abandoned in 1978. The trail runs some 25.4 miles from its eastern end in Susanville to its western end north of Westwood at Mason Station,...

How One Wyoming Mule Deer Won Friends...

April 4, 2022

This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Every spring, a herd of more than 1,000 mule deer leaves its winter range in Wyoming’s Red Desert in search of bountiful grasses and forbs. Some of the animals travel far, heading north up to 155 miles to the mountain slopes of the Hoback Basin, while others stay closer to home. They reconvene in the fall to ride out the...

Viceroy's Arch in Goa Velha, India

April 4, 2022

Amid the many churches, chapels, cathedrals, and convents of Old Goa, there is an old archway that stands next to the Mandovi River, near the ferry terminal. This archway is called the Viceroy’s Arch and was constructed in 1599 by Francisco Da Gama (who was the Governor from 1597 to 1600) in memory of his great grandfather Vasco Da Gama. Back when Old Goa was the capital of Portuguese Goa, this archway was one of the main entrances into...

What the World's Most Remote Islands Were...

April 4, 2022

The islands would have appeared from a distance like jagged teeth of volcanic rock—black basalt and rusty tuff, dusted with verdant green—but subtle changes in currents, waves, and wind would have alerted Polynesian seafarers to the presence of the archipelago long before they saw it. On the largest island, a wedged-shaped remnant of a collapsed volcano, the explorers likely avoided the steep cliffs of the western side, and may have found the bays of the north coast more inviting....

Vanadislunden Water Reservoir in Stockholm, Sweden

April 4, 2022

Stockholm’s center is full of beautiful old buildings and is home to several residences of the king. When walking past this structure in particular, one could easily assume that this is one of the homes or an old defensive fort. In actuality, it’s a large water reserve that keeps pressure on the pipes of people who live in the area. The Vanadislunden water reservoir was built between 1913 and 1918 after the designs of Gustar Améen. The building was constructed...

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