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Viskafors Blå Får (Blue Sheep of Viskafors)...

February 22, 2022

When passing through the sleepy village of Viskafors and unexpectedly discovering a field with marine blue sheep next to the thoroughfare, you might think you have entered the Twilight Zone. No need to worry though, since this is a permanent art installation arranged by a local housing company. The sheep, designed by German artists Bertamaria Reetz and Rainer Bonk, are made of cast resin and have been hand-painted by people with intellectual disabilities. The color blue was chosen since...

Reloj Chino (Chinese Clock) in Mexico City,...

February 22, 2022

Between Mexico City’s Ottoman Clock and Chinese Clock, it may seem that all anyone gives Mexico to celebrate their independence is clocks. But beyond celebration, both clocks are also symbols of gratitude towards Mexico for their acceptance of migrants during the early 19th and 20th centuries. The Lebanese and Turkish governments gifted their clock in 1910 to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of Mexico’s War of Independence; thus, the last imperial government of China gifted this clock in...

America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

February 22, 2022

James Cameron was just 16 years old in 1930, when he survived a brutal lynching attempt in Indiana that left two of his friends dead. The event set him on a decades-long course of activism and advocacy that eventually led him to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the culmination of his life’s work: America’s Black Holocaust Museum. Cameron founded the museum in 1988, and in 1994 expanded it to a larger building in the city’s Bronzeville District. Until the mid-20th century,...

Hemenway Park in Boulder City, Nevada

February 22, 2022

This small, clean, quiet park boasts a great view of Lake Mead. The park contains a playground for the kids, shade, benches, a gazebo, and a really nice bathroom. It’s a great place to spend a few hours lazing around. There is even a small snack bar that is occasionally open. The park’s main claim to fame, however, is the large herd of Bighorn sheep that spend a lot of time at the park. They come down from the...

Paep Thoon in Leuven, Belgium

February 22, 2022

Leuven is a town with a rich history and full of strange folk tales. Perhaps the strangest of these is the story of Paep Thoon, the famous city jester. Paep, formally called Anthoon vander Phalizen, was the son of a local pastor. His nickname refers to him being the son of a priest (paep), and Toon is short for Anthoon. Paep was allegedly a hunchback and worked at his father’s church as an organist and carillonneur. However, Paep was...

Samurai Museum in Tokyo, Japan

February 22, 2022

Deep in the middle of the busy Shinjuku district surrounded by modern buildings and fancy restaurants sits a museum that takes its visitors through Japan‘s glorious, battle-filled past. This museum features dozens of samurai armor sets, including those of renowned historical figures such as Oda Nobunaga, Date Masamune, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Most of the armor sets come from the Muromachi and Edo periods. There is also an area specializing in Kamakura period weapons and armor. Also included amid the display...

Romanita Collective Housing Tower in Chisinau, Moldova

February 22, 2022

The building, popularly called Romanita (“Romashka”) because of its resemblance to a flower, was once the tallest residential building in Chisinau. The stone flower rises on Mala Malina. In the 1980s, Romanita was one of the city’s most ambitious housing projects. A strange elongated shape, a futuristic “flying saucer” on the roof, a spiral staircase inside, and apartments arranged in a circle. Designed and built between 1978 and 1986, the project was the work of architect Oleg Vronsky and...

Ha Kome Cave Dwellings in Lesotho

February 22, 2022

The cliff overhangs of Ha Kome are a series of cave dwellings an hour’s drive from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. While their exact history is unknown, the current inhabitants are descended from Basia tribesmen and women who first made the overhang home in the late 1800s. The Mefcane (“the Crushing”) was a period of intense socio-political unrest during the 1820s and 30s throughout southern Africa, defined by widespread drought, forced migration, and inter-tribal warfare. To flee the ongoing...

Podcast: Sites of Vision with the Places...

February 22, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we sit down with Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team to bring listeners two Atlas Obscura locations created by people compelled by visions: the East West Peace Church in Munich, Germany, and the Source du Nil in Musenyi, Burundi. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under...

Revenue Science Essentials: The 3 Pillars of...

February 22, 2022

When applying revenue science to your hotel or resort’s dynamic pricing tactics, there are three areas ripe for optimization: demand, capacity, and price sensitivity. Taking the time to review the basics and reassess how each of these factors into your revenue strategy is critical to positioning your hospitality business for maximum revenue performance and growth. The post Revenue Science Essentials: The 3 Pillars of Dynamic Pricing appeared first on Revfine.com.

Eischen's Bar in Okarche, Oklahoma

February 22, 2022

It might not look like much, but this unassuming bar is the oldest in Oklahoma. First opened by Peter Eischen in 1896, Eischen’s is still run by Peter’s descendants. Perhaps the bar’s longevity can be attributed to its sticking to the basics: The menu is literally eight items. They know what they do and do it well, especially their popular fried chicken. Their signature menu item was developed in the 1960s by George “Boog” Eischen, who also worked as a...

The Church in the Desert in San...

February 22, 2022

Imagine this: You are a Catholic priest in the 1600s, traveling through the desert, and one day come across a small river. What would you do? If you said, “Build a church in the middle of nowhere,” your name must be Juan Barragán Cano! Barragán built the first temple in 1635 and consecrated it to John the Baptist because of its proximity to the river. The church that stands at this site today, though, was built around a hundred...

World’s Largest Wooden Nickel in Iowa City,...

February 21, 2022

Made from southern yellow pine, the World’s Largest Wooden Nickel measures 16 feet in diameter. It was erected by Jim Glasgow in 2006, during a time when locals were protesting the widening and redevelopment of the highway that it is located next to. It took approximately six months to build the massive wooden coin, which is supported by eight stainless steel rods drilled through the centers of the pine beams. According to the Iowa City Press-Citizen, Glasgow called the Historical Wooden...

'De Bospoldervos' in Rotterdam, Netherlands

February 21, 2022

When walking through the Rotterdam suburbs, one might not expect to see a 32-foot tall fox statue—but that’s exactly what the artist was going for. “The Bospoldervos,” or the forest polder fox, is a 2021 statue created by Florentijn Hofman, who is known for creating enormous statues that clash with their environment. Hofman chose the neighborhood where he was raised—Bospolder-Tussendijken—for the setting, an area that was home to this species of fox back when it was an undeveloped forest....

Lukiškės Prison in Vilnius, Lithuania

February 21, 2022

Lukiškės Prison prison was built in 1904 and held prisoners for over a century, with the last prisoners transferred in 2019. Afterward, the prison was turned into a cultural hub that is open for guided tours, as well as a dance club, music venue, and residency space for over 250 artists. In 1904, Vilnius belonged to the Russian Empire, and the Lukiškės Prison was built under Czar Nicholas II. A revision of the criminal code in 1874 had introduced...

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