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Cementerio Santa Ifigenia in Santiago de Cuba,...

January 26, 2022

The cemetery that holds Cuba’s soul. Inside the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba resides a tomb that holds a handful of soil from every country in Latin America. The tomb of Jose Marti, a Cuban patriot and central figure in Cuba’s War of Independence from Spain. The soil is there to symbolize Marti’s influence in the hemisphere. As in much of Latin America, and indeed the world, cemeteries in Cuba are a grand affair. Many house museum-worthy...

Airmail Arrow in Reno, Nevada

January 26, 2022

Probably the first commercial application of aviation was carrying mail. Then as now, customers would pay a substantial premium for the swift delivery of an important message. But early aircraft navigation was primitive; With radio in its infancy and radar nonexistent, pilots had to rely on visual landmarks such as railroads and natural geographic features—and even then flight was practical only during daylight hours. Furthermore, a lack of distinctive landmarks—not to mention bad weather—could still lead to navigational errors....

The Scythe Tree in Waterloo, New York

January 26, 2022

On May 26, 1966, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed a proclamation designating the village of Waterloo, New York, as the birthplace of Memorial Day in the United States. It is only fitting that Waterloo is also home to an extraordinary tree that is a living monument to wartime sacrifice. The Scythe Tree is a Balm of Gilead poplar growing on a small farm between Waterloo and Geneva in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. In 1861, James...

Lynde House Museum in Whitby, Ontario

January 26, 2022

Originally owned by Jabez Lynde, this home served as an inn between the towns of York and Kingston during the War of 1812. It’s now the oldest home in Durham region. Members of the British Army during the war and later members of the Royal Family once stayed at the house. Moved from its original location (at 960 Dundas Street West) to Cullen Gardens, then moved again to its current location by the Town of Whitby, it now serves...

Dhigurashu Thun'di (Long Beach) in Dhigurah, Maldives

January 26, 2022

Indian flying foxes—one of the largest bat species in the world—flit from one breadfruit tree to the next, their wings silent above the rhythm of the surf. Here on the island of Dhigurah, a narrow slice of sand and coral in the Maldives’ Alifu Dhaalu Atoll, about two hours by public speedboat from the capital of Malé, the ocean is always nearby. At its widest point, Dhigurah is only 300 meters across, though most of it is much narrower....

Podcast: Gorgeous Grotesques with the Places Team

January 26, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team find beauty and fascination at the sites of warped and bizarre statues in Nuremberg, Germany and Urgnano, Italy. 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...

Skagit-Squatch in Burlington, Washington

January 26, 2022

An Amazing pit stop going to or coming from North Cascades national park. Highlights are Sasquatch memorabilia and wood carvings. Great owner has a journal of guest with their own squash stories.

These Ants in Panama Are Masters of...

January 25, 2022

While many people in Panama were at home, passing time during the pandemic, five kids were out shooting a clay ball at trees with a slingshot. They wanted to give themselves a challenge, so they were targeting slender cecropia trees in particular. One of the kids was aiming for its broad, flat leaves, but hit the stem instead, leaving a clean, gaping hole, from one side to the other. William Wcislo, an entomologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute...

The Forgotten Women Who Ruled the Medieval...

January 25, 2022

Damascus wasn’t in good shape in 1132. Assassins had just killed the king. The new king, Isma’il, was paranoid, greedy, and prone to violence—even brutally executing his own half-brother. Then, in a move that violates kingship’s most basic tenets, Isma’il planned to give Damascus away to the enemy. Enter Khatun Zumurrud, Isma’il’s mother. She was not about to let that happen. In 1135, she had her own son assassinated and his body dragged through the streets. Zumurrud wasn’t the...

Museu Egipci de Barcelona (Egyptian Museum of...

January 25, 2022

In the city center of Barcelona hidden in plain view amidst a street of restless shops and restaurants stands a museum that is filled with the wonders of Ancient Egypt. The museum has its roots in the private collecting of Ancient Egyptian art by the wealthy Catalan businessman and hotelier Jordi Clos Llombart who has a passion for archeology. The collection was first exhibited in the Hotel Claris in Barcelona and soon proved so popular with the guests that it...

Henry Chadwick's Grave in Brooklyn, New York

January 25, 2022

Though General Abner Doubleday is generally credited with inventing the game of baseball, the truth is that he was only a cadet at West Point and nowhere near Cooperstown in 1839, when and where it was supposedly created. Instead, if there is a single man who deserves any credit for its creation it would be English sportswriter Henry Chadwick. Chadwick didn’t invent baseball either; even he would publicly cite baseball’s descent from an English game called rounders, which utilized...

Dharavandhoo Fish Market in Dharavandhoo, Maldives

January 25, 2022

A small, open-air concrete building sits beside a palm tree at the east edge of Dharavandhoo’s pocket-sized harbor. A sign announces it as the island’s fish market, but it’s nothing like the bustling trade halls of Tokyo’s Toyosu or Seattle’s touristy Pike Place. Here, no money changes hands, and the diverse customers take whatever they’re offered, no haggling necessary. “Reef sharks, stingrays, sometimes nurse sharks up to three meters long,” says Ahmed Mahzoom, listing the fish that gather in...

Podcast: Musk Ox Farm

January 25, 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 Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. The farm aims to domesticate a species that used to roam Earth at the same time as the saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth. 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...

In Search of the Origins of Native...

January 24, 2022

The house is haunted, but not in the way you might think. In a number of quiet family cemeteries in Oklahoma, grave houses or spirit houses, as they are known, dot the landscape: little, physical manifestations of tradition, heritage, family, and grief. Some of these miniature houses are new, made of fresh two-by-fours and with simple thatched roofs, others are so old that they appear rough hewn, from decay and exposure. Some are large and imposing, with two stories...

How to Make Vietnamese Egg Coffee

January 24, 2022

During World War II, Nguyen Gian faced a problem: a milk shortage. He was working in a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, and his solution was to mix whipped eggs into the coffee. This classic case of constraints spurring creativity is widely credited as the moment that cà phê trứng, or Vietnamese egg coffee, was invented. Over the years, Gian, along with other residents of Hanoi, a highly caffeinated city, developed egg coffee into a drink you want even when...

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