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One of the Most Famous Victorian Dishes...

January 12, 2022

“Good heavens! Issue umbrellas, the Scots are firing porridge!” exclaims Neddie Seagoon, a character voiced by comedian Harry Secombe on the popular 1950s British radio program The Goon Show. The English military forces have just been hit with a “great steaming spludge” and aren’t having it. “Porridge at teatime?” roars Major Denis Bloodnok, voiced by Peter Sellers, in horror. “They’re trying to unbalance our diet!” Appalled by the Scottish tactics and gastronomic habits, Seagoon prepares a savage retaliation: “If...

Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum in Ritzville, Washington

January 12, 2022

On the interstate between Spokane and Seattle, you will find a wild world of wonder. With over 1,000 animals on display, The Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum has dioramas that other museums can only dream about. Dr. Don Sebesta and his wife Sandy Tyler conceived and constructed this museum. Sandy crafts the diorama details and they are absolutely exquisite. The couple mans the museum each weekend, so be sure to ask them about their adventures around the world. Don has been...

The Pink Store in Puerto Palomas, Mexico

January 12, 2022

Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, is perhaps best-known as the launching point for Pancho Villa’s infamous 1916 raid on the New Mexico town of Columbus, the last land invasion of the contiguous United States. Today it serves as a convenient destination for Americans looking for cheap dental care and prescription drugs. However, at least one institution serves as a more cultural experience for international travelers. The Pink Store was founded in 1989 by Ivonne and Sergio Romero. It sells art from...

Podcast: The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and...

January 12, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an unusual museum in Iceland, where reporter Eric Grundhauser explored the ancient lore of the occult, learned how to steal milk from his neighbors, and laid his eyes upon a pair of pants… made of human flesh. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take...

Pix-O-Matic in Portland, Oregon

January 12, 2022

Thanks to a Covid-era workaround, you can enjoy a midnight snack well beyond midnight in Portland’s East Burnside neighborhood. Just because it comes from a vending machine doesn’t mean it’s junk food, either. At Pix Patisserie’s Pix-O-Matic, the goods behind the glass are actually delicious. After a short-lived attempt to become an astronaut, Pix founder Cheryl Wakerhauser set her sights on pastries, training in Southern France under world-renowned pastry chef Philippe Urraca. Her frequent travels in and around both...

The Secret Lives of Kitchen Appliances

January 11, 2022

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE JANUARY 8, 2022, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. On my countertop, an unassuming white toaster sits next to a fiery red stand mixer. In the drawers below are a giant cleaver and a dinky, battery-powered milk frother. In the bottom cabinet, my great-grandmother’s Dutch oven, which she used to make goulash during the Great Depression. There’s also a Bundt pan shaped like an octopus. Your kitchen...

Whiskey Bottle Tombstone in Clayton, Alabama

January 11, 2022

On July 18, 1863, the townsfolk of Clayton, Alabama, buried William T. Mullen between two bottles of whiskey. The specially shaped tombstones are a fitting tribute to a man who loved his drink. Mullen lived hard and died young. He was born in Talbotton, Georgia, on June 18, 1834. By 1860 he had moved to Clayton and met the county jailor’s daughter, a young woman named Mary Williams. The two married at the jail on September 11 of that...

Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada

January 11, 2022

Virginia City, Nevada, is well known for many things: the V&T railroad, prosperous silver mines, and as the place where Mark Twain began his writing career. One lesser-known fact about Virginia City is that it played an important role in the origins of psychedelic rock n’ roll. By the mid-1960s, Virginia City’s cheap rents attracted young, idealistic hippies in droves. In 1965, a group of friends purchased an old hotel and transformed it into the Red Dog Saloon. Chandler...

Antong Coffee Mill in Taiping, Malaysia

January 11, 2022

You might put sugar in your coffee. In Malaysia, though, the beans for a traditional cup are roasted with not just sugar but margarine as well, before they’re ground-up and brewed. The result is a strong, caramelly cup of coffee. Despite the global trend of chrome-plated cafés and high-tech coffee roasters, there’s still lots of demand for old-school kopi. Perhaps that’s why Antong Coffee Mill, Malaysia’s oldest roaster, is still in business. Not only does the mill make the old-fashioned coffee,...

Daramombe Rock Paintings in Chivhu, Zimbabwe

January 11, 2022

Next to the big Daramombe Hill (where according to the local customs you can not complain or you will get lost), you can find different small hills consisting out of different sized boulders. Such hills also go by the name of kopjes. The rock paintings are scattered around the kopjes, some are very clear and big while others are small and slowly fading away. You can also encounter a graveyard of the first missionaries who build the school in...

Rough Wooing Memorial in Musselburgh, Scotland

January 11, 2022

The Rough Wooing was the last war fought between England and Scotland before their crowns were joined in 1603. The union came at the cost of a series of brutal 16th-century clashes. The reason for all the bloodshed was the English attempt to force the betrothal, or wooing, of Mary Queen of Scots, then an infant, to the English heir Edward IV, then a child. After the Scots suffered a defeat at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547...

Can Citizen Scientists Prevent Another Pacific Newt...

January 11, 2022

The day’s first kill is barely recognizable, a burnt sienna smudge on the dark pavement. Dr. Merav Vonshak kneels in the cool November morning and pulls out her phone and ruler, documenting the tiny, crushed body of a Pacific newt. By spring’s end, she and the other Newt Patrol volunteers who keep watch over this four-mile stretch of road in the foothills of Northern California’s Santa Cruz Mountains will have recorded around five thousand of them—one of the single...

Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn, Estonia

January 11, 2022

Kadriorg Palace, or “Catherine’s Valley,” was commissioned by Peter the Great of Russia for his second wife, Catherine I. Surrounded by 70 hectares of wooded parkland with an ornamental lake, formal gardens, and several museums, the complex sits on the edge of Kesklinn district of Tallinn. The palace, designed by famed Italian architect Nicola Michetti, is an exquisite example of Petrine Baroque architecture, which flourished in St. Petersburg in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Great Hall at Kadriorg...

William Beard's Grave in Brooklyn, New York

January 11, 2022

Strolling along Green-Wood Cemetery’s Atlantic Avenue one may come upon a magnificent cast metal bear perched upon a headstone. One might assume that this was put there during the cemetery’s heyday of grand sculptures and mausoleums in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries, but while this particular grave has been there since 1900, the bear is a more recent addition. William Holbrook Beard was a painter who studied at the Düsseldorf Academy and later relocated to New York in 1861....

World's End in Hingham, Massachusetts

January 11, 2022

Jetting into Hingham Harbor lies a cluster of drumlins, glacier-carved, spoon-like, hills that rise above the coast around it. John Brewer purchased the land in the 19th century and built an estate for raising cattle. Within 30 years the peninsula was entirely owned by the Brewer family. At the end of the 1800s, the family contacted Frederick Law Olmstead, a famous architect now known for his role in the creation of New York City’s Central Park, as well as...

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