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Michael Ende Kurkpark (Michael Ende Park) in...

November 3, 2021

Michael Ende is a German writer best known for the “Neverending Story” and the Jim Button books, both of which were been turned into popular films by the Bavaria Filmworks. Ende hails from Garmish-Paterkirchen where he is honored with a large park in his name. In the park, visitors will find many sites related to Ende’s work. For example, visitors can climb the back of Morla, listen to music in the Momo amphitheater, or walk in the trojaborg maze...

Podcast: The Capitoline Wolf

November 3, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, Blind Guy Travels host Matthew Shifrin discusses a formative encounter with a wolf tied to the origins of Rome. 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 their stories. Join us...

Jungle Park Speedway in Bloomingdale, Indiana

November 2, 2021

Mention Indiana and auto racing and the first thing that comes to mind is probably the Indy 500. Indeed, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its annual 500-mile race are famous the world over. And while that two-and-a-half-mile oval may be considered one of the premier racing venues in the sport, there’s another track in the Hoosier state that has an equally famous—or infamous—history. About 50 miles west of Indianapolis, nestled among the trees of the Wabash River valley, is...

King Arthur's Round Table in Eamont Bridge,...

November 2, 2021

Despite its name, King Arthur’s Round Table is actually a late Neolithic period earthwork henge that dates back to around 2000-1000 B.C.—even further than Arthurian legend. Originally part of a group of prehistoric megalithic sites and burial mounds in this area, King Arthur’s Round Table is now one of a pair of remaining henges on the edge of Eamont Bridge, along with nearby Mayburgh Henge. The ancient monument consists of a low circular platform surrounded by a wide ditch and earthen...

The Danse Macabre of L'église Saint-Orien de...

November 2, 2021

On the walls of the church of L’église Saint-Orien de Meslay-le-Grenet, a fresco portrays an army of grinning cadavers, wielding bladed scythes and swords merrily as they apprehend a cross-section of medieval society—regardless of their social class. The grim figures beckon them with skeletal hands to the Danse Macabre. Portrayed among the “invited dancers” are stoic knights, stolid peasants, arrogant princes and kings, pious bishops, noblewomen dressed in their finery, pretentious horseriding aristocrats, wealthy merchants, and even babies in their...

Wachusett Dam and Reservoir in Clinton, Massachusetts

November 2, 2021

The Wachusett Reservoir is the second largest body of water within Massachusetts. It has a capacity of around 65 billion gallons with an area of almost seven square miles, and a maximum depth of 120 feet. In the 1890s, the Boston Metropolitan Area was rapidly expanded and it became evident more freshwater was needed. In 1897, construction on the dam began to impound the Nashua River and it was completed in 1905. At the time, it was the largest...

Will Plans for Boston's Long Island Erase...

November 2, 2021

Today, Boston Harbor’s Long Island is a quiet place, visited mostly by seabirds. The skinny, low-lying island is home to a picturesque church, the ruins of a Cold War-era Nike missile launch site, and a cluster of vacant brick buildings once used as a municipal homeless shelter. The island’s southwestern tip points to neighboring Moon Island; in the strait separating them rise more than a dozen concrete pillars. The massive, crumbling structures are all that remains of a bridge,...

Wikingerdorf Flake (Flake Viking Village) in Kochel...

November 2, 2021

When looking for old Viking towns, one expects to find them in Scandinavia or maybe the northern United Kingdom, but oddly enough, it is possible to find one near the German Alps in Bavaria. Flake is a fictional town from the adventures of “Vicky the Viking,” a children’s book, cartoon, and movie series, and the home of the titular Wicky. It was built as a set for the 2008 movie “Vicky and the Strong Men” where the alpine backdrop of...

Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular,...

November 2, 2021

The first time Mahajabeen Padamsee stumbled across Entoloma hochstetteri in a New Zealand forest, she was happily startled. It was small, just a couple of inches tall, and she thought it seemed out of place. “I was like, ‘What are you doing here?’” Padamsee says. E. hochstetteri is a mushroom, and it’s blue. It’s really, really, really blue—almost unbelievably blue, saturated in a way more often associated with kids’ markers or mouth-staining candy than with fungi. Padamsee, a mycologist...

The Art of Dr. Seuss in New...

November 2, 2021

Theodor Seuss Geisel, more popularly known as Dr. Seuss, is known around the world for his classic children’s books filled with whimsical tales and illustrations. While longtime fans are familiar with his popular books, most have not seen his other artwork. The Art of Dr. Seuss Gallery seeks to change that by introducing the public to Geisel’s other artistic works. Propelled by the efforts of Geisel’s wife’s Audrey, this collection aims to show the private side of the legendary...

Podcast: Cueva de los Tayos

November 2, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an Ecuadorian cave that has captured the attention of government officials, scientists, and professional cavers and is home to a particularly rare creature. 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...

Mapping the Rainforests of Britain

November 1, 2021

Guy Shrubsole is on a mission to map one of the world’s most endangered rainforests—a moss- and mist-shrouded stretch of ancient oak, pine, birch, and ash along the western shores of Britain. Fed by fierce gales, intense rainfall, and high levels of humidity, Britain’s Atlantic coast was once home to vast swathes of woodland known as “temperate rainforests,” and is now the unlikely location for Shrubsole’s ambitious conservation project. Woodland conservationists consider the few fragments of ancient temperate rainforests...

The Tridge in Midland, Michigan

November 1, 2021

Sitting on the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa Rivers in downtown Midland is one of the most unusual wooden bridges in the world. The Tridge is the official name of this three-way bridge that allows pedestrians access to all three shores. It connects downtown Midland to Chippewassee Park on one side and St. Charles Park on the other. Besides being a convenient way for pedestrians to get from the parks to the city center, it is also the...

How to Forage From the World's Oldest...

November 1, 2021

This article is adapted from the October 30, 2021, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. The other day, I was cooking galbijjim: stewed short ribs. According to Maangchi’s Big Book of Korean Cooking, by the supreme online cooking teacher Maangchi, this dish is often made for birthdays and holidays, and it is accordingly lush with jujubes, pine nuts, chestnuts, and ginkgo nuts. Lacking that last ingredient, my mind wandered down the street, to...

Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Virginia

November 1, 2021

Dodona was a shrine in ancient Greece where priests and priestesses divined the words of the gods from the rustling of oak and beech leaves. It was second only to Delphi in terms of prestige. This manor house in northern Virginia that bears the same name dates back to the early 1800s, when John Drish having purchased eight acres and presumably the original two-story home from George Carter in 1805. Drish then sold the property to his son, Wilson,...

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