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Upplevelsdusch in Värmdö SO, Sweden

August 25, 2021

Spas often have a wide range of facilities, from pools to saunas. Art is usually part of the decor, but it is quite rare to see the two merged into one facility. But at Sweden’s Djurönäset spa, an interactive art installation is part of the experience. The upplevelsdusch, or “next level shower,” lets its users experience the ever-changing weather of Scandinavia. The shower provides three preprogrammed experiences, representing the Nordic spring, summer, and autumn. It achieves this by releasing...

Museo dell’Illuminazione Mineraria in Schilpario, Italy

August 25, 2021

This museum presents a collection consisting of more than 2,000 mining lamps spanning from ancient to modern. In addition, there are vintage carts, helmets, telephones, drills, and other paraphernalia related to mining. Almost all the items on display were found or recovered from local mines in and around Schilpario. Some of the oldest items on display at the Museo dell’Illuminazione Mineraria (Museum of Mining Lighting) are early forms of mining lamps used during the Roman Empire, which consist of simple...

Ecokathedraal in Mildam, Netherlands

August 25, 2021

Walking between these stone and concrete structures feels like you are exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization. Scattered between the trees are endless paths, nooks, and crannies to get lost in. In reality, however, the “overgrownness” of the structures is highly intentional, and part of its design. In the 1970s, artist Louis le Roy (1924-2012) obtained an empty piece of land and began building what is now known as the Ecokathedraal (”eco cathedral”) near the town of Mildam, Netherlands....

The Old Brick Road in Bunnell, Florida

August 25, 2021

In 1914, a highway system called Dixie Highway was a network of roads that was meant to connect Miami to Montreal, Canada. The prime leader and investor of this operation was American entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher. By 1916, this portion of the highway near the Florida town of Espanola was complete. With tourists coming down to visit Florida’s east coast, this road would have hundreds of visitors a day driving the road on their Model T’s. By the mid-1920s, the...

Meet the People Who Staff Argentina's Highest...

August 25, 2021

High on La Puna de Atacama, the arid plateau Argentina shares with Chile, there is a lonely portal to the cosmos. The Transient Optical Robotic Observatory of the South (TOROS) sits at 4,660 meters, or more than 15,000 feet above sea level, where the combination of clear desert skies and low light pollution provides researchers the chance to observe some of the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena, including the space-time ripples known as gravitational waves. TOROS is just the first...

Parque Masayoshi Ohira (Masayoshi Ohira Park) in...

August 25, 2021

Masayoshi Ohira was Prime Minister of Japan between 1978 and his death in 1980. Much like Tomáš Masaryk, the founder of former Czechoslovakia, it might not make much sense why these non-Mexican political figures have features named after them in the country’s capital. While Avenida Presidente Masaryk is “Mexico City‘s most expensive street,” the Masayoshi Ohira Park on the other hand is a small space of greenery in the south of the city. While Masaryk might have never set...

Mary Randolph Gravesite in Arlington, Virginia

August 25, 2021

Mary Randolph, the first recorded person buried in Arlington Cemetery was born in 1762 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, just south of Richmond. Randolph’s family tree is quite extraordinary. Her ancestors include the famed Native American princess Pocahontas and her husband Jamestown settler John Rolfe. She was a cousin of George Washington Parke Custis and his wife, and godmother to their daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis who married Robert E. Lee. Randolph married her first cousin, David Meade Randolph, who...

Podcast: The Tank

August 25, 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 industrial water tank–turned–concert hall in the high deserts of Colorado that is nothing less than a sonic wonder of the world. 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...

Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, New York

August 24, 2021

In 1986, artist Mark di Suvero found an abandoned landfill alongside the East River that was being used as an illegal dumpsite. Seeing the potential in this five-acre patch of land for something much more, he formed a coalition of community activists and artists and transformed the site into an outdoor gallery and artist studio. From the beginning, di Suvero sought to promote a cultural connection between the park and the greater community. The park was named after the...

Aldeia Artística (Artistic Village) in Barrenta, Portugal

August 24, 2021

Barrenta is a small village in the municipality of Porto de Mós with about 40 inhabitants that is an open-air gallery of urban art. Pieces are spread all over the village and range from stickers and graffiti to tiles and crochet art. There is a large mural by the Portuguese artist Costah. There are more 50 pieces representing more than 15 different countries and dozens of artists spread around the village inside houses, on street signs, walls, and more. These...

Gympie Bone Museum in Araluen, Australia

August 24, 2021

The Gympie Bone Museum is equal parts scientific, quirky, and macabre. In 2016, after the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads announced a $1 billion upgrade to the Bruce Highway that included a 16-mile bypass around Gympie, local science technicians and educational cadaver suppliers Jaimie and Debra Cook came up with the idea for the museum in order to “bypass-proof” their town and create a much-needed tourism industry for the area. Operating out of their backyard shed, the...

Museo Nacional de Cartografía in Mexico City,...

August 24, 2021

While maps are unquestionably one of the most important elements in traveling and tourism, the actual science and artistry behind their creation are often ignored. Mexico City‘s National Museum of Cartography aims to remedy this and has the location to do so. The former Convent of San José was built in 1686 to serve what was then the town of Tacubaya in the city’s periphery. It would serve that function until the 19th-century. Due to a history of conflict...

In Germany, Karl Marx and Elvis Direct...

August 24, 2021

When German traffic psychologist Karl Peglau designed an easy-to-recognize symbol for pedestrian street crossings in East Berlin, he had no idea that it would eventually grow legs of its own. The German Democratic Republic’s Ampelmännchen, or “little street crossing man,” is not your typical tall, stick-like figure. Rather, this stout and somewhat childlike silhouette, with a flat-top cap and a confident stride, is as iconic as he is eye-catching. Over the years, the quirky Ampelmännchen has become a much-loved...

Palazzo della Vittoria in Torino, Italy

August 24, 2021

Turin is a city of hidden places and uncanny architecture that evokes a sense of wonder. Strolling along the Corso Francia northeast of Turin at number 23, a five-story building designed in Liberty-style will certainly catch visitors’ attention. The residential Palazzo della Vittoria or House of the Victory was commissioned by Giovanni Battista Carrera to engineer Gottardo Gussoni at the end of 1918. It was designed to celebrate the Italian victory in World War I. The building is also...

St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium

August 24, 2021

Rising above the surrounding town, this monolithic masterpiece of Brabantine Gothic architecture might have been the tallest church ever constructed, alas, the funds needed to complete the proposed 252-foot (77-meter) spire ran dry. Constructed between 1200-1520, this imposing house of worship is named for the patron saint of Mechelen, a missionary and martyr whose remains are rumored to be buried inside the cathedral. Its distinctive tower scrapes the sky at an impressive 318 feet (97 meters) and can be...

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