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Capitoline Wolf Statue in Tønsberg, Norway

June 7, 2021

This unassuming statue depicts a she-wolf nursing two babies—a sight that may be familiar to anyone who has been to Rome. That’s because the statue depicts the famous story of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome who were cared for by a wolf after being abandoned by the Tiber River. It’s a scene that is common in Rome and can be found on murals, statues, tourist shops, and football clubs. So what is it doing in this...

Podcast: The Heidelberg Project

June 7, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit East Detroit, where an artist transformed a largely abandoned street into an immersive, living museum—which grew into something even bigger. 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...

At Pizza Picaya, the Oven Is an...

June 4, 2021

The earthquake had already woken up Mario David García Mansilla, a Guatemalan cook, when he saw the “balls of fire” flying over his house. It was the night of May 27, 2010, and the Pacaya Volcano was having its biggest explosion in recent years. When García saw the burning rocks flying, he did what any reasonable person would do: look for the keys of his car, a ‘72 Volkswagen Beetle. With the volcano’s roars flooding the landscape, he talked...

1912 Herschell-Spillman Carousel in Ocean City,...

June 4, 2021

Billed as the “Pride of the Boardwalk” in Ocean City, Maryland, the magnificent, hand-carved Herschell-Spillman carousel bought by Daniel Trimper in 1912 is a hard act to beat. It is truly a hidden treasure—if not for the cheery organ sounds, people might pass right by this beauteous amusement ride. Located inside a large pavilion, the carousel is the crowning gem amid a number of historical rides including Allan Herschell airplanes, a miniature Ferris Wheel, kiddie carousel, and kiddie Whip...

What in the World Is Sea Snot?

June 4, 2021

For months the waters around Istanbul, Turkey, have been coated with a gloopy film. Sometimes creamy, sometimes khaki, it can appear slightly dreamy or superlatively gross, depending on the vantage. From overhead, it’s almost romantic, like clouds glimpsed from space, white squiggles marbling Earth’s blue. Up close, the stuff is much more phlegmy. The shore-hugging substance is sometimes known as “sea snot,” and it’s easy to see why. It looks like the marine equivalent of a big, wet sneeze....

Saint John Maroon Church in Freetown, Sierra...

June 4, 2021

The Krio people of Sierra Leone are an ethnic group descended from liberated English enslaved peoples and free Blacks who settled in the country. One ethnic group responsible for cultural creations in Krio society were the Maroons. Maroons were descendants of the Kingdom of Ashanti peoples and were enslaved in Jamaica. Many escaped the plantations and rioted against the British. They were deported first to Nova Scotia, then onto Sierra Leone where they rapidly became an influential group in politics...

Gloucester Waterways Museum in Gloucester, England

June 4, 2021

Gloucester Waterways Museum presents the fascinating history of British inland waterways including both rivers and canals. It showcases canal boats from both narrow and broad canals and river barges, alongside machinery and artifacts that supported the waterways operations. The museum is based at Gloucester’s historic docks, formerly an important transport hub. The museum also contains a steam-powered dockside crane, a steam dredger, along with numerous steam and internal combustion engines. They were used for both motive power and pumping....

Art & History Museums of Maitland in...

June 4, 2021

The Maitland Art Center at the Art & History Museums of Maitland was created in 1937 as a winter artist’s retreat. The labyrinthine compound was designed in an obscure Art Deco architectural style known as Mayan Revival. The winding pathways, hidden courtyards, and high walls are all richly adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures, ranging from serene saints to defiant warrior goddesses. The complex is the dream vision of artist and architect Jules André Smith, a reclusive creative...

The Bastion & Thieves Pot in Stirling,...

June 4, 2021

Concealed in the recesses of the Thistles Shopping Centre lies the remnants of the town’s dungeon. Like many Scottish cities of this time period, there was a protective barrier, known as “The Burgh Wall,” that surrounded the environs. The current shopping complex just happens to have been constructed over this ancient defensive structure. Descending an iron spiral staircase, visitors will find themselves in what was once a mid-1500’s guard tower. Visitors will also find various artifacts with written descriptions...

Prairie Observatory in Oakland, Illinois

June 4, 2021

The Praire Observatory first opened in the 1960s and closed in the early 1980s. The observatory was once a place for astronomers from The University of Illinois to view the night sky far from bright city lights. Today, the building is covered with graffiti and overgrown vines. It looks more like something from a Hollywood postapocalyptic thriller than a place of science and research. The site can be accessed from a nearby parking lot or by following the scenic...

Giant Lady's Leg Sundial in Lake...

June 4, 2021

Many Hoosiers today might be surprised to learn that their state has been home to a clothing optional/nudist resort since the 1930s. Located about about an hour southeast of Chicago, the Sun Aura Resort boasts one of the largest and most unique sundial in the country: the Giant Lady’s Leg Sundial. The resort, formerly known as Club Zoro, was opened in 1933 and by Chicago attorney Alois Knapp, sometimes known as “the father of nudism in America.” By 1968, the resort...

Esztergomi szénrakodó in Esztergom, Hungary

June 4, 2021

This abandoned cable car station stands like a haunted ghost house high above the Danube River near Esztergom. It stands on two pillars in the water just a few meters from the shore. The cable car station was utilized as the unloading station for the cable car system. The skip carts carried coal powder from the sorting station of the nearby Dorog coal mines. The coal powder was then loaded into barges on the river and carried to a...

Seaham Hall Beach in Seaham, England

June 3, 2021

From 1850 to 1921, the seaside town of Seaham in northern England was home to Londonderry Bottleworks, reportedly the biggest bottle-making factory in Great Britain. For those 70 years, waste from the bottleworks, which produced everything from fizzy drink bottles to delicate hand-blown perfume flasks, was regularly dumped over the cliff into the sea. As a result, Seaham Hall Beach (also known as the North Beach or Glass Beach) is the richest source of sea glass in England. The...

Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued...

June 3, 2021

As Tom Brown leads a pair of young, aspiring homesteaders through his home apple orchard in Clemmons, North Carolina, he gestures at clusters of maturing trees. A retired chemical engineer, the 79 year old lists varieties and pauses to tell occasional stories. Unfamiliar names such as Black Winesap, Candy Stripe, Royal Lemon, Rabun Bald, Yellow Bellflower, and Night Dropper pair with tales that seem plucked from pomological lore. Take the Junaluska apple. Legend has it the variety was standardized...

Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, Texas

June 3, 2021

Interested in radio, television, recording, or maybe rock and roll production? The Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore has you covered. From the a mixing board built for James Taylor to one of ESPN’s first mobile studio units, you can find it here. Visitors interested in the macabre can see a camera that was present when Jack Ruby assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald. Also a camera used in in the production of American Bandstand in Los Angeles. Something a little older?...

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