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The Viking Unst Project and Skidbladner in...

June 2, 2021

Norse (or Viking) heritage in Shetland is a source of cultural pride and uniqueness. While the entirety of the British Isles and a large part of Northern Europe saw repeated Norse invasions and settlements, the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney had a particularly long period of Norse habitation, starting in the 8th-century and being part of the Kingdom of Norway until the 15th-century. The abundance of longhouse remains in Shetland (around 60 explored so far, most of them...

Przhevalskiy Museum in Przhevalsk, Kyrgyzstan

June 2, 2021

Nikolay Przhevalskiy was a 19th-century Russian explorer who traveled to China, Tibet, and Central Asia collecting an enormous amount of botanical samples and zoological information. He even discovered a horse species that still bears his name and mapped the Tibetan mountains Przhevalskiy died of typhus during an exploration of the Issyk Kul lake near Karakol. This museum was created in his honor and first opened in 1957. The museum showcases dozens of photos, designs, documents, objects, awards, and some...

Mount Air Historic Site in Lorton, Virginia

June 2, 2021

This land was originally a plantation inhabited by Dennis McCarty, who was the sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses. His wife Sarah Ball was George Washington’s cousin. The massive parcel was claimed from Lord Fairfax by McCarty, whose first house on the property was built in the 1730s. Following Mccarty’s death in 1742, the plantation was willed to his wife and deeded to his eldest son, Daniel. The land would remain...

Conowingo Dam in Darlington, Maryland

June 2, 2021

On the lower Susquehanna River, only 10 miles upstream from the Chesapeake Bay, stands the Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station. The Exelon Power Company owns the masonry gravity dam, which has been operating since 1928. At the time of its opening, the dam was second in size only to the hydroelectric dam at New York’s Niagara Falls. At 94-feet tall and 4,648-feet wide, the Conowingo Dam is four times wider than the Hoover Dam. It spans the Susquehanna connecting Cecil...

What the Heck Is a Pneumonia Front?

June 2, 2021

It’s a late spring afternoon along the southwestern coast of Lake Michigan, and people from Chicago to Milwaukee are out enjoying the sun after another long Upper Midwest winter. The temperature creeps up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and continues to climb, unseasonably. The promise of an early summer lures out gardeners, cyclists, and beachcombers. Then, it happens. A wall of cold lake air slams into the coast and moves rapidly inland. People scramble for shelter, or at least a...

Stanley Institute in Cambridge, Maryland

June 2, 2021

Once known as Rock Elementary or Rock School, the Stanley Institute as it is now remembered is a historic one-room schoolhouse located in Cambridge, Maryland. It was initially erected near Church Creek in 1865 but was relocated to its current location two years later in 1867. It presently sits at the intersection of Church Creek Road (MD Rte. 16) and Bayly Road. The school also served as a church until Christ Rock Methodist Episcopal Church was constructed across the...

Mawson's Huts Replica Museum in Hobart,...

June 2, 2021

Squatting among the historical colonial buildings on Hobart’s waterfront is a single-story pine hut guarded by two brass sled dogs. The Mawson’s Huts Replica Museum is, as its name implies, an exact reconstruction of the main research hut built in 1911 on Cape Denison by members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, lead by the famed Australian geologist, explorer, and academic Douglas Mawson. Every detail of the museum, from its cladding to the flooring, has been painstakingly recreated, based on...

Wharram Percy in Malton, England

June 2, 2021

Wharram Percy was a medieval village whose deserted remains can be found near Malton. Because of its state of preservation, historians have been able to gather important information from the site. It was an ancient settlement, which reached its peak between the 10th and 12th centuries when it had two manor houses, both of which were owned by the wealthy Percy family from which the village took its name. Contrary to some beliefs, it was not the Black Death...

Castles of Valderas in Alcorcón, Spain

June 2, 2021

These centenary castles in Alcorcón (a southern suburb of Madrid) were designed by the architect Luis Sainz de los Terreros: the main castle for the Marquis of Valderas and his family, and a smaller one for personnel. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), it housed General Franco during the offensives to capture Madrid. In 1967, it served as frame for an alleged UFO “sighting” in the context of the bizarre Ummo affair. In 1917, José Sanchiz de Quesada, Marquis...

Podcast: Re-Up Your Luck

June 2, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we explore the power luck has on us all, rational or not, through the unlikely places people go to re-up their fortune. 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...

Villa La Favorita in Porto Mantovano, Italy

June 1, 2021

Villa La Favorita was the last great Gonzaga palace (the dukes of Mantua) built by the will of Ferdinando Gonzaga. Ferdinando was the second-born of Vincenzo Duke of Mantua; he was sent to Rome to start an ecclesiastical career, which was typical for the Italian noble families to avoid succession fights. Ferdinando became cardinal when his brother Francesco IV died of smallpox with his only son. He returned to Mantua just to find the worst economic crisis of the duchy....

Motel Inn in San Luis Obispo, California

June 1, 2021

Motels became staples across the country during the mid-20th-century. However, only one holds the distinction as “the world’s first motel,” and is found in the unlikely town of San Luis Obispo along the central California coast. Long road trips became more of a reality as automobiles became more readily available. In 1925 two brothers, Arthur and Alfred Heineman designed the Milestone Mo-Tel, a concept where travelers could rent out a room by night while on long road trips. Prior to this creation,...

Phanom Rung Historical Park in Ta Pek,...

June 1, 2021

Phanom Rung is a Khmer temple dedicated to Shiva built in what was once part of the ancient Khmer Empire and today falls within the borders of the Thai province of Buriram. The full name of this site is Prasat Hin Phanom Rung, but it’s usually referred to as Phanom Rung. This complex was designed to make the most of the morphology of its location, so that the temple on top of the hill can be reached via an...

Sanctuary Stone in Liverpool, England

June 1, 2021

The Sanctuary Stone sits on Castle Street in the center of Liverpool. It’s thought to be one of the oldest artifacts related to the beginning of Liverpool. The stone once marked the boundaries for the medieval markets that took place in the town for centuries. Three other similar stones may have also existed on High, Dale, and Water Streets. All would have been a few feet tall originally. Within the marked perimeter, goods could be taken from stalls, as...

The Return of Karachi's Legendary 'Caked Alaska'

June 1, 2021

In August 2020, 46-year-old Natasha Kazmi returned from Virginia to Karachi, the city she had left when she was 19. Even as she built a life and raised two daughters in the United States, she had longed to return to Pakistan, counting down every Friday until her next visit. She had little by way of a plan, but she arrived as a pâtissier trained at the Cordon Bleu and Bellouet Conseil in Paris. In October, a childhood friend asked...

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