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Tiwai Island in Sierra Leone

April 13, 2021

Starting from the from the highlands of Guinea, the Moa River flows southwest toward the Atlantic Ocean. Along its path, the wide river hosts a cluster of islands. One of those is Tiwai Island, a 12-square kilometer piece of land in the southwestern region of Sierra Leone (about 30 kilometers from the Liberian border). In the Mende language, Tiwai means “big island”—appropriately, as it is one of the largest inland islands in Sierra Leone. In the late 1970s, Tiwai...

Stanhope Fossil Tree in Stanhope, England

April 13, 2021

In St. Thomas’s churchyard, Stanhope, stands an unusual piece of history. What appears to be an old, dead tree trunk standing in front of a missing section of church wall just along from the war memorial is actually a large fossil. The tree would have grown some 320 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period, long before England—let alone Stanhope—existed. At that time, the landmass that would become Britain was nearly straddling the equator and would have looked and felt...

India's Mini-Craze for Bicycling Around the World

April 13, 2021

In 2017, Anoop Babani, Goa-based former journalist, was recuperating from a cycling accident when he encountered a book from 1931, With Cyclists Around the World, written by three Indians who, in the days before widespread paved roads and satellite communications, had biked around the world. “A new China has been born in the world,” they wrote prophetically of one of their destinations. “Few see her; but those who do see, realize how she will affect world’s course and shape...

Challenger Memorial Park in Montpelier, Vermont

April 13, 2021

Going along Memorial Drive into Montpelier, the capital of Vermont, it may easy to overlook a small black-and-grey stone sitting next to an intersection. But a closer look yields something unexpected: an image of the space shuttle Challenger, located in a state with few connections to NASA or the space industry. The monument is part of a small, forgotten park built to honor the astronauts lost when the space shuttle crashed in 1986. The park’s central feature, a small, stone...

Garðar Cathedral Ruins in Igaliku, Greenland

April 13, 2021

In the early 12th-century, Norse settlers of Greenland established the first bishop seat on the island in the southern village of Garðar. There, a cathedral dedicated to Saint Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, was founded by Greenland’s first bishop Arnaldur in 1126. The church was composed of red sandstone and is the only known cruciform religious building in Greenland. The original structure was expanded in the following decades to include a bell tower and two chapels. During the 13th and...

Kuntsevo Dacha (Stalin Residence) in Sochi, Russia

April 13, 2021

Altogether, Joseph Stalin maintained about 20 different summer cottages or dachas, mostly around the Black Sea coast. He had health issues that included poor joints and lungs, so the weather of this warmer region was often comforting. He used this large building complex in Sochi rarely. However, it was always staffed and running just in case Stalin made a surprise visit. The building has retained its original appearance and interior with only a few later additions. The rooms and...

Dacha Stalina in Sochi, Russia

April 13, 2021

Altogether, Joseph Stalin maintained about 20 different summer cottages or dachas, mostly around the Black Sea coast. He had health issues that included poor joints and lungs, so the weather of this warmer region was often comforting. He used this large building complex in Sochi rarely. However, it was always staffed and running just in case Stalin made a surprise visit. The building has retained its original appearance and interior with only a few later additions. The rooms and...

Seonjeongneung in Samseong-dong, South Korea

April 13, 2021

Located in the famous Gangnam District of Seoul, Seonjeongneung is a large park that stands out in the middle of the bustling and crowded capital of South Korea. This site is the burial ground of two kings and a queen of the Joseon Dynasty. The westernmost area of the park is occupied by Seolleung, the tomb of King Seongjong who died in 1494. On this tomb are engravings of the twelve zodiac signs and the mound is surrounded by...

Podcast: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block

April 13, 2021

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit six tiny houses built for working class people—the largest intentional cluster of Frank Lloyd Wright homes anywhere. 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...

Can 'Banana Buffers' Save California From Wildfires?

April 12, 2021

California’s deadly, damaging wildfires worsen by the year. The state’s naturally dry landscapes, parched by a changing climate, have turned into tinderboxes. A stray match or lightning strike has the capacity to incinerate forests, fields, and neighborhoods. Last year saw a summer and fall of choking smoke and blood-red skies over huge portions of the state. To avoid fiery disaster, local governments often clear away dried brush from the hillsides and fields surrounding homes and streets. But one professor...

The Unsung Ranger Behind the U.S. Forest...

April 12, 2021

Most Americans haven’t heard the name Virgil “Bus” Carrell. But drive across the country and you’ll see Carrell’s work. And if you’ve entered a national forest, driven to a natural monument, or crossed the Continental Divide, you’ve probably even pulled over and snapped a selfie next to one of his creations. Those quirky brown-and-cream trapezoids, with the retro typeface that welcomes you to a U.S. Forest Service-managed site, are his legacy. Over the last half-century, those signs have become...

Sala dei Giganti (Chamber of the Giants)...

April 12, 2021

The Palazzo del Tè was built in the 16th century as a leisure palace for Federico II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua. Italian artist and architect Giulio Romano, who had been a student of Raphael, designed the building. Today it is widely considered to be Romano’s masterpiece. The palace is filled with elaborate decorations and paintings—one room, known as the Sala dei Giganti (Chamber of the Giants), is particularly impressive. The fresco that covers the walls and the ceiling of this room...

U.S. Museums Hold the Remains of Thousands...

April 12, 2021

This story was originally published in The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license. Among the human remains in Harvard University’s museum collections are those of 15 people who were probably enslaved African American people. Earlier this year, the school announced a new committee that will conduct a comprehensive survey of Harvard’s collections, develop new policies, and propose ways to memorialize and repatriate the remains. “We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which...

Wongaksa Pagoda in Seoul, South Korea

April 12, 2021

Wongaksa Pagoda is a 12-meter (40-foot) pagoda located in Seoul, South Korea. The 10-story marble building is hidden away in Tapgol Park, in the center of the busy city. The pagoda was constructed in 1467 as a part of Wongaksa Temple, which King Sejo had established two years earlier on the site of an older temple. An inscription on the upper part of the pagoda states it was built in the 13th year of the king’s reign. The temple was...

Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park...

April 12, 2021

In 1935, Florida adopted Stephen Foster’s melody Old Folks at Home as the official state song, and by 1950, at the behest of pharmaceutical magnate Josiah Lilly, a culture center was opened beside the Suwannee River to honor the quintessential American composer. The Culture Center’s museum features three large rooms filled with pianos, Foster-themed artwork, and a handful of Foster’s personal items. There is also a video room where short biographical films play on a loop. Foster’s music plays...

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