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Weeksville Dirigible Hangar in Elizabeth City, North...

March 1, 2021

Just south of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, an impressive structure rises from the shores of the Pasquotank River. The large, silvery dome measures 20 stories tall and nearly a thousand feet wide. While it might look like a futuristic laboratory, this building is actually one of the few remaining structures that were built during World War II to manufacture, house, and service the U.S Navy’s blimps. Yes, you read that right. Though fighter planes and aircraft-carrying ships tend to...

'Wake' in Seattle, Washington

March 1, 2021

Olympic Sculpture Park located in Seattle‘s Belltown is not far from the famous Space Needle, and a short drive from the famous Pike’s Place Public Market. Sculpture Park is nine acres filled with monumental artworks, amazing views of Eliot Bay, and a monolithic work entitled “Wake.” Located down a short embankment towards Western Ave sits ten plates each standing 14 feet that gently create an “S” pattern that forms a wake. The structure is composed of acid-washed, weather-proof steel...

Introducing: The Atlas Obscura Podcast

March 1, 2021

The Atlas Obscura Podcast is finally here! Join me, Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, and our incredible team of reporters and editors, on a daily (Monday-Thursday) exploration and celebration of some of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places. With each episode, The Atlas Obscura Podcast is a daily escape, in 15 minutes or less. Listen to the trailer above for a sense of what we have in store. After this past year, I know I am...

'Villa of the Mysteries' Replica in Ann...

March 1, 2021

In 1909, archaeologists excavating the city of Pompeii uncovered a Roman villa that still contained painted frescoes on the walls of one of its rooms. The artwork depicted the mystery rites of a religious cult associated with Dionysus. Images included scenes of women cavorting with fauns and winged figures, and undergoing ritual ecstasies, dancing, and flagellation. Researchers dubbed this dwelling the “Villa of the Mysteries.” In 1924, archaeologist Francis Kelsey commissioned Italian artist Maria Barosso to create a replica...

These Bronze Age Bog Beetles Look Like...

February 26, 2021

Once they reach adulthood, great capricorn beetles, Cerambyx cerdo, have only a brief time left on Earth. The bulk of their lives, which can span several years, is spent as larvae and pupae, boring through wood and nibbling as they go, then hunkering down beneath the bark of sun-warmed oaks until the weather invites them back out. As grownups, the beetles—a longhorn species slightly longer than a human thumb—have a month or so, which they fill with the drive...

For a Volcanologist Living on Mount Etna,...

February 26, 2021

Boris Behncke was growing impatient. The sun was setting, twilight was soaking the soil, and the sky was not yet on fire. For the past few days, Mount Etna’s almost preternatural displays of liquid hot rage had come along like clockwork, spaced roughly 30 hours apart on the 16th, 18th, and 19th of February 2021. It was unusual for one of the world’s most active volcanoes to be so punctual. But suddenly, on the 20th, it seemed to have...

At This Portuguese Bakery, the Recipes Were...

February 26, 2021

At first glance, Pastelaria Alcôa, a bakery in the charming little town of Alcobaça, Portugal, looks thoroughly modern. Behind a gleaming glass counter are colorful, award-winning pastries that have made the pâtisserie one of the most celebrated in the country. On warm days, customers sit outside at tables shadowed by large umbrellas and enjoy the view: a sumptuous Gothic monastery. Alcôa’s specialities are made inside the bakery, but their roots are in buildings like the nearly 1,000-year-old religious institution...

Chatham Catalpas in Fredericksburg, Virginia

February 26, 2021

Standing like ancient, tortured sentries in the yard of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia, are two venerable Southern Catalpa trees (Catalpa bignonioides). Their gnarled branches and twisted, misshapen trunks appear to be manifestations of the horrors of war they witnessed in 1862, during the aftermath of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Believed to be over 180-years-old, the Catalpas are dying. One tree remains upright only with the assistance of a massive metal brace installed by the U.S. National Park Service...

Nansen Ski Jump in Milan, New Hampshire

February 26, 2021

The Nansen Ski Jump was constructed in 1937 and was used as the location for the first United States Olympic Ski Jumping Trials. The jump is around 260 feet in length and was known as The Sleeping Giant. During its time in use, the Nansen Ski Jump was noted as the largest ski jump tower in the world. The jump hosted various major local and national competitions until it was eventually retired during the 1980s. Reconstruction on the Nansen Ski...

'Fossils of the 20th Century Civilization' in...

February 26, 2021

All of the stations on the Toei Ōedo subway line are adorned with some form of public art, from unusual sculptures to technological marvels such as the computer-designed “Web Frames” lighting at Iidabashi Station. The most fascinating of these is located in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station. Titled “Fossils of the 20th Century Civilization” (20世紀文明の化石), this mural was created by contemporary artist Shōichirō Higuchi and installed here in 2000, the same year the station opened. It was created from scrap metal produced in...

Valaste Waterfall in Valaste, Estonia

February 26, 2021

At a height of just over 90 feet (30 meters), this beautiful waterfall flows down off the Ontika limestone cliff situated on the northern coast of Estonia between Ontika and Valaste. There was once a rickety platform across the cliff, but it was eventually replaced by a more solid metal structure in 2018. This allows visitors the opportunity to walk down and follow the flow of the water. Those who continue on the short trail through the ancient coastal...

Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis,...

February 26, 2021

When Thomas Sadler Roberts retired from his career as a doctor, he remained hard at work in the field of ornithology. Roberts became a professor in the discipline at the University of Minnesota. He also helped establish the Bell Museum of Natural History. Ten years before Roberts’s death, this vital stretch of 31 acres was designated as a wildlife refuge by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The area was a favorite of Christian Bossen, the park board’s first superintendent...

Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis,...

February 26, 2021

When Thomas Sadler Roberts retired from his career as a doctor, he remained hard at work in the field of ornithology. Roberts became a professor in the discipline at the University of Minnesota. He also helped establish the Bell Museum of Natural History. Ten years before Roberts’s death, this vital stretch of 31 acres was designated as a wildlife refuge by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The area was a favorite of Christian Bossen, the park board’s first superintendent...

Why an English Manor Is Deploying Parasitic...

February 25, 2021

Battle wasps, to war! At least that’s the way it sounded when conservators in England recently announced that they were going to deploy an army of wasps to fight a moth infestation at a stately manor home. But alas, the reality is less an epic battle and more like a quirky rom-com (with a little parasitism thrown in). Blickling Hall, reportedly the birthplace of Anne Boleyn and a celebrated example of both Jacobean and Georgian architecture, is under attack....

Styx Waterfall in Kleitoria, Greece

February 25, 2021

Near the summit of Mount Chelmos along the Peloponnese lies a mythical secret to immortality. Chelmos mountain is situated a few miles from the neighboring city of Kalavryta, known for its ski resort, the oldest monastery in Greece, and the impressive Cave of the Lakes. Also perched atop this mountain is the Aristarchos Telescope, named after Aristarchus of Samos, the first astronomer to propose a heliocentric model of the solar system. Below the telescope on the peak of Neraidorachi is the...

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