Atlas Obscura

Museo San Colombano – Collezione Tagliavini in Bologna,...

The Museo San Colombano – Collezione Tagliavini in central Bologna features the...

A Man in 19th-Century Italy Preserved His Own Brain to ...

Tucked between the tibias of a standing skeleton in a museum in Turin, Italy, is...

Duwisib Castle in Alt Duwisib, Namibia

This red-stone castle emerges from the desert in the middle of nowhere. It’s bu...

Friar’s Music Museum in Toronto, Ontario

At the busy intersection of Yonge and Dundas streets in Toronto there are many ...

Al Capone’s Grave in Hillside, Illinois

Buried in a family plot at Mt. Caramel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, lies one...

Ruins of the Temple Tiger Resort in Nepal

Few thrills can compare with coming face to face with a wild tiger. In Chitwan ...

Birds-of-Paradise Can Emit Light Through Their Feathers

This story was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part o...

‘Cubo’ in Schio, Italy

CUBO is the 25-foot iron sculpture and installation where artist Alberto Frigo’...

Lamb and Flag in Oxford, England

The Inklings, an Oxford literary discussion group associated with J.R.R. Tolkie...

Derrick Cave in Fort Rock, Oregon

The mountainous region around Bend, Oregon, is home to many lava tube caves. Th...

Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica (Interna...

Most visitors to the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica (Internatio...

Besakih Temple in Rendang, Indonesia

As you draw closer to the base of Pura Besakih in Bali, the complex of Hindu te...

Hotel Greene in Richmond, Virginia

In what was once the rumored-to-be-haunted Hotel John Marshall in downtown Rich...

Museum of International Propaganda in San Rafael, Calif...

By its nature, propaganda is often ephemeral. State-created political fliers an...

Bunker of Civil Defence (Kryt Civilní Ochrany) in Olomo...

Deep below the historical city centre of Olomouc, hidden within its medieval fo...

The Beehive Tombstone (aka The Grimm Grave Marker) in J...

Near the center of a small church cemetery approximately 2 miles east of Jeffer...

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