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Atlas Obscura
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Office of Collecting and Design
Decades’ worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.
Khao Chi Chan
Also known as “Buddha Mountain,” this limestone outcrop is decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.
Dun na Cuaiche Watchtower
An 18th-century viewpoint across the surrounding highlands.
Devinska Kobyla Missile Base
A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava.
This Puzzling Dessert Calls for Peaches and Physics
There’s a magic trick baked into Peach Puzzle.
Where Are the Last of Maine’s Historic King Pines?
Deep in the wilderness, some say, forest giants claimed by the British Crown still tower above lesser trees.
The Quest to Honor Disabled Patients Buried in Anonymous Graves
Historically, institutions often interred their dead with simple markers. In Massachusetts, researchers are learning about the patients’ lives and the facilities’ fraught legacies.
Pomník Rudoarmějce
This statue of a Red Army Soldier has been moved and changed several times since its creation.
Carrara, Nevada
Though it was named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world, this town built around a marble quarry would not find the same success.
Historic Huntley Plantation
The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.