Gorgeous Grotesques with the Places Team
Jonathan Carey and Michelle Cassidy of the Atlas Places Team find beauty and fascination at the sites of warped and bizarre statues in Nuremberg, Germany and Urgnano, Italy.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: htt...
26 Jan 202211min
Musk Ox Farm
The Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska aims to domesticate a species that used to roam the earth at the same time as the sabretooth and wooly mammoth.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/p...
25 Jan 20228min
Chopin’s Heart
The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, Poland is the final resting place of famed composer Frédéric Chopin’s heart - smuggled there by Chopin’s sister after his death. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https:/...
24 Jan 202215min
Razzouk Tattoo
Razzouk Tattoo in Jerusalem has given Christian pilgrims permanent souvenirs from their travel for centuries.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/razzouk-ink Hosted by Simplecas...
20 Jan 202215min
Great Zimbabwe
Visit the ruins of an ancient economic powerhouse’s capital city, Great Zimbabwe in the nation of Zimbabwe and learn how a colonial empire was determined to rewrite its story.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: h...
19 Jan 202215min
Lily Dale Spiritualist Community
Reporter Sam O’Brien takes us to Lily Dale, the world’s largest surviving community of spiritualists, where she learns (even if you don’t believe in ghosts) there’s more than one way to connect with t...
18 Jan 202213min
Relampago Del Catatumo
There’s an everlasting lightning storm in Northwestern Venezuela that appears in the night sky nearly every night.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/relampago-del-catatumbo Ho...
17 Jan 202213min
Cisternerne
A massive 19th-century reservoir under the city of Copenhagen has been repurposed as a contemporary art cave. We venture inside to learn more about its history, and bask in the incredible acoustics of...
13 Jan 202212min
