Atlas Obscura

Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 600 of the strangest and most curious places in the world.Here are natural wonders the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that s so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably Architectural marvels, including the M.C Escher like stepwells in India Mind boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan s 45 year hole of fire called the Door of Hell, coffins hanging off a side of a cliff in the Philippines, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England Atlas Obscura revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden, and the mysterious Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book you can open anywhere. Free Read Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Atlas Obscura is a guide to the world s strangest places.I ve been a fan of road trips almost as long as I ve been an obscure facts nerd This book combines the two in a fashion I first came across it in an issue of mental_floss and was lucky enough to score a copy for Christmas.Atlas Obscura has a lot of information on bizarre places around the world crammed into it s 400 pages, from a penis museum in Iceland to a graveyard in northern Iran with penis shaped tombstones, to other strange place Atlas Obscura is a guide to the world s strangest places.I ve been a fan of road trips almost as long as I ve been an obscure facts nerd This book combines the two in a fashion I first came across it in an ...I was once a world traveler This had nothing to do with my courage and everything to do with my father being in the US Air Force I had the privilege of being born in Germany and living in The Philippines, Italy, England, and even Nebraska And all over the United States The funny thing is, though my parents were sure to take me to several tourist destinations while we were abroad, I usually didn t seek out such places myself This was especially true in Italy, where my friends and I would go I was once a world traveler This had nothing to do with my courage and everything to do with my father being in the U...Was this really only published two years ago The layout and photography looks so 1989.And clearly my and the authors definitions of obscure vary.It s probably better online, both visually and in the sense that you would I assume only see one place at a time and could read it or not as it struck your fancy, rather than flipping through searching for the interesting minority entries.I did learn the neato word traboule from Latin transambulare via vulgar Latin trabulare meaning to cros Was this really only published two years ago The layout and photogra...Unless you are so dreadfully boring that organizing your toothpick collection while listening to your white noise machine is your version of a rockin Friday night I m pretty sure any one who crack s it s cover will find something to love in Atlas Obscura An Explorer s Guide to the World s Hidden Wonders This absolutely gorgeous book began its life as a web site specializing in all places macabre, wackadoo, and eccentrically beautiful Wanna spend the night on a Japanese island withcats Unless you are so dreadfully boring that organizing your toothpick collection while listening to your white noise machine is your version of a rockin Friday night I m pretty sure any one who crack s it s cover will find something to love in Atlas Obscura An Explorer s Guide to the World s Hidden Wonders This absolutely gorgeous book began its life as a web site specializing in all places macabre, wackadoo, and eccentrically beautiful Wanna spend the night on a Japanese island withcats than people Fancy a world tour of the astoundingly high number of bone churches currently welcoming visitors yes churches made ENTIRELY of bones Perhaps you d like to buy a condo in the former asylum that inspired H.P Lovecraft and Batman Arkham Asylum My point is if obscure, off the beaten path weird travel destinations is your thing go buy this book.Writers Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ellen Morton have put together a sumptuous compendium of some of Obscura sphoto...an atlas but reallyof a travelogue of the earth the has a page or two description of natural and unnatural wonders covering all the continent s with several colour illustrations this book deserves at least an extra half star as the physical copy is gorgeous but I read the ebook which ha...The world is full of wonderful and magnificent things, from spectacular beaches, to amazing vistas, beautiful creatures and breath taking waterfalls But look a little harder and you can find a whole lot of other remarkable, wonderful and weird thing to amuse and entertain If you are looking for those sorts of things, then this is the book for you.Split into regions, the authors have brought together the most strange collection of naturally created objects, places and human artefacts And there The world is full of wonderful and magnificent things, from spectacular beaches, to amazing vistas, beautiful creatures and breath taking waterfalls But look a little harder and you can find a whole lot of other remarkable, wonderful and weird thing to amuse and entertain If you are looking for those sorts of things, then this is the book for you.Split into regions, the authors have brought together the most strange col...A few days ago I had read a cool book on strange places to visit in the world It was an interesting book and gave me some cool ideas If I had a complaint it was the book was not that big and highlighted 51 places to visit.Well that problem is now solved with the Atlas Obscura Coming in at a beefy 400 pages and with hundreds of entries throughout the world this Atlas has no such issue.Wonderfully done, with neat little sections on the individual site and directi...Read all my reviews on I ve been a fan of the website www.atlasobscura.com for a long time, and when I heard there was going to be a book, I just knew I had to read it And like the website, this is a very curious collection of interesting things from all over the world Those who have been browsing, might recognize some of the entries, b...I love trivia, and enjoy reading about places no one has ever written about Places with a bit of mystery Places that make me want to sell everything I own and travel to them But, alas, I have a stack of books I need to read, and a class in which I am participating, so I wasn t able to finish this amazing book I plan on finishing it sometime in the near future It calls to me ever since I returned it to the library It ll be a great book to shelve alongside The People s Almanac 1, 2, and ...Having been a fan of the website, I was so excited to get my hands on an advanced copy of this book from Netgalley.Even though the internet age has brought us 24 access to all things wondrous and strange, it s sometimes difficult to find things unless you know exactly what you re looking for This book collects places, objects, and monuments that you didn t know you wanted to find, but that you definitely need to know about I highly recommend this for anyone who is curious about the most unusua Having been a fan of the website, I was so excited to get my hands on an advanced copy of this book from Netgalley.Even though the internet age has brought us 24 access to all things wondrous and strange, it s sometimes difficult to find things unless you know exactly what ...

• English
• 22 July 2018
Joshua Foer
• Hardcover
• 470 pages
• 0761169083
• Joshua Foer
• Atlas Obscura