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Your Personality Depends on Which U.S. State...

November 10, 2023

Does where you live have any bearing on the kind of personality you have? Science says yes, and these maps show how. But which science is that, exactly? It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. When this rogue discipline becomes respectable enough to get its own lab, it will need its own name. The Nascent Field of Geopsychology “Psychogeography” is already taken—basically, it’s a fancy term for “walking...

Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow in York,...

November 10, 2023

In the city of York, the district known as the Shambles, is well known as one of Europe’s best-preserved 14th-century shopping neighborhoods. The closely packed wooden buildings line meandering cobblestone lanes, where shops, cafes, and taverns appeal to the tastes of the modern traveler. But if you’re looking for an authentic medieval interior, you may want to wander over to number 35 Shambles. Here you’ll find a sanctuary dedicated to one of the city’s most revered former citizens. Though the...

Los Luceros Historic Site in Alcalde, New...

November 10, 2023

Nearly 1,000 years ago, the unassuming spot next to the Rio Grande River was home to the ancestors of today’s Tewa residents of Ohkey Owingeh Pueblo (meaning “Place of the Strong Ones”). The ancient pueblo, Po’yege, is an archaeological site now, but the legacy of the Strong Ones lives on. The people of Ohkey Owingeh, located just downriver from Los Luceros, was one of the first sites to resist Spanish colonization and cruelty in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. (The...

Peavey-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator in St....

November 10, 2023

Perhaps the most unusual and notable source of inspiration for European architects was the lowly grain elevator. These hulking structures and their unique features caught the attention of European architects. Walter Gropius, a prominent figure in the International Style movement and founder of the Bauhaus, compared American industrial buildings, including grain elevators, to the “work of the ancient Egyptians” in their overwhelming monumentality. This concrete tower rising outside a kitchenware manufacturer in a Minnesota suburb may seem unremarkable at first...

Usera Panda Bear in Madrid, Spain

November 10, 2023

FOR YEARS, Madrileños in search of exceptional dim sum and duck have gone to Usera, a diverse neighborhood that functions as the cities unofficial Chinatown. Over time, all kinds of businesses with have flourished in the area, from Cantonese-style bakeries and hair salons to supermarkets and car repair shops. The links between the city of Madrid and its ever-growing Chinese community became even stronger back in November 2022, when this statue dedicated to the panda bear was unveiled in...

The girder of peace in Madrid, Spain

November 10, 2023

During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), the Telefónica building, which played a key role in telecommunications, on the Gran Vía in Madrid was a frequent target of air raids. While the building itself was successfully hit, there were also a number of bombs and mortar shells that fell in the surrounding area, missing their target by a few meters. One of those mortar shells ended up across the street in a building that currently is a hotel. The mortar...

City Pillar Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand

November 10, 2023

At the astrologically auspicious time of 6:45 a.m. on April 21, 1782, a pillar containing the horoscope for the city of Bangkok was erected in a ceremony opposite the northeast corner of the Grand Palace. Most Thai cities have one of these pillars, called a lak mueang, which provides a home for the city’s guardian spirits. Bangkok’s original pillar is made from a four-meter tree truck carved at the top to resemble a lotus flower. It is believed to have...

Pankhurst Centre in Manchester, England

November 10, 2023

The campaign for women’s right to vote in the United Kingdom was relatively slow. The first debate on women’s suffrage in Parliament was in 1870, but the members of Parliament resisted granting this right for decades. Given the lack of progress, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WPSU) in 1903. Pankhurst’s daughters Christabel, Sylvia, and Adela were all heavily involved as well. Initially, the WSPU’s protests took the form of civil disobedience and other disruptive activities,...

Mound Key Archaeological State Park in Estero,...

November 10, 2023

The 30-foot summit of Mound Key is a stark contrast to other, low-lying mangrove islands dotting Florida’s Estero Bay. The artificial island, created from layers of countless shells, bones, and other material, was built by the Calusa people at least a thousand years ago. It served as their political and cultural seat well into the 1700s. At its highest point, a grand hall large enough to hold 2,000 people overlooked an urban center on par with contemporary Aztec city-states....

Giant Angus MacAskill Museum in Isle of...

November 10, 2023

When Angus MacAskill was born in 1825 on the Isle of Berneray, Scotland, he was a baby of typical size. His family lived for several years in Stornoway before emigrating to Nova Scotia in Canada. It was here during his adolescence that he began to grow quickly, eventually reaching a height of 7 feet 9 inches. Unlike other well-known giants, Angus’ size was non-pathological; he did not suffer from gigantism or an excess of growth hormone. Instead, he was...

Wonder Is Everywhere: Ancient Lampreys, Outdoor Learning,...

November 10, 2023

Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. An 11th-Century Monastery Rediscovers a Hoard of Treasure by Christy Choi, CNN Authorities in Nepal estimate that up to 80 percent of the country’s religious artifacts have been stolen since the 1980s, and others lie forgotten in...

Missouri Headwaters State Park in Three Forks,...

November 10, 2023

Where can you most easily cross the wide Missouri? In central Montana, three tributaries join to form the start of the United States’s longest river. The headwaters of the Missouri River are intimately connected with the Lewis and Clark expedition, and in particular, with the life of one of their members, the Lemhi Shoshone woman known to history as Sacagawea. It was here, as a young girl, that Sacagawea was taken captive by members of the Hidatsa tribe, and...

Many Popular Houses in L.A. Were Part...

November 9, 2023

A group of darling houses in Los Angeles have acquired something of a cult following. Featuring multiple gables, steep-slope roofs, arched doorways, and trowel-swept stucco walls, these six-room storybook cottages are “a unique time capsule of the 1920s,” according to the development’s website. Known as Janes Village, the homes nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains are still highly desirable today. But few people know that the entire village was a con, and the man who built...

Taino Gunpowder Mill in Taino, Italy

November 9, 2023

Founded in 1914 by the French company Davey Bickford Smith, this gunpowder mill played an important role in the First and Second World Wars, producing all types of fuses used in weaponry, and projectiles of all sizes, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank warheads. During the 1930s and 1940s, this company reached its peak production, and it employed more than 2,000 people, a number that pretty much coincided with the entire population of Taino at the time. The history of the...

13 Places That Are Hell on Earth

November 9, 2023

All across the world, there are portals to hell. Some are simply called that, like the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan, thanks to the way it looks—a singular fiery pit that’s raged for decades. Others, like Houska Castle in Czechia, have been told to guard portals to hell, trapping a myriad of demons below its very foundations. From folklore to very real pits and caves, here are our favorite portals to take you to the netherworld. The Gates of...

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