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Fort Caroline National Memorial in Jacksonville, Florida

November 8, 2023

In 1564, French Huguenots, attempting to avoid persecution from the Catholic Church, set sail for North America and landed in what is now Jacksonville, near the opening of the St. John’s River. They established trade with the native Timucuan Indians and built a fort, planning to maintain a permanent home in North America. But this colony only lasted until the following year, when Spanish forces coming up from the recently established town of St. Augustine attacked the French, forcing them...

World's Oldest Pyramid Found Not in Egypt...

November 8, 2023

In the world of ancient pyramids, it seems like there’s always a race to the past. Are the oldest ones in Egypt? Peru? It’s been up for debate since about 2001. But now, there’s a new contender in the historic who’s-who of pyramids: Indonesia. A team of archaeologists, geologists, and geophysicists recently published a paper in Archaeological Prospection suggesting that Gunung Padang in the Cianjur District of the West Java Province is not actually the naturally occurring hill that...

Neville Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

November 8, 2023

Built in 1872, this high Gothic building was constructed as the headquarters for the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME). It served as a learned society for the most influential mining engineers of the period and as a meeting place to share ideas and innovations as well as discuss policy. In true Victorian grandeur, the interior is clad with rare natural stonework adorned with exquisite carvings, beautifully decorated ceilings, and stained-glass windows. The NEIMME, which...

Tacoma Public Sundial in Tacoma, Washington

November 8, 2023

To find out the time in Tacoma, Washington, you have a few options. Sure, you can pull out a smartphone, or check your watch, but why bother with something so prosaic? Instead, head north to Commencement Bay on a sunny day, and you’ll be able to measure time using the City of Tacoma’s sundial. The sundial is a public sculpture, created and maintained by Metro Parks Tacoma. When the park was under construction in 1978, the project’s landscape architect,...

Cobblestone Footpath in Culross, Scotland

November 8, 2023

Many of the visitors that seek out the quaint seaside village of Culross, (pronounced Coo-riss) come to soak up the picturesque atmosphere seen on the television program Outlander. The town serves as the show’s fictional village of Cranesmuir. But they might be missing some details that are easy to overlook. For instance, the pattern of the cobbled road of Kirk Street that runs from the Mercat Cross up to the Abbey. Culross was founded in the 6th century, and due...

Ladd Observatory in Providence, Rhode Island

November 8, 2023

The Ladd Observatory was built in 1891 by Brown University, and features the original telescope over 130 years old. The telescope is one of only a handful of large refractor telescopes from that era. At the time of its construction, the observatory was located at the highest point in Providence (shifts in the city’s borders eventually caused this to be the city’s second-highest point.) The hilltop was a rural area with minimal light pollution. However, in the decades after...

William Wordsworth's School Desk Carving in Hawkshead,...

November 8, 2023

The Old Grammar School in Hawkshead boasts a rich history that dates back to its establishment in 1585. For over three centuries, the school served as an education hub for numerous generations until its closure in 1909. Among its distinguished alumni was the famous poet, William Wordsworth, who attended the school from 1779 to 1787. In adulthood, Wordsworth left an indelible mark on the history of poetry, as a child, however, Wordsworth’s writing left another kind of mark when...

Hermas Homestead Museum in Enklinge, Åland Islands

November 8, 2023

In the 1980s, the local government of Åland bought the home of the late Sven Karlsson. Sven—a boatbuilder, inventor, fisherman, farmer, and carpenter—had lived his entire life on the farm, weathering all the changes the 20th century brought with it while still sticking to the lifestyle of his ancestors. Having lost one of his legs in a hunting accident in his youth, he got creative in his daily life, using a motorized bike, installing water chutes between the stables...

In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh...

November 8, 2023

Excerpted with permission from Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization, by Leon McCarron, published November 2023 by Pegasus Books. Our boat left Amara in semidarkness and the city slipped away with ease, taken by the reeds. As light flooded the day, ducks and geese joined us in the current. Occasionally we passed factories making bricks, their chimneys exhaling black smoke that diffused the sky. This was about the worst job in Iraq, said Salman. It...

A 500-Year-Old Record of the Aztec Empire...

November 8, 2023

What comes to mind when you imagine the Aztec Empire? It doesn’t quite generate the obsession that the Roman Empire might, but perhaps pyramids? Warriors? Or, more likely, its decimation at the hands of Spanish conquistadors. That’s probably because so much of what is widely known about the Aztecs is filtered through those European conquerors. But 16th century central Mexico, where the Aztec Empire had thrived, was lively with history, cuisine, medicine, and culture, and that world is now...

Byrnesville in Ashland, Pennsylvania

November 8, 2023

Byrnesville, Pennsylvania was a village between the towns of Centralia and Ashland. In 1856 a handful of Irish Catholic families settled in Byrnesville, and were employed in the local coal mining industry. Many of these families remained in the village for generations. In 1962, the coal veins beneath the neighboring town of Centralia caught fire, likely due to a routine burning of the town’s local dump igniting the coal fire. Initially, the fire didn’t seem to have much impact...

Podcast: A Long Walk Home

November 8, 2023

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we meet back up with our pal Bernie Harberts, the beast whisperer, who trekked 19 million mule steps across the United States only to find himself, for the first time, a little homesick. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and...

Mawaki Site in Noto, Japan

November 7, 2023

The Mawaki Site in the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture, was continuously inhabited for over four millennia between 6,000-2,300 years ago, bearing witness to the dawn and twilight of the prehistoric Jōmon period of Japan. Discovered in 1982-1983 during the pre-construction survey for a canal, the Mawaki Site contains several shell middens, mass graves, and the remains of a timber circle consisting of 10 chestnut poles, which has since been reconstructed on the site. The diverse finds from the site...

Gene Cockrell's Yard Art in Canadian, Texas

November 7, 2023

Regarding the concrete figures arranged across the yard of the late B.G. (“Gene”) Cockrell, the artist reportedly claimed that they are simply things that he saw that he then wanted to build. That modest self-assessment may be entirely true but it fails to express what a keen eye Cockrell had for the iconic. Dinosaurs, Native Americans, Jesus, mythical creatures, extra-terrestrials, an American Bison; the two dozen sculptures are all instantly recognizable as part of contemporary culture. At one time,...

Bún Thang 29 Hàng Hành in Hanoi,...

November 7, 2023

While phở is Hanoi’s most iconic noodle soup, there are many others worthy of your attention. One such example is bún thang (pronounced “boon taang”), a rice vermicelli noodle soup known for being light yet filling and savory. In the Vietnamese capital, you’ll find nearly a dozen restaurants hawking this noodle soup. Our favorite is this over 20-year-old standby near the scenic Hoàn Kiếm Lake, where bowls start at just VND50,000, or roughly two dollars. Often considered to be...

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