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Ovelgönne Bread Roll in Hamburg, Germany

October 16, 2023

In May 1952, during an archaeological dig at the loam mine of Ovelgönne, Buxtehude, a Helms-Museum staff member Willi Rühland discovered the remains of a charred bread roll in what appeared to be an ancient rubbish pit. Later dated to the early Iron Age, circa 800-500 BCE, the bread roll is the oldest surviving formed bakery product in Europe. Subsequently the ancient bread roll underwent a lot of examinations, from microscopy to radiography. Evidences revealed that it was kneaded thoroughly...

The Elk on the Trail in Florida,...

October 16, 2023

Richard Sears, a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, visited Whitcomb Summit during the winter of 1922-23 and was taken with the area’s scenic beauty. Sears proposed the location as a site for a memorial to members of the order, known as Elks, who died during World War I. The Massachusetts Elks Association fundraised for the memorial to be erected on donated land. The eight-foot-tall bronze elk sculpture was designed by Eli Harvey, who specialized in...

The Twisty Tale of the BBC Show...

October 16, 2023

It was 1985, and Chris Perry wanted to see something scary. But not just anything scary, he wanted something very specific. Perry and his friend and fellow vintage TV collector, Richard Down, had spotted an ad in the pages of one of England’s hefty 1980s media catalogs. It offered a single episode of an old BBC2 show, on a 16 mm reel, recorded way back in the 1960s. They ran to the nearest phone. The collectors just had to...

When You Die, Your Necrobiome Recycles You

October 16, 2023

This story was originally published on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license. Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important for your health while you’re alive. These microbial symbionts help you digest food, produce essential vitamins, protect you from infection, and serve many other critical functions. In turn, the microbes, which are mostly concentrated in your gut, get to live in a relatively stable, warm environment with a steady...

Vicolo dei Libri (Book Alley) in Lovere,...

October 16, 2023

Vicolo dei Libri is a narrow passageway in the village of Lovere that dates back to the Middle Ages. Due to its strategic position, the history of Lovere is eventful, to say the least. What is worth mentioning is that during the 15th century CE, the Republic of Venice took possession of the territory and ensured long-lasting peace in the area. The local population devoted their time to trade instead of warfare, and the village experienced a protracted period...

Horse and Human Drinking Fountain in Welcome,...

October 16, 2023

Whether you are a horse or a human, you’re always welcome to have a drink of water in Welcome, Minnesota. The town is home to one of the few remaining hybrid fountains in America, and almost certainly is the one to make the biggest deal of that fact. This drinking fountain dates to 1914. At the time, access to potable water in rural areas. was an even bigger issue than it is today. Clean water was often a luxury,...

Podcast: Nasothek Noses

October 16, 2023

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we get up close and nosey about a peculiar exhibit in Copenhagen that reveals a lot about what artists and society have considered beautiful throughout the years. 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 along the way you’ll meet some...

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Monster Mashup

October 16, 2023

This themed crossword comes from Zhouqin (C.C.) Burnikel, who grew up in Xi’an, China, before moving to the United States in 2001. She’s the author of Sip & Solve Easy Mini Crosswords. You can solve the puzzle below, or download it in .pdf or .puz. Note that the links in the clues will take you to Atlas Obscura pages that may contain the answer. Happy solving!

The Washoe Club Haunted Museum & Saloon...

October 14, 2023

In the booming days of America’s Old West, the Washoe Club was Virginia City’s most elite private social institution. A membership-only organization born out of Nevada’s fabled Comstock Lode, this “Millionaire’s Club” attracted a mix of mining magnates, artists, and intellectuals who sought to rub elbows with other ‘men of importance,’ and relish in the luxuries brought with the territory’s silver bonanza. The club opened its doors on B Street on June 1, 1875, in an opulent space with...

Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum in Boulder City,...

October 14, 2023

Entering Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum is like walking into a who’s who of horror films. Life-sized recreations of It’s Pennywise, and Halloween’s Michael Myers share space with the Creature from the Black Lagoon, while a series of creepy anthropomorphic puppets from the Puppet Master film series co-exist beside a smorgasbord of other screen-used characters. Devlin is a professional special effects artist who has contributed to more than 100 scary movies and TV shows, from Leprechaun to The X-Files, in...

The Time a Town Was in an...

October 13, 2023

One rainy day in January 2017, a small but determined group gathered outside the parliament building of Pontianak city, Indonesia for a protest. Printed across a large banner was the group’s name: GEMA TOPAN, which (translated from Indonesian) stands for “Community Movement to Reject Ghost Statue.” Along the bottom was the hashtag #tolakpatongantu, meaning “Reject Ghost Statue.” It was an unusual cause for a demonstration, but these were unusual circumstances. Not long before, word had circulated around social media...

Ray Charles Memorial in Albany, Georgia

October 13, 2023

This small park on the Flint River is home to a musical dedication to the “King of Soul” Ray Charles. A fountain sits in the middle with a statue of Charles and his piano. Visitors can hear his music play along with the sound of the water from the fountain. The entire park has a musical theme, the walkway is a piano keyboard, and musical notes along with piano keys are places to sit.

'Broken Column' in Stavanger, Norway

October 13, 2023

Broken Column is an artwork by the British sculptor Antony Gormley. The artwork is designed to act as an “art hike” consisting of 23 rusting, mannequin-like sculptures set up in public, semi-public, and private locations across the city of Stavanger. Some statues are outside public places and are accessible 24 hours a day, others are in less accessible areas such as the public swimming baths, a store, and a school. One statue is even located in a private home. The...

Make This Fallout Shelter–Friendly 1960s Ham Spread

October 13, 2023

In 1961, in the midst of widespread panic over possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union, food editor Marie Adams published a timely recipe column in the Charlotte News. The column—originally titled “Can You Make an Appetizing Meal in Your Cellar?”—focused on meals you could make in a fallout shelter, using the emergency supply of nonperishable goods that families were expected to stockpile for an anticipated two weeks underground. Adams’s column was far from unique. Women’s magazines and government-sponsored...

Where Humans Think Aliens Are Most Likely...

October 13, 2023

Until humanity makes contact with some genuine extra-terrestrials, the aliens we invent will say more about us than about them. By extension, the same goes for where we first encounter these imaginary off-worlders. These maps show the locations of alien first contacts on Earth in almost a century of popular films, from Algol (1920), a Faust-from-outer-space parable made in Weimar Germany; to Annihilation (2018), a reflection on America’s loss of faith in the future of humankind. The rules: Each...

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