"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" --
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" --
Joshua Foer is the cofounder and chairman of Atlas Obscura. He is also the author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, a bestseller published in 33 languages, and a forthcoming book about the world's last hunter-gatherers. Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York’s quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street. Ella was associate editor at AtlasObscura.com, where she wrote about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost. Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura. He is also the coauthor of The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid.
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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ... ix EUROPE Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2 ENGLAND IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND SCOTLAND Western Europe . . . 22 AUSTRIA BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY GREECE CYPRUS ITALY NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL SPAIN SWITZERLAND Eastern Europe . . . 74 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CZECHIA ESTONIA HUNGARY LATVIA LITHUANIA MACEDONIA POLAND ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA UKRAINE Scandinavia . . . 99 DENMARK FINLAND ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN ASIA The Middle East . . . 114 IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL PALESTINE LEBANON OMAN QATAR SAUDIA ARABIA SYRIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN South and Central Asia . . . 125 AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH BHUTAN INDIA KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN NEPAL PAKISTAN SRI LANKA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN East Asia . . . 145 CHINA HONG KONG TAIWAN JAPAN NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA Southeast Asia . . . 168 BRUNEI CAMBODIA INDONESIA LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM AFRICA North Africa . . . 186 EGYPT MAURITANIA MOROCCO SUDAN TUNISIA West Africa . . . 196 BENIN BURKINA FASO CAMEROON GABON GHANA MALI NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE TOGO Central Africa . . . 206 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO East Africa . . . 208 ETHIOPIA KENYA RWANDA SOMALIA SOUTH SUDAN TANZANIA Southern Africa . . . 213 ANGOLA BOTSWANA MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Islands of the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans . . . 220 MADAGASCAR SEYCHELLES SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA OCEANIA Australia . . . 226 New Zealand . . . 240 Pacific Islands . . . 245 FIJI MARSHALL ISLANDS FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA GUAM NAURU PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS VANUATU CANADA Western Canada . . . 256 ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NUNAVUT SASKATCHEWAN YUKON Eastern Canada . . . .267 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR NOVA SCOTIA ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND QUEBEC USA West Coast . . . 276 CALIFORNIA OREGON WASHINGTON Four Corners and the Southwest . . . .296 ARIZONA COLORADO NEVADA NEW MEXICO TEXAS UTAH Great Plains . . . 311 IDAHO KANSAS MONTANA NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA OKLAHOMA SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING The Midwest . . . 319 ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSOURI OHIO WISCONSIN The Southeast . . . 338 ALABAMA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE VIRGINIA The Mid-Atlantic . . . 353 DELAWARE MARYLAND NEW JERSEY NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, DC WEST VIRGINIA New England . . . 366 CONNECTICUT MAINE MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND VERMONT Alaska and Hawaii . . . 376 LATIN AMERICA South America . . . .383 ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU URUGUAY VENEZUELA Mexico . . . 412 Central America . . . 420 BELIZE COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS NICARAGUA PANAMA Caribbean Islands . . . 426 BAHAMAS BARBADOS BERMUDA CAYMAN ISLANDS CUBA CURAÇAO DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GRENADA GUADELOUPE HAITI JAMAICA MARTINIQUE MONTSERRAT PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ST. MAARTEN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANTARCTICA . . . 443 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . 452 INDEX . . . 453 PHOTO CREDITS . . . 469
CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ... ix EUROPE Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2 ENGLAND IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND SCOTLAND Western Europe . . . 22 AUSTRIA BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY GREECE CYPRUS ITALY NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL SPAIN SWITZERLAND Eastern Europe . . . 74 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CZECHIA ESTONIA HUNGARY LATVIA LITHUANIA MACEDONIA POLAND ROMANIA RUSSIA SERBIA SLOVAKIA UKRAINE Scandinavia . . . 99 DENMARK FINLAND ICELAND NORWAY SWEDEN ASIA The Middle East . . . 114 IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL PALESTINE LEBANON OMAN QATAR SAUDIA ARABIA SYRIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN South and Central Asia . . . 125 AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH BHUTAN INDIA KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN NEPAL PAKISTAN SRI LANKA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN East Asia . . . 145 CHINA HONG KONG TAIWAN JAPAN NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA Southeast Asia . . . 168 BRUNEI CAMBODIA INDONESIA LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM AFRICA North Africa . . . 186 EGYPT MAURITANIA MOROCCO SUDAN TUNISIA West Africa . . . 196 BENIN BURKINA FASO CAMEROON GABON GHANA MALI NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL SIERRA LEONE TOGO Central Africa . . . 206 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO East Africa . . . 208 ETHIOPIA KENYA RWANDA SOMALIA SOUTH SUDAN TANZANIA Southern Africa . . . 213 ANGOLA BOTSWANA MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE Islands of the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans . . . 220 MADAGASCAR SEYCHELLES SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA OCEANIA Australia . . . 226 New Zealand . . . 240 Pacific Islands . . . 245 FIJI MARSHALL ISLANDS FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA GUAM NAURU PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS VANUATU CANADA Western Canada . . . 256 ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA MANITOBA NORTHWEST TERRITORIES NUNAVUT SASKATCHEWAN YUKON Eastern Canada . . . .267 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR NOVA SCOTIA ONTARIO PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND QUEBEC USA West Coast . . . 276 CALIFORNIA OREGON WASHINGTON Four Corners and the Southwest . . . .296 ARIZONA COLORADO NEVADA NEW MEXICO TEXAS UTAH Great Plains . . . 311 IDAHO KANSAS MONTANA NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA OKLAHOMA SOUTH DAKOTA WYOMING The Midwest . . . 319 ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSOURI OHIO WISCONSIN The Southeast . . . 338 ALABAMA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE VIRGINIA The Mid-Atlantic . . . 353 DELAWARE MARYLAND NEW JERSEY NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA WASHINGTON, DC WEST VIRGINIA New England . . . 366 CONNECTICUT MAINE MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND VERMONT Alaska and Hawaii . . . 376 LATIN AMERICA South America . . . .383 ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU URUGUAY VENEZUELA Mexico . . . 412 Central America . . . 420 BELIZE COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS NICARAGUA PANAMA Caribbean Islands . . . 426 BAHAMAS BARBADOS BERMUDA CAYMAN ISLANDS CUBA CURAÇAO DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GRENADA GUADELOUPE HAITI JAMAICA MARTINIQUE MONTSERRAT PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ST. MAARTEN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANTARCTICA . . . 443 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . 452 INDEX . . . 453 PHOTO CREDITS . . . 469
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