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Atlas Obscura

Hidden places, strange history, and remarkable corners of the world.

Exchange Palace (Tőzsdepalota) in Budapest, Hungary

Budapest’s Exchange Palace is a grand building with a surprisingly eventful past.

Atlas Obscura · Sep 22 · Read original →

Benedictine Monastery Holy Trinity of Las Condes in Las Condes, Chile

A beautifully designed modern church and monastery of the 1960s. The site has been considered a link from city to the mountains.

Atlas Obscura · Sep 21 · Read original →

Old Route 5 Stone Wall in Nova Scotia

This is a hidden gem in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia where a waterfall flows through an old stone wall, and cascades over mossy rocks in a steep, mossy canyon surrounded by birch trees.

Atlas Obscura · Sep 21 · Read original →

Puerta del Hospital de la Latina in Madrid, Spain

There is something delightfully disorienting about stumbling across a 500-year-old Gothic doorway in the grounds of Madrid’s School of Architecture.

Atlas Obscura · Sep 21 · Read original →

Roman Baths of Slovenia (Rimski Terma) in Slovenia

In a valley surrounded by forested mountains is a mineral spring and baths in use since the Roman Empire.

Atlas Obscura · Sep 21 · Read original →
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The Mack Truck Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania

The Mack Museum was created in 1984 and commemorates Mack history through preserving truck build records, service and parts information, engineering drawings, photos, memorabilia…

Old Sagiada in Greece

The town of Old Sagiada was burned and looted in the Second World War by the German occupiers and local Muslims after the inhabitants fled.

Holy Trinity Oak Tree Chapel in Čibukovac, Serbia

The Holy Trinity oak chapel in Čibukovac, a small village near Kraljevo, is built inside a pedunculate oak believed to be over 500 years old.

The Grand Mesa in Cedaredge, Colorado

Rising high above the vibrant browns and reds of the westerner Colorado landscape, stand the Grand Mesa.

The Warner Theatre in Erie, Pennsylvania

This opulent cinema in downtown Erie, commissioned by Warner Bros. Studios and designed by Chicago-based architects Rapp & Rapp, first opened its doors in 1931.

Where to Find the World’s Best Soup

20,000 BC was a monumental year in history. Why? The first pot of soup was crafted in a cave in modern-day China.

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Academy of Natural Sciences is the oldest natural history museum in the country (and the Americas).