Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders: 1

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My favorite travel guide! Never start a trip without knowing where a haunted hotel or a mouth of hell is!” Expand Your Palate: Explore the world through your taste buds by trying new and unusual foods. Seek out restaurants or markets specializing in international cuisine. Be adventurous and sample dishes with exotic ingredients or from lesser-known cultures. Expand your culinary horizons and engage in cross-cultural connections.

Another fascinating example highlighted by the book is the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles. This peculiar museum is like no other, dedicated to showcasing a collection of strange and captivating artifacts that blur the line between fact and fiction. Visitors to the museum are greeted with exhibits such as the Micromosaics of Harold Napoleon, which features intricate mosaics made from the tiny wings of butterflies. The Olfactory Archive is another exhibit that captures the imagination, exploring the complexities and nuances of human scent. The Museum of Jurassic Technology stands as a testament to the hidden wonders that can be found even in our everyday surroundings, encouraging readers to see the beauty and fascination that surrounds them. Foer's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, and The Nation. In 2007, the quarterly art & culture journal Cabinet began publishing Foer's column "A Minor History Of." The column "examines an overlooked cultural phenomenon using a timeline." Inspired by our growing Atlas of almost 15,000 unique places around the world, the kids’ book includes places such as Blood Falls in Antarctica, the Crystal Caves in Naica, Mexico, and the Root Bridges of Cherrapunji, India.Document Your Experiences: Capture your explorations through photography, journaling, or blogging. Use these mediums to reflect on your experiences, emotions, and observations. Sharing your adventures with others can inspire them to seek out their own curiosity-filled journeys. Atlas Obscura is a joyful antidote to the creeping suspicion that travel these days is little more than a homogenized corporate shopping opportunity.Here are hundreds of surprising, perplexing, mind-blowing, inspiring reasons to travel a day longer and farther off the path. . . . Bestest travel guide ever.” Or perhaps your exploration takes you underground, delving deep into the heart of a modern urban city. Beneath the bustling streets of Montreal lies an extensive network of tunnels known as the Underground City. Within this subterranean maze, a parallel universe resides, boasting a mesmerizing blend of shops, restaurants, and theaters. As you descend further into this hidden realm, the intricate web of passageways becomes almost maze-like, a testament to human ingenuity. Despite the labyrinthine complexity, the Underground City hums with life, filled with individuals seeking respite from the freezing Canadian winters or simply relishing in the thrill of navigating through an underground metropolis. This captivating world below ground mirrors the layered nature of Atlas Obscura itself, encapsulating a rich tapestry of experiences waiting to be explored. This book is so rich with information, research, and photographs. It brings new locations, objects, and monuments to light in a unique way with showcasing the strange and outstanding corners of the world that will bring out numerous emotions from disbelief to wonder. It is an entertaining travel book that makes me want to reach out of my comfort zone and begin exploring the world, but it is also filled with history on places and people that I would have not otherwise learned, which makes it all the more captivating. Here are natural wonders – the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that’s so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M. C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils vault over rows of squirming infants.

Atlas Obscura is a joyful antidote to the creeping suspicion that travel these days is little more than a homogenized corporate shopping opportunity. Here are hundreds of surprising, perplexing, mind-blowing, inspiring reasons to travel a day longer and farther off the path. . . . Bestest travel guide ever.” A travel guide for the most adventurous of tourists . . . a wonderful browse [for] armchair travelers who enjoyed Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York and Frank Warren’s PostSecret.” —Library Journal This is the fun way, a deep dive (sometimes literally) into places you’d never find otherwise, the weird and wild wonders of the world.” —WIREDFirst off, a confession. I didn't read the whole book. Normally I'd hold off on a review, but due to the unique structure of this book I feel comfortable giving my review without completing it. Atlas Obscura is a joyful antidote to the creeping suspicion that travel these days is little more than a homogenized corporate shopping opportunity. Here are hundreds of surprising, perplexing, mind-blowing, inspiring reasons to travel a day longer and farther off the path. . . . Bestest travel guide ever.”