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Atlas Obscuraby Claire Thewissen1d ago
About Fort van Breendonk is a transit camp and WWII Nazi Prison in Willebroek, Belgium. It was originally built between 1906 and 1913 and has been used in both World War I and World War II.
Atlas Obscuraby Sean Emmerton2d ago
About Located in The Rocks, Sydney's oldest neighborhood, the four humble terrace houses that make up Susannah Place were built in 1844 by Irish immigrants.
Atlas Obscuraby Two Rivers Heritage Museum3d ago
About When you see this museum from the street, you might assume that it's a little one-room operation, but you couldn't be more wrong!
Atlas Obscuraby Mark Allender3d ago
About South of the town of Scituate (pronounced /SIT-you-it/), roughly a mile and a half from the Atlantic coast of Massachusetts, nestled in the second-smallest state park in Massachusetts, at the...
Atlas Obscuraby Natasha6d ago
About The Bay Area’s regional parks are one of the many jewels that make the Bay the gem that it is, but few are aware of the ruins of a once-grand sanitarium nestled right within the hills of...
Atlas Obscuraby Lana Velkov6d ago
About The National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth displays a genuine Jolly Roger, captured from pirates off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.
Atlas Obscuraby Dan Weldon7d ago
About The Camp Butner Museum preserves the remarkable story of a World War II training camp that seemingly appeared overnight across more than 40,000 acres of North Carolina farmland, displacing...
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen8d ago
Nothing beats staying in a hotel whose suites hold some stories — especially if they’re of the spooky variety.
Atlas Obscuraby Anna Minster8d ago
About The Malbone Street wreck was the worst catastrophe in the history of the New York City subway system and the worst train crash in New York State.
Atlas Obscuraby Vivek Gadre9d ago
About Within the premises of Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan in Mumbai’s Byculla area stands an extremely stately turquoise building, reminiscent of old British mansions. It houses Dr.
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About Where the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers merge in southeastern North Dakota, the Red River of the North begins its winding trek northward into Canada.
Atlas Obscuraby The Podcast Team12d ago
Troy Taylor: There’s a story about a phantom riverboat that I always liked, about how if you heard the riverboat whistle blow on a foggy morning but you never saw the boat, that meant that someone...
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About Welcome to one of Downtown Murphy’s oldest buildings and quite possibly one of its most colorful. This was once the Bank of Murphy, established on January 16, 1899.
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About For decades this rare 100 year-old 'Pillbox' or defensive bunker had been neglected and vandalised, until it was about to be demolished in 2023.
Atlas Obscuraby Holyn Thigpen13d ago
One of literature’s greatest gifts is its ability to transport us to other worlds: some utopian and fantastical, others dark and unnerving, scary and supernatural … This guide is all about the...
Atlas Obscuraby Ülvi Qitəliyev14d ago
About The building that printed Soviet Azerbaijan's newspapers and books is shaped like an open book.
Atlas Obscuraby Xavi Pascual14d ago
About Navalcarnero may be a small town southwest of Madrid, but its streets are steeped in history.
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About Along the sidewalks of Macquarie Street, in the shadow of the grand stone arches of Sydney Hospital, sits a striking geographical and cultural anomaly.
Atlas Obscuraby Apbreuhan15d ago
About No American Thanksgiving dinner is complete without turkey, stuffing, gravy, and "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie and a talented...
Atlas Obscuraby The Podcast Team15d ago
Amanda McGowan: Every small town has that one spot where people sneak off to at night. In Point Pleasant, West Virginia, back in the 1960s, that place was the McClintic Wildlife Management Area.
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