At a loss for where to go on your next vacation? For something more off-the-beaten-path than peeing on a jellyfish sting, consider planning a trip to one of the locations catalogued in the Atlas Obscura:
An enormous concrete dome that seals off the crater left by an atomic blast. The ancestral home of a nearly forgotten Kentucky family, which had four children born with bright blue skin. The hiding place of a memoir written by an infamous 19th-century fugitive—and bound in his own skin.
They’re all real places you can visit. And they’re all collected at Atlas Obscura, a new website which aims to be a “compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities and esoterica,” founded by Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras. Read more…
Kuang, Cliff. “The Atlas Obscura.” Good July 2 2009. July 12 2009 <http://www.good.is/post/the-atlas-obscura/?GT1=48001>
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