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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
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bookshelves: favorites, just-for-fun, nature, history, best-of, nonfiction
Jan 01, 2017
bookshelves: favorites, just-for-fun, nature, history, best-of, nonfiction
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge, using junk cars. The Museum of Bad Art, where nine of every ten submissions are rejected for being too good. Ozymandias on the Plains, a hoax sculpture of two legs on the plains outside Amarillo, Texas. These are just a few of the over 600 curious and unusual destinations around the world documented in this book. Even the categories are interesting---urban curiosities, strange architecture, outsider art, bioluminescence, macabre museums, fiery places, and micronations are some included here. A perfect read for anyone who loves Guinness Book of World Records or Ripley's Believe It or Not books.
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December 24, 2016
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November 14, 2019
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favorites
November 14, 2019
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just-for-fun
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nature
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history
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best-of
November 26, 2020
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nonfiction