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Atlas Obscura by Joshua Foer
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it was amazing
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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Reading Progress

December 24, 2016 – Started Reading
December 24, 2016 – Shelved
December 24, 2016 –
page 8
1.7%
December 26, 2016 –
page 55
11.7%
December 26, 2016 –
page 79
16.81%
December 26, 2016 –
page 79
16.81%
December 28, 2016 –
page 117
24.89%
December 28, 2016 –
page 150
31.91%
December 29, 2016 –
page 180
38.3%
December 29, 2016 –
page 180
38.3%
December 31, 2016 –
page 350
74.47%
January 1, 2017 – Finished Reading
November 14, 2019 – Shelved as: favorites
November 14, 2019 – Shelved as: just-for-fun
November 14, 2019 – Shelved as: nature
November 14, 2019 – Shelved as: history
November 14, 2019 – Shelved as: best-of
November 26, 2020 – Shelved as: nonfiction

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