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Podcast: Haw Par Villa

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Podcast: Haw Par Villa

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 4, 2021
The Giant Koala in Dadswells Bridge is  both intimidating and beloved.

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What's the Big Deal With Australia's 'Big Things'?

From pineapples to poisonous toads, Aussies love their enormous roadside attractions.

Tiare Tuuhia
Atlas Obscura
November 3, 2021
An Apatani family and guests make tapyo around the hearth.

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Without a Source for Salt, This Tribe Created a Delicious Substitute

The Apatani make tapyo from shrubs and ash.

Lavina Dsouza
Atlas Obscura
November 3, 2021
Podcast: The Capitoline Wolf

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Podcast: The Capitoline Wolf

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 3, 2021
Low-lying Long Island is one of several harbor islands carved off the mainland through the process of erosion.

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Will Plans for Boston's Long Island Erase Its Indigenous Past?

Native American communities worry construction could destroy graves and other links to a millennia-old history, including a 17th-century genocide.

Saima Sidik
Atlas Obscura
November 2, 2021
The mushrooms typically appear on their own or in a very small cluster.

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Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom

It is a key part of local culture, and looks like it was colored with a crayon.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
November 2, 2021
Podcast: Cueva de los Tayos

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Podcast: Cueva de los Tayos

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 2, 2021
Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve in Wales is home to one of Britain's few remaining temperate rainforests.

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Mapping the Rainforests of Britain

The rainy island is home to some of the world's most diverse woodlands—but they are rapidly disappearing.

Richard Collett
Atlas Obscura
November 1, 2021
This Xi'an temple ginkgo is more than a thousand years old.

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How to Forage From the World's Oldest Tree

These "living fossils" are everywhere; their nuts are delicious.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
November 1, 2021
The Stories Behind 'A Taste of Gastro Obscura'

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The Stories Behind 'A Taste of Gastro Obscura'

Feed your curiosity.

Atlas Obscura
November 1, 2021
A multidisciplinary research team believes a catastrophic impact event may have inspired the Biblical story of the destruction of Sodom.

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Is an Asteroid to Blame for the Biblical Story of Sodom?

A massive space rock impact event may have inspired the tale of godly wrath.

Christopher R. Moore
Atlas Obscura
November 1, 2021
Podcast: Yemrehanna Kristos Church

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Podcast: Yemrehanna Kristos Church

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 1, 2021
The Famous Fight Over the Turn-of-the-Century Trend of Spirit Photography

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The Famous Fight Over the Turn-of-the-Century Trend of Spirit Photography

In one corner: Harry Houdini. And in the other: Arthur Conan Doyle.

April White
Atlas Obscura
October 29, 2021
This ghoulish image of a skull-faced candymaker was a direct response to the Bradford poisonings.

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How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858

A poisoned batch of peppermints devastated an English town.

Jenny Elliott
Atlas Obscura
October 29, 2021
Win an Adventure at a Land Rover Experience Center

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Win an Adventure at a Land Rover Experience Center

Rediscover adventure in the great outdoors while developing off-road skills to tackle some of the most extreme terrain. Drive the latest Land Rover vehicle of your choice and enjoy expert coaching.

Sponsored By Land Rover
Also known as the "house of horrors," the house tested close combat skills and "the moral fiber of the student," Fairbairn said.

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The Haunted Houses Designed to Scare Spooks

These WWII-era “houses of horrors” trained American spies for combat using cardboard Nazis.

April White
Atlas Obscura
October 28, 2021
Assorted people pot pie facial features.

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The Macabre Art of Baking ‘People Pot Pies’

Crafting skin and flesh from the sweet and tasty.

Leigh Chavez-Bush
Atlas Obscura
October 28, 2021
La Segua, from Costa Rica.

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An Artist's Journey Through a Thousand Mythical Creatures

Dive into Iman Joy El Shami-Mader's collection of disembodied limbs, chimerical monstrosities, and unicorn cats.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
October 28, 2021
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