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The Hidden Colonial Cemeteries of Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay, New York

The Hidden Colonial Cemeteries of Oyster Bay

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Rynek Underground

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

12 Quirky Treasures of Milwaukee

Wisconsin's largest city is brewing a lot more than beer.

Atlas Obscura March 14, 2016

Medici Column

Medici Column

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Finding the Hidden Headwaters of New York's Famous Flushing Creek

Turn right at a burnt-out bridge to find the source of the creek that fed the World's Fair fountains.

Sarah Laskow March 8, 2016

15 Places in Utah that Prove the State is Weirder Than You Think

Atlas Obscura February 16, 2016

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Water Use, a "creek" that runs through the park

Costa Mesa, California

California Scenario

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Is Baltimore America's Most Eccentric City?

Atlas Obscura February 9, 2016

As there are no street signs on Carroll Avenue, people spray paint both locations and overhead cross streets to keep others from getting lost

Chicago, Illinois

Carroll Avenue

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Fairy Meadows with Nanga Parbat (aka, "killer mountain") in background

Diamer District, Pakistan

Fairy Meadows

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

New Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, a/k/a the Airport cemetery

Tallahassee, Florida

Airport Cemetery

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

Valle dei Mulini

Sorrento, Italy

Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Pieces of the old wall

Leiden, Netherlands

The Old Leiden Belltower

The remains of a medieval wall discovered in the basement of a jewelry store.

The gravestone of Cicily, "servant to Reverend M. William Brattle," in the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge.

College Students Are Annotating Their Campus Monuments With Notes on Slavery

Cara Giaimo December 14, 2015

Bolton Strid

Skipton, England

Bolton Strid

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Hamragarðar, Iceland

Gljúfrabúi

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The Little Woodcutter at work

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Little Woodcutter

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.