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Plumbing

Fezna Ouled Jellal, Morocco

Jorf Khettaras

An ancient irrigation system that turned arid deserts into oases.

A 19th-century coconut dipper: It's pure Americana.

Why 19th-Century Americans Drank From Coconut Shells

A different kind of coconut water craze.

Atlas Obscura December 4, 2017

Outside Hippo Hardware in Portland.

Portland, Oregon

Hippo Hardware

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Einstein Sink

Leiden, Netherlands

Einstein's Sink

A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.