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Bess Lovejoy

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2011

Bess Lovejoy is a writer and editor in Seattle who specializes in obscure history. She is the bestselling author of Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses and Northwest Know-How: Haunts. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Public Domain Review, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere.
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MIAC Museum

Rome, Italy

Cinecittà

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

Matsuo Mine

Hachimantai, Japan

Matsuo Mine

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A street marker on the road to Y.

Y, France

Y, France

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

Bay of Nouadhibou Ship Graveyard
Permanently Closed

Nouadhibou, Mauritania

Bay of Nouadhibou Ship Graveyard

The world's largest ship graveyard is the product of decades of corruption.

Rialto Beach

La Push, Washington

Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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