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Daniel A. Gross

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

I'm a senior associate editor at Atlas Obscura. I'm also a web contributor at The New Yorker, and have reported stories for The Guardian, NPR, 99% Invisible, The Washington Post, and WNYC's Nancy.
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Cleft Ridge Span

Brooklyn, New York

Cleft Ridge Span

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

Adams’ Antiquarian Bookstore.

Hobart, New York

Hobart Book Village

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Berlin Botanic Garden

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Botanical Garden

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Gottscheer Hall

Queens, New York

Gottscheer Hall

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Freiburg Bächle

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Freiburg Bächle

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

The Onkel Toms Hütte U-Bahn station is located on the U3 line.

Berlin, Germany

Onkel Toms Hütte (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

The 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lends its name to a subway station, a street, and several shops on the edge of Berlin.

The shelves are the structure.

Mexico City, Mexico

Biblioteca Vasconcelos

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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