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Daniel McDermon

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2025

Now: senior editor at Atlas Obscura. I chase public art, dive bars, and strange museums.

Previously: editor at The New York Times and elsewhere.

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America's Response Monument-De Oppresso Liber

New York, New York

America’s Response Monument

It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

Shropshire, England

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone

A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Sunflower inspired by Marie Webster

Marion, Indiana

The Quilters Hall of Fame

Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.

Poste Thiers

Nice, France

Poste Thiers

One of only a few red brick buildings in Nice.

Argyle Street Ash Tree, Glasgow, Tree of the Year.

Finnieston, Scotland

Argyle Street Ash Tree

A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.

Moaning Caverns

Vallecito, California

Moaning Caverns

The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.

A small square at Schnoor Quarter

Bremen, Germany

The Schnoor

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

The rumour of discord

Madrid, Spain

‘The Rumour of Discord’

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

Saint John Anglican Cathedral

Belize City, Belize

Saint John Anglican Cathedral

The oldest Anglican church in Central America hosted the coronations of four indigenous kings.

Buddhas

Hong Kong

Ten Thousand Buddhas ‘Monastery’

There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.

Museo del Árbol

Nueva Alborada, Paraguay

Museo del Árbol

A unique ecological museum in the forests of southern Paraguay that celebrates trees through unusual sculptures, installations, and immersive experiences surrounded by nature.

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia

The Peeping Tom of Tallinn

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

The Braemar Stone in the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden alongside an interpretive sign describing the stone and the park.

New York, New York

September 11th Garden Braemar Stone

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

Durham Town Hall

Durham, England

Durham Town Hall

Discover the unique history of Durham from the 14th century to the present day.

Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock

Liverpool, England

Liverpool’s First Enclosed Dock

Hidden under a shopping centre is the genesis of modern Liverpool.

Palm Temple

Bristol, England

Palm Temple

This kaleidoscopic structure is perhaps Bristol’s most unusual temple

The Prince of the Lilies Fresco

Heraklion, Greece

The Prince of the Lilies Fresco

One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.

David Sassoon Clock Tower

Mumbai, India

David Sassoon Clock Tower

This slender 19th-century clock tower stands at the entrance of a famous garden and zoo.

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

Le Mans, France

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

"Chapulín Calavera".

San Juan Bautista la Raya, Mexico

Art Exhibits at OAX Airport

It makes sense that this airport, serving one of Mexico's most artistic cities, also doubles as a gallery.

All paper.

Mexico City, Mexico

Papier-Mâché Altarpiece at Plaza Capuchinas

This altarpiece isn't a gilded baroque work taken from a church, but rather a recreation where everything (even the fence and lock) are made of paper and cardboard.

The turtle, with its slow pace, has become a symbol of inefficiency in the Ayotzinapa case.

Mexico City, Mexico

Antimonumentas and Antimonumentos

These "antimonuments" confront the Mexican authorities by memorializing the most troubling events in the country's modern history.

The ahuehuete and Cerro de la Silla (Saddle Hill).

Monterrey, Mexico

Ahuehuete del Centenario

This great tree was gifted to Monterrey in 1996, the 400th anniversary of the city's foundation.

The flooded quarry makes for a nice reflecting pool.

Oaxaca, Mexico

Parque Ciudad de las Canteras (Quarry City Park)

Rock extracted from this former quarry is responsible for Oaxaca's nickname of "Green Antequera."

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