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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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Damaged floor below the plaque

Bologna, Italy

Bologna Centrale Bombing Memorial

A memorial to the deadliest terror attack during an unsettled period of Italy’s recent history.

Beer Spa Bernard private room

Prague, Czechia

Beer Spa Bernard

You can soak in private hot tubs infused with beer while pouring unlimited Czech beer from your own tap.

Noto Cathedral

Noto, Italy

Cattedrale di San Nicolò

Built in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, this cathedral is one of the finest examples of Sicilian Baroque architecture.

Photo taken in April 2025

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

The Original ‘Backrooms’ Location (John’s Hobbies)

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.

The Bucket of Blood pub

Phillack, England

The Bucket of Blood and St.Pialas Well

St Pialas Well has a dark history, blurred by the passage of time and immortalised by a nearby pub.

Reynard’s Cave

England

Reynard’s Cave

A prehistoric limestone cave entered through a spectacular natural rock arch.

Southernmost ATM

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Southernmost ATM

The only place to get cash in Antarctica.

James Dalton Trumbo Bathtub Statue

Grand Junction, Colorado

James Dalton Trumbo Statue

A statue honoring Grand Junction local James Dalton Trumbo, writing from his favorite spot, his bathtub.

Puente de la Amistad

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Puente de la Amistad

An international border crossing near the famous Iguazú Falls where bargain hunters and curious tourists stream between Brazil and Paraguay.

The Outer Rim

Seattle, Washington

The Outer Rim

The Outer Rim Coffee House is a space for coffee enthusiasts and sci-fi fans alike!

The basement and first floor hall of this tower. It appears that the original entrance was on the first floor.

Torthorwald, Scotland

Torthorwald Castle

A ruined tower house fought over in a family feud.

McCandless Collection

Burlington, North Carolina

McCandless Collection

The McCandless Collection preserves one of the region's most distinctive collections of rare Mopar vehicles, historic race cars, and vintage automobilia celebrating American automotive heritage.

Møllestien

Aarhus, Denmark

Møllestien

Long before the hollyhocks and colorful facades, this lane was notorious for witch trials, infanticide, and prostitution.

Main Post Office, Skopje, 1974

Skopje, North Macedonia

Post Office and Telecommunications Center

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

Looking east through Window Rock.

West Wendover, Nevada

Window Rock

A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.

Array of antenna masts at the old radar site, probably for the current aurora studies.

Christmas Valley, Oregon

Backscatter Radar Site

The forlorn remains of a late Cold War radar installation are decaying in the Oregon desert

Oshirado

Tōno City, Japan

Oshirado

A thousand figurines of Oshira-sama, a horse-loving goddess of silk, await wish-making worshippers.

Front facade

Cardiff, Wales

Insole Court

Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.

Drone shot from directly above Garden Hill

Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

Garden Hill Viewing Point

A short walk up a small hill provides spectacular sunset and nighttime views of Kowloon

Baozhi Statue

Kyoto, Japan

Baozhi Statue

A rare statue representing a monk who peeled off his own face to show divinity

Top Gun House

Oceanside, California

Top Gun House

This house made famous by the 1980s movie is now a restaurant filled with Top Gun memorabilia

Chorrojumo as he appeared in real life

Granada, Spain

Chorrojumo Statue

A statue of Granada's self-proclaimed "King of the Gypsies"

Stairs to Nowhere

Bristol, England

Stairs to Nowhere

These stairs, seemingly disappearing into a wall, once tempted some students into petty crime

Santa Inocencia

Guadalajara, Mexico

Santa Inocencia

Holy relic of a girl in communion attire inside the cathedral of Guadalajara

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