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danielrthorne

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2013

Writer on society and culture. Author of Neuroeconomics: an Applied Information Theory.
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The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, England

The Silver Swan

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Citadelle Laferrière

Haiti

Citadelle Laferrière

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

Sans-Souci Palace

Milot, Haiti

Sans-Souci Palace

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

Redonda, unclaimed land in the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

Kingdom of Redonda

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

Augustinian Friar's Astrological Clock - one of the hands takes 20,000 years to revolve.

Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

Vienna, Austria

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

Josephinum Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Josephinum Medical Museum

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.

Anatomical pathology collection

Vienna, Austria

The Narrenturm

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Jubiläumswarte

Vienna, Austria

Jubiläumswarte

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

Gasometer Town

Vienna, Austria

Gasometer Town

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Naturhistorisches Museum

Vienna, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Globe Museum

Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The library lobby.

Vienna, Austria

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library)

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Habsburg Imperial Crypt

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park

Vienna, Austria

Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

The Conch Republic

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Principality of Sealand

Suffolk, England

Principality of Sealand

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

Krak des Chevaliers

Safita, Syria

Krak des Chevaliers

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

The Holy Mount Athos.

Agion Oros, Greece

Mount Athos

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Bust of His Royal Highness Prince Leonard of Hutt

Yallabatharra, Australia

Principality of Hutt River

A micronation of epic proportions.

Auroville

Bommayapalayam, India

Auroville

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

Nimis in Ladonia

Höganäs, Sweden

Nimis in Ladonia

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

North Dumpling Island

Fishers Island, New York

North Dumpling Island

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

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