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Donna McColl

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Armchair traveller turned global roamer. Lover of history, art and adventure travel. Rock & ice climber, alpine & nordic skier. Wife, mother and firm believer in the people-before-things lifestyle.

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Taichung City, Taiwan

Rainbow Family Village

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Carton King Creative Park.

Taichung City, Taiwan

Carton King Creative Park

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Tatami-ishi (Tatami Rocks)

Kumejima-chō, Japan

Tatami-ishi (Tatami Rocks)

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

The Dome of Light

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

The Dome of Light

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Houtong Cat Village

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Houtong Cat Village

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

Used Tire Mart Sagamihara Store

Sagamihara, Japan

Used Tire Mart Sagamihara Store

More than 100 antique vending machines housed in a used tire shop sell everything from candy to sake and ramen.

Stones at the original Nabta Playa site

Aswan, Egypt

Nabta Playa Stone Circle

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

Figures from Buddhist hell.

Tambon Tham Nam Phut, Thailand

Wat Tham Ta Pan

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

Bridge #1

Wayne, Alberta

The 11 Bridges of Wayne

To get to or from this Canadian ghost town, you'll need to cross 11 single-lane bridges.

Mulkot Mirror Wall

Purano Jhangajholi, Nepal

Mulkot Mirror Wall

This twisty section of highway in the Himalayan foothills is lined with thousands of small mirrors.

Pigments at Pigment.

Tokyo, Japan

Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Jhaishan Tunnel

Jincheng, Taiwan

Jhaishan Tunnel

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

One of Kameya Kiyonaga's signature treats.

Kyoto, Japan

Kameya Kiyonaga

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

The Buddhist temple Wat Samphran (Dragon Temple).

Khlong Mai, Thailand

Wat Samphran Temple

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Old Woman's Shoe

Mumbai, India

Old Woman’s Shoe

A gigantic shoe, inspired by a nursery rhyme, sits in a park atop Mumbai’s Malabar Hill.

Apishapa Arch

Aguilar, Colorado

Apishapa Arch

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

Le Tampographe Sardon

Paris, France

Le Tampographe Sardon

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

Mos Espa set.

Naftah, Tunisia

Leftover 'Star Wars' Sets

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

Chunking Mansions malls.

Hong Kong

Chungking Mansions

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

Beef noodle soup didn't become a part of Taiwanese cuisine until the mid-20th century.

Taipei, Taiwan

Chef Hung Beef Noodle Soup

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Equipment for making maple syrup.

Ottawa, Ontario

Vanier Sugar Shack

Watch maple syrup being made without ever leaving the city.

A cup of fermented, 70 percent cacao drinking chocolate with a marranito.

Mexico City, Mexico

La Rifa Chocolatería

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

The Séance Lounge

New Orleans, Louisiana

Séance Room at Muriel's Jackson Square

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The Rock

Michamvi, Tanzania

The Rock

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

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