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We travel the globe and find the weirdest, strangest, craziest, most unique and interesting places this world has to offer. A lot of what we travel to and film are things we find right here on Atlas Obscura. Not all though. You can find my show Exploring The Obscure on Facebook and Youtube. We are based in both Toronto, Canada and Washington, DC and have traveled to 25 countries in the last year alone discovering the oddities of the world. Find and follow us on FB & Youtube and enjoy our journey with us. I am also one who posts on Atlas' Instagram. Find me on my own as well, @TimmyMartini
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Devil's Bath

Waiotapu, New Zealand

Devil's Bath (Roto Karikitea)

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

View of the "books."

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The Garðar BA 64 at Patreksfjordur.

Iceland

Garðar BA 64

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Navagio Beach

Zakinthos, Greece

Navagio Beach

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Masrur Temple

Reserve Jangal Masrur Joni-I, India

Masrur Temple

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden

Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A locally made sign points the way to the complex.

Rishikesh, India

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram

The abandoned site of the Beatles spiritual awakening and subsequent revolt.

Bhangarh Fort

Bhangarh, India

Bhangarh Fort

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

Jantar Mantar

Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

Sir Edwin Arnold thought Hawa Mahal was "a vision of daring and dainty loveliness, of storeys of rosy masonry and delicate overhanging balconies and latticed windows. Soaring with tier after tier of fanciful architecture in a pyramidal form, a very mountain of airy and audacious beauty through the thousand pierced screens and gilded arches of which the Indian air blows cool over the flat roofs of the very highest house." As quoted in, Delhi Agra Jaipur, by Surendra Sahai.  See more at https://kimcarpenterphotos.smugmug.com/Hawa-Mahal-Jaipur-India/.

Jaipur, India

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Some of the painted boulders (Wikimedia Commons)

Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

Blue Desert

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

Desert Breath just after its construction.

Qesm Hurghada, Egypt

Desert Breath

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

Crane Hotel

Harlingen, Netherlands

Crane Hotel

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Parque Lage

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

The abandoned Santa park.

Itaguaí, Brazil

Cidade Albanoel

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

Nave Espacial de Varginha

Varginha, Brazil

Nave Espacial de Varginha

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

Casa de Pedra

São Paulo, Brazil

Casa de Pedra

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

World's Tallest Lego Tower.
Permanently Closed

São Paulo, Brazil

Former World's Tallest Lego Tower

Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

Leaning Towers of Santos

Santos, Brazil

Leaning Towers of Santos

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

Anchieta Island Correctional Institute

Ubatuba, Brazil

Anchieta Island Correctional Institute

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

The Viaduct Petrobras

Brazil

Viaduct Petrobras

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Thrihnukagigur Volcano

Iceland

Thrihnukagigur Volcano

Climb right into the heart of this colorful Iceland volcano.

Tightwad Bank
Permanently Closed

Clinton, Missouri

Tightwad Bank

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

Billion Gallon Lake

Bonne Terre, Missouri

Bonne Terre Mine

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

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