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Kenneth Lacovara

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026

Dr. Kenneth Lacovara is a world-renowned paleontologist, author, explorer, and public communicator who has unearthed some of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, including the 65-ton Dreadnoughtus. His discoveries have been featured multiple times in Discover magazine’s “Top 100 Science Stories of the Year.” His TED Talk was a Top 10 TED Talk of 2016 and has been viewed more than five million times. He is the author of the Nautilus Book Award–winning Why Dinosaurs Matter, and appears regularly on Mysteries Unearthed on the History Channel. Dr. Lacovara is Founding Executive Director of the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University, founding former dean of Rowan’s School of Earth & Environment, a recipient of The Explorers Club Medal, and serves on the boards of Colossal Biosciences and the Angiogenesis Foundation. His mission is to use deep time to contextualize the present, to inspire a better tomorrow.
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Eartha. Europe Africa Asia

Yarmouth, Maine

Eartha

The world's largest rotating world.

Desert of Maine

Freeport, Maine

The Desert of Maine

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Wild Blueberry Land

Columbia Falls, Maine

Wild Blueberry Land

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Beautiful colors found at Asticou Azalea Gardens.

Northeast Harbor, Maine

Asticou Azalea Garden

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

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Bubble Rock

Mount Desert, Maine

Bubble Rock

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

One of the many Wild West style buildings.

Deer Isle, Maine

Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

Puffins thrive off the coast of Maine thanks to a 1970s effort called Project Puffin.

Rockland, Maine

Project Puffin Visitor Center

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

Penobscot Narrows Bridge

Verona Island, Maine

Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Fort Knox State Historic Site

Prospect, Maine

Fort Knox State Historic Site

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The house with a hedge around it

Bangor, Maine

Stephen King's Former House

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Corniglia, Cinque Terre.

Vernazza, Italy

Cinque Terre

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

'Havfrue' ('Mermaid')

Copenhagen, Denmark

'Havfrue' ('Mermaid')

Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.

Mortsafe at Greyfriars Cemetery

Edinburgh, Scotland

Greyfriars Cemetery Mortsafes

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Kerid Crater Lake

Iceland

Kerið Crater Lake

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Dinosaur State Park

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Dinosaur State Park

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

La Brea Tar Pits

Los Angeles, California

La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Bryce Canyon

Bryce, Utah

Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

William Smith’s Geological Map of England.

London, England

A Geological Map of England and Wales and Part of Scotland

William Smith's iconic "map that changed the world" is hidden behind a curtain in the Geological Society building.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Rhinoceros of Belém Tower

Lisbon, Portugal

Rhinoceros of Belém Tower

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Section of the sewer.

Madrid, Spain

Caños del Peral Archaeological Museum

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

METROPOL PAROSOL SEVILLE SPAIN OCT. 2018

Seville, Spain

Metropol Parasol

The world's largest wooden structure.

Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House)

Seville, Spain

Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House)

A 16th-century Andalusian palace.

Winston Churchill Ave. runs across the Gibraltar Airport runway.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Airport

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

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