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Nick Jackson

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2010

Nick is a National Magazine Award-winning editorial and business leader who has had the privilege of working for many of your favorite publications. He's primarily interested in great storytelling, high-quality journalism, and a free press.
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Jade Burial Suit of Princess Dou Wan.

Shijiazhuang, China

Jade Burial Suits

Stone shrouds of Prince Liu Sheng and Princess Dou Wan of the Han Dynasty, created to preserve their flesh for eternity.

Third Tunnel of Aggression. (Wikimedia Commons)

Paju, South Korea

Third Tunnel of Aggression

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Art Car Museum
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

Art Car Museum

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

The entrance of the toad tunnel, starting at the post office parking lot. (Davis Wiki)

Davis, California

Davis Toad Tunnel

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

The Big Well

Greensburg, Kansas

The Big Well

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Hang Sung Sot

Halong City, Vietnam

Hang Sung Sot

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

Conolly's Folly

Grangewilliam, Ireland

Conolly's Folly

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

Irish Hunger Memorial.

New York, New York

Irish Hunger Memorial

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Green Mountain summit on Ascension Island

Ascension Island

Ascension Island

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

Darwin Centre Spirit Collection

London, England

Darwin Centre Spirit Collection

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Building destroyed by the lava flow

Saint Peter's, Montserrat

Montserrat's City of Ash

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

Rio Tinto (Red River)

Palos de la Frontera, Spain

Rio Tinto (Red River)

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

The World's Largest Sausage

Mundare, Alberta

The World's Largest Sausage

Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.

A two-headed calf from Marsh's oddities collection.

Long Beach, Washington

Marsh's Free Museum

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

El  Carnaval de la Vega. (bebeto/Atlas Obscura)

La Vega, Dominican Republic

El Carnaval de la Vega

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Heinold’s First and Last Chance 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

Oakland, California

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Nutshell Studies Diorama

Baltimore, Maryland

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Mount Thor

Nunavut

Mount Thor

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

Devil's Kettle.

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Devil's Kettle

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Kinetic Steam Works. (Press Photo)

Oakland, California

Kinetic Steam Works

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Elaeocarpus bojeri

Mauritius

The Last Bois Dentelle Trees

Only two of these trees remain in the natural world, found high in the cloud forest of the island of Mauritius.

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Peru

Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden

Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand

The Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

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