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Wythe Marschall

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2009

Wythe Marschall lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of Bennington College and the MFA fiction-writing program at Brooklyn College. By day, Wythe writes ads. He also teaches literature at Brooklyn College. Wythe's stories and essays have appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Ninth Letter, Salt Hill, Wishtank, 5_Trope, Knock, Splinter Generation, The Kennesaw Review, The Brooklyn Review, Locus Novus, and elsewhere. He is a senior editor of Atlas Obscura and Pomp & Circumstance (pomponline.com), as well as a columnist for Electric Literature's blog (electricliterature.com/blog) and an editor of/contributor to the Two Blue Wolves collection (sparrowhall.com).
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Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade

Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade Tesla Museum

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Skara Brae is on the west coast of Scotland.

Sandwick, Scotland

Skara Brae

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Port Arthur Penitentiary

Port Arthur, Australia

Port Arthur Penal Colony

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

Devil's Kettle.

Grand Marais, Minnesota

Devil's Kettle

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

"Man Attacked by Babies" at Vigeland Sculpture Park

Oslo, Norway

Vigeland Sculpture Park

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A typical SubTropolis building.

Kansas City, Missouri

SubTropolis

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

Alnwick Poison Garden

Alnwick, England

Alnwick Poison Garden

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Hessdalen AMS

Holtålen, Norway

Hessdalen AMS

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

Relampago del Catatumbo

Venezuela

Relampago del Catatumbo

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Complex City

Hiko, Nevada

Complex City

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Bridge on Neretva

Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bridge on Neretva

A bridge destroyed three times: once as a ruse, then in an actual attack, and finally for the movies.

The World Discoverer

Solomon Islands

The World Discoverer

The ship that got left behind.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

Blythe Intaglios

Blythe, California

Blythe Intaglios

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Pionen's Network Operations Center. Complete with fog.

Stockholm, Sweden

Pionen Data Center

The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

Blood Falls

Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

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.

Niagara Science Museum
Permanently Closed

Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Science Museum

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

Museum of the Weird, May 2018

Austin, Texas

Museum of the Weird

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Farmington Hills, Michigan

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Painted Skull Sent Into Vancouver's Police Department

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Police Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

A blue glow in the waters of Mosquito Bay

Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Preserved body of St. Joseph of Cupertino; (Valentini17/Photographer)

Osimo, Italy

Basilica of St. Joseph of Cupertino

Church holding the preserved body of a levitating saint.

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