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Atlas Obscura : An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders by Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras and Joshua Foer (2016, Hardcover)
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The Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders is a travel reference book published by Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated in 2016. Authored by Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras, and Joshua Foer, this hardcover book features illustrations and spans 480 pages, making it a comprehensive guide for curious travelers looking to discover unique and obscure wonders around the world. With a focus on travel, reference, and general knowledge, this book is a valuable resource for those seeking to explore the world's hidden curiosities and wonders.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100761169083
ISBN-139780761169086
eBay Product ID (ePID)219155821
Product Key Features
Book TitleAtlas Obscura : an Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicGeneral, Essays & Travelogues, Curiosities & Wonders
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Reference
AuthorElla Morton, Dylan Thuras, Joshua Foer
Book SeriesAtlas Obscura Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height7.2 in
Item Weight24.1 Oz
Item Length10.5 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-041548
Reviews"I thought I had seen most of the interesting bits of the world. Atlas Obscura showed me that I was wrong. It's the kind of book that makes you want to pack in your workaday life, and head out into the places you'd never have dreamed of going to see things you could not even have imagined. A joy to read and to reread." --- NEIL GAIMAN, author of Sandman and American Gods "Atlas Obscura is a joyful antidote to the creeping suspicion that travel these days is little more than a homogenized corporate shopping opportunity. Atlas Obscura presents hundreds of surprising, perplexing, mind-blowing, inspiring reasons to travel a day longer and farther off the path. . . . here are self-mummifying monks and shrines to slain insects. The Mound of Ears. The Jihad Museum. Bioluminescent squid and the world's largest drain . . . Bestest travel guide ever. " -- MARY ROACH, author of Stiff and Gulp "Atlas Obscura may be the only thing that can still inspire me to leave my apartment . As someone nearly pathologically afraid of the great unknown, this resource is essential for exploring the world and engaging adventure with wit and style (often from the comfort of my bed)." --LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl " What a strange and wonderful book! It is as curious and surprising as Saddam Hussein's very own Blood Qur'an--written in his own blood--that I would never have known about had I not read the amazing Atlas Obscura." --JON RONSON, author of So You've Been Publically Shamed "This book is as curious and enthralling as the world it covers . Each page reveals some hidden realm--a realm that is frightening, or funny, or magical, or simply mad, but that always leaves the reader in wonder." --DAVID GRANN, author of The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon " My favorite travel guide! Never start a trip without knowing where a haunted hotel or mouth of hell are!" --GUILLERMO DEL TORO, filmmaker, Pan's Labyrinth "Your peregrine falcon needs a small talon trim? Go straight to the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital . . . Be grateful when visiting the Karni Mata Rat Temple if one of the 20,000 venerated rodents runs across your bare foot--it is considered good luck . . . You won't be able to enter the 20-years-in-the-making and still abandoned tallest hotel in the world. It does not matter. Wherever you look around Pyongyang, North Korea, the 105-story skyscraper silently towers over all . . . Life is short. Our planet is filled with curiosities and marvels . . . and this wondrous book is your guide! " --PHILIPPE PETIT, high wire artist and explorer
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal910.202
Table Of ContentCONTENTS: INTRODUCTION ... ix EUROPE Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2 ENGLAND / IRELAND / NORTHERN IRELAND / SCOTLAND Western Europe . . . 22 AUSTRIA / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / CYPRUS / ITALY / NETHERLANDS / PORTUGAL / SPAIN / SWITZERLAND Eastern Europe . . . 74 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BULGARIA / CROATIA / CZECHIA / ESTONIA / HUNGARY / LATVIA / LITHUANIA / MACEDONIA / POLAND / ROMANIA / RUSSIA / SERBIA / SLOVAKIA / UKRAINE Scandinavia . . . 99 DENMARK / FINLAND / ICELAND / NORWAY / SWEDEN ASIA The Middle East . . . 114 IRAN / IRAQ / ISRAEL / PALESTINE / LEBANON / OMAN / QATAR / SAUDIA ARABIA / SYRIA / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / YEMEN South and Central Asia . . . 125 AFGHANISTAN / BANGLADESH / BHUTAN / INDIA / KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN / NEPAL / PAKISTAN / SRI LANKA / TURKEY / TURKMENISTAN East Asia . . . 145 CHINA / HONG KONG / TAIWAN / JAPAN / NORTH KOREA / SOUTH KOREA Southeast Asia . . . 168 BRUNEI / CAMBODIA / INDONESIA / LAOS / MALAYSIA / MYANMAR / PHILIPPINES / SINGAPORE / THAILAND / VIETNAM AFRICA North Africa . . . 186 EGYPT / MAURITANIA / MOROCCO / SUDAN / TUNISIA West Africa . . . 196 BENIN / BURKINA FASO / CAMEROON / GABON / GHANA / MALI / NIGER / NIGERIA / SENEGAL / SIERRA LEONE / TOGO Central Africa . . . 206 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHAD / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO East Africa . . . 208 ETHIOPIA / KENYA / RWANDA / SOMALIA / SOUTH SUDAN / TANZANIA Southern Africa . . . 213 ANGOLA / BOTSWANA / MALAWI / MOZAMBIQUE / NAMIBIA / SOUTH AFRICA / SWAZILAND / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE Islands of the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans . . . 220 MADAGASCAR / SEYCHELLES / SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA OCEANIA Australia . . . 226 New Zealand . . . 240 Pacific Islands . . . 245 FIJI / MARSHALL ISLANDS / FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA / GUAM / NAURU / PALAU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / SAMOA / SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU CANADA Western Canada . . . 256 ALBERTA / BRITISH COLUMBIA / MANITOBA / NORTHWEST TERRITORIES / NUNAVUT / SASKATCHEWAN / YUKON Eastern Canada . . . .267 NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR / NOVA SCOTIA / ONTARIO / PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND / QUEBEC USA West Coast . . . 276 CALIFORNIA / OREGON / WASHINGTON Four Corners and the Southwest . . . .296 ARIZONA / COLORADO / NEVADA / NEW MEXICO / TEXAS / UTAH Great Plains . . . 311 IDAHO / KANSAS / MONTANA / NEBRASKA / NORTH DAKOTA / OKLAHOMA / SOUTH DAKOTA / WYOMING The Midwest . . . 319 ILLINOIS / INDIANA / IOWA / MICHIGAN / MINNESOTA / MISSOURI / OHIO / WISCONSIN The Southeast . . . 338 ALABAMA / ARKANSAS / FLORIDA / GEORGIA / KENTUCKY / LOUISIANA / MISSISSIPPI / NORTH CAROLINA / SOUTH CAROLINA / TENNESSEE / VIRGINIA The Mid-Atlantic . . . 353 DELAWARE / MARYLAND / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA / WASHINGTON, DC / WEST VIRGINIA New England . . . 366 CONNECTICUT / MAINE / MASSACHUSETTS / NEW HAMPSHIRE / RHODE ISLAND / VERMONT Alaska and Hawaii . . . 376 LATIN AMERICA South America . . . .383 ARGENTINA / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CHILE / COLOMBIA / ECUADOR / PERU / URUGUAY / VENEZUELA Mexico . . . 412 Central America . . . 420 BELIZE / COSTA RICA / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / HONDURAS / NICARAGUA / PANAMA Caribbean Islands . . . 426 BAHAMAS / BARBADOS / BERMUDA / CAYMAN ISLANDS / CUBA / CURAÇAO / DOMINICA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / GRENADA / GUADELOUPE / HAITI / JAMAICA / MARTINIQUE / MONTSERRAT / PUERTO RICO / ST. KITTS AND NEVIS / ST. MAARTEN / TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO / ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANTARCTICA . . . 443 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . 452 INDEX . . . 453 PHOTO CREDITS . . . 469
SynopsisIt's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders--the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer., The bestselling book that celebrates wonder all around the world and in our backyards, now in an updated second edition with more than 120 brand-new destinations to explore, new city guides, and a full-color gatefold map., From the founders of Atlas Obscura.com, the online destination for wonder and curiosity -- with over five million active monthly users -- comes a book like no other, featuring over 600 lushly illustrated entries on wondrous, curious, eccentric and bizarre locales: from the bone museums of Italy to the self-mummified monks of Japan to the Gates of Hell, a 328-foot-wide-hole in the middle of the Turkmenistan desert that has been on fire for 40 years. Engagingly written, scrupiously researched, beautifully designed and endessly fascinating, Atlas Obscura is the pinnacle of armchair travel.
LC Classification NumberG465
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- Jul 09, 2018
Great book for people interested in travel-related things.
Haven’t read it all but from what I can see it’s gonna be a good read. Very detailed and love the size of the book and style. Not only talks about lesser known spots but also history in different places in the world. I would recommend!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 09, 2021
WOW! I didn;t know that existed. Let's go there.
A fun read for the adventurer in you. You can look up the wonders in your area and take the family on a field trip, or just learn what fasinating place is in your own back yard, or across the world. It's an easy read to pick and browse when you have a few minutes, or read at your own pace. Fasinating!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 07, 2024
Must for Curious Travelers!
If you enjoy travel for the journey, this is the book for you. Take the road trip you've always wanted by visiting unique and interesting spots off the main drag. I can't wait to get out there! And if you are not a fan of the road trip, this book will still keep your focus by showing some of what is out there to discover.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 24, 2021
Atlas Obscura v. 2
Except copy/value. I was primed to buy the 2nd volume with the red dust jacket until I read that it is really a 2nd edition, not a whole new volume.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 28, 2017
Great information
This book really does "have it all"! It covers all the countries in the world and lists the sites to see in them with the history about them. Some very weird, others enlightening. Read this great book!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 08, 2024
Great book
very interesting book. I have looked at atlas obscura on line to see things to do in places i travel and now I have a book that i love to explore as well.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 06, 2017
amazing book
they did a great job of presenting photos of the diversity of life on EarthVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Mar 15, 2018
Interesting stuff
I’d love to be able to visit all these weird places! Off the beaten track in most locations, some in your own area.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 13, 2020
Used book, but looks new
Better used condition than I thought it would beVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 05, 2019
Questionable as a gift
Gift for daughter. Plenty of interesting places listed and illustrated. Unfortunately, there are some places listed that are very unpleasant I would rather not have my daughter visit so didn’t give the gift.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
