Atlas obscura
an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders
Guide to the world's hidden wonders
Foer, Joshua
creator
author.
Thuras, Dylan
author.
Morton, Ella
author.
text
nyu
New York
Workman Publishing
2016
monographic
eng
470 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 28 cm.
"It'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 ..."--
Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Oceania -- Canada -- USA -- Latin America -- Antarctica.
adult
Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton.
Includes index.
Civilization, Ancient
Historic sites
Guidebooks
Voyages and travels
Curiosities and wonders
G465 .F64 2016
910.202
0761169083 (alk. paper)
9780761169086 (hardback)
2016041548
YDXCP
151217
20170125160510.0
000058838620
eng