TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foer,Joshua
AU  - Thuras,Dylan
AU  - Morton,Ella
TI  - Atlas obscura: an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders 
SN  - 0761169083 (alk. paper)
AV  - G465 .F64 2016
U1  - 910.202 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Workman Publishing
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
KW  - Historic sites
KW  - Guidebooks
KW  - Voyages and travels
KW  - Curiosities and wonders
N1  - Includes index; Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Oceania -- Canada -- USA -- Latin America -- Antarctica
N2  - "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 ..."--
ER  -