There are 163 entries of Intriguing Environs in the Atlas

Maçka, Turkey

Sumela Monastery

A Turkish monestary tucked into a cliff wall
16 Apr 2010
St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers
04 Jun 2009
Fox Point, Wisconsin

Mary Nohl House

a house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb
15 Jun 2009
Kernersville, North Carolina

Körner’s Folly

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details
04 Aug 2009
Atlanta, Georgia

Cascade Springs Nature Preserve

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood
08 Jul 2009
Jerusalem, Israel

Meah Shearim

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim
12 Jul 2009
Adegem, Belgium

The Canada War Museum of Adegem, Belgium

A museum celebrating the Canadian forces that liberated Belgium from the Nazis replete with battlefield miniatures and multiple Gardens
29 Mar 2010
New York City, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home
01 Nov 2009
Hermiston, Oregon

Umatilla Chemical Depot

A stunning landscape with bunker after bunker of chemical weapons as far as the eye can see.
17 Jul 2009
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Mount Trashmore

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets
20 Jul 2009
Boardman, Oregon

The Duplicative Forest

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
16 Jul 2009
Antarctica

Lake Vostok

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered
09 Jul 2010
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