Ella Morton's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Ella Morton

Ella was Atlas Obscura's Senior Editor and co-wrote the Atlas Obscura book. Now she's doing other stuff but remains a proud AO alumna.

http://twitter.com/ellamorton

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Kayaköy, Turkey

Abandoned Village of Kayakoy

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Kalaupapa Leper Colony

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Chiang Rai, Thailand

Wat Rong Khun

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Florence, Italy

Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents)

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

michelle

Added by michelle

Amarillo, Texas

Ozymandias on the Plains

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

Clinton

Added by Clinton

Whitehorse, Yukon

The World's Largest Weathervane, a DC-3

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Added by yukoncornelius

Murmansk, Russia

Kola Superdeep Borehole

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Boston, Massachusetts

Mapparium Globe

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

michelle

Added by michelle

Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland

Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Dylan

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Temple

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Salem, New Hampshire

Mystery Hill: America's Stonehenge

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Savonnières, France

Les Grottes Pétrifiantes

Limestone grottoes turns everyday objects into stone.

Josh

Wicklow, Ireland

Victor's Way Indian Sculpture Park

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Los Angeles, California

Galco's Soda Pop Stop

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Hardo Rattan, India

Wagah Flag Ceremony

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

Dylan

Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

michelle

Added by michelle

Sagada, Philippines

Hanging Coffins of Sagada

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Added by wbagadion

Dawson City, Yukon

The Sourtoe Cocktail

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Portland, Oregon

Cathedral Park

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

jamesb

Added by jamesb

Cherrapunjee, India

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

bertieinindia

Added by bertieinindia

Darwin, Minnesota

World's Largest Ball of Twine Rolled by One Man

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

stanestane

Added by stanestane

Oakland, California

Mountain View Cemetery

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Added by hankchapot

Cooperstown, New York

The Cardiff Giant

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Sam E