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Conspiracy theorists believe X marks the spot over Carbondale.
doomsday cults

Why Doomsayers Think the Eclipse Will Bring Disaster to Illinois

The town of Carbondale sits in the middle of an astronomical crossroads.
Leah Hudson March 26, 2024
The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura), built in the fourth century.
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No, Eclipses and Other Strange Sights Are Not Signs of the Apocalypse

An eclipse isn’t an omen of doom, and neither are Mayan calendars, red lakes, or papal portraits.
Kerry Wolfe March 11, 2024
The view from Cobbs Hill Park
Rochester, New York

Cobb’s Hill

Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.
If humans go extinct, mushrooms may rule the world.
disasters

This Engineer Is Preparing to Feed a World Without Sunlight

How do you feed eight billion people during a nuclear winter?
Reina Gattuso February 19, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
clocks

The 'Doomsday Clock' Is Now as Close to Midnight as It's Ever Been

According to experts, threats to humanity haven't been this serious since 1953!
Cara Giaimo January 25, 2018
An image from Pouria Khojastehpay's series <em>Dustwound</em>.
art

How to Build an Unsettlingly Real Apocalyptic Landscape

One artist’s stark, brutalist, dystopian vision of the future.
Anika Burgess October 3, 2017
Deed Rock.
Worcester, Massachusetts

Deed Rock

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.
Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst
West Sussex, England

Millennium Seed Bank

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.
Not the Doomsday Clock. (This is the <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/prague-astronomical-clock">Prague Astronomical Clock</a>.)
apocalypse

According to Experts, We Just Ticked Closer to Apocalypse

Every year, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists updates the Doomsday Clock.
Cara Giaimo January 25, 2017
Permanently Closed
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
apocalypse

The Mystical Early Pennsylvania Settler Who Lived in a Cave

Johannes Kelpius was really keen on the apocalypse.
Ed Simon September 27, 2016
The cave from the front.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
space exploration

The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175

Meet 101955 Bennu.
Erik Shilling August 3, 2016
Pyramiden
Pyramiden, Norway

Pyramiden

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Canyon created by removing burnt shale at Brennender Berg
Sulzbach, Germany

Brennender Berg

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."
stores

The Ohio Superstore That Beat Walmart by Giving Up Electricity

Sarah Laskow September 28, 2015
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Rome, Italy

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.