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Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West
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The Astounding World of Automata

From mechanical dragons to storytelling clocks, 18 marvelous machines.
Jonathan Carey September 15, 2023
<em>Le Défenseur du temps</em>—<em>The Defender of Time</em>—has been reinstalled in the Quartier de l'Horloge in Paris. Throughout the day, the metal swordsman marks the passage of time by fighting off a dragon, a rooster, and a crab.
shipwrecks

Wonder Is Everywhere: The Defender of Time, a Plan to Bomb the Moon, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White May 12, 2023
Ethereal Dancers
Limoux, France

Musée des Automates

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.
Front view of El Papamoscas
Burgos, Spain

El Papamoscas

For more than half a millennia, this automaton has rung an hourly bell.
Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West
London, England

Giants of St. Dunstan-in-the-West

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.
mechanical instruments

Podcast: Maillardet’s Automaton

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team July 26, 2022
The automaton is perched above the store.
Madrid, Spain

Salt Street Watchmaker

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell With a Master Magic Auctioneer

10:02
It's huge, with a great sense of humor.
automata

This Gigantic Laughing Kookaburra Is Out to Brighten Your Day

A sculptor hitched the cackling bird to a trailer and is taking it on the road.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 8, 2020
<em>Karakuri</em> dolls have been an ornate element of Japanese craftsmanship since the Edo period.
automata

What It’s Like to Build a Traditional Japanese Automaton From Scratch

All you need is a good imagination. And a whole lot of patience.
Isaac Schultz June 4, 2020
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell With Antiquarian Horologist Nico Cox

9:24
Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell: The Mechanical Magic of Scotland’s House of Automata

16:44
Museum Tinguely.
Basel, Switzerland

Museum Tinguely

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.
Oh, the things that hit our earholes.
mummies

Overheard at Atlas Obscura in 2018

From bioluminescent fungus to random bone houses, here's what we talk about at the office.
Ella Morton December 27, 2018
Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina with six violins.
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany

Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet

This marvelous array is one of the largest collections of mechanical instruments in Europe.
The cockfight at Plaza Patria.
Aguascalientes, Mexico

Automaton Clocks of Aguascalientes

Public clocks around the city chime with bullfights, cockfights, old railways, and other local traditions.
Two people chat by a chilled fruit machine, among other vending machines, in 1959.
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Vending Machines in the U.S. Once Dispensed More Than Chips and Cookies

Where did the pie and hot dogs go?
Paula Mejia December 13, 2017
Welcome to the Under the Pier Show.
Southwold, England

Under the Pier Show

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.