Atlas Obscura Lists

Atlas Obscura Lists

Handy Guides to the World's Most Curious Places

14 Places to Explore Viking Lore
Trelleborg Museum and Viking longhouse
Björn Järnsidas Hög
The limestone landscape.
The runestone in the church wall.
The Burial Mound of Oleg of Novgorod
"Halfdan carved these runes."

14 Places to Explore Viking Lore

The imprint of their brief ascendancy is still visible all over Europe.


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18 Places to Discover Innovation in Roosevelt Island and NYC
Holographic Studios
Inside the Tent of Tomorrow of the New York State Pavilion (2009)

18 Places to Discover Innovation in Roosevelt Island and NYC

The story of the city that never sleeps is inscribed with a past full of technological innovation, engineering wonders, and scientific discoveries.


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14 Places to Walk in the Footsteps of Dinosaurs
Dinosaur State Park
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Dinosaur track on An Corran.
Human foot for scale
Dinosaur tracks!
Dinosaur footprint at Valley of the Dinosaurs

14 Places to Walk in the Footsteps of Dinosaurs

Step into the land before time.


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11 Unforgettable Historic Train Journeys
Baldwin #488 K-36 type narrow gauge engine in Chama, New Mexico yards
Sauschwänzlebahn.
Animas Canyon South of Silverton.
Prairie Dog Central Railway at Grosse Isle.
The narrow-gauge railway at Oybin.
Engines No. 5 and No. 6 in 2013

11 Unforgettable Historic Train Journeys

Nostalgia awaits. All aboard!


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10 Italian Sites Shrouded in Mystery and Legend
Ponte di Cecco
Tarpeian Rock

10 Italian Sites Shrouded in Mystery and Legend

The places that inspire one of our top contributors to want to learn more.


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6 Old Latrines Worth a Visit, Even If You Can't Use Them
Latrines.
The public toilets could get quite crowded.
The abbey ruins.
The stone latrines in the baths at Dougga.
The reredorter.
The Bathhouse's suburban surroundings.

6 Old Latrines Worth a Visit, Even If You Can't Use Them

March your tuchus to these historic bathrooms to see how people used to take care of business.


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