April White's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

April White

Writer and historian. Author of THE DIVORCE COLONY, the astonishing true story of the 19th-century socialites who revolutionized marriage and found freedom on the American frontier. Former Atlas Obscura senior editor, frequent AO contributor

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Peacock Clock

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

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Kanyakumari, India

Thiruvalluvar Statue

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

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La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

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Ganvie Lake Village

Africa's Venice on stilts.

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