Title: Atlas Obscura Pdf An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Author: Joshua Foer
Published Date: 2016-09-20
Page: 480
Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders—the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England.
Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer.
Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer.
Appropriately named book jam packed with esoterica! Ok, one of the best gifts I have ever bought my husband. He loves the quirky and esoteric. I think he poured over every word in this book. It sat by his bed and he read at least one entry each night until he finished, often laughing out loud and sharing tidbits that were always odd and sometimes even (to me) grotesque. He loved it so much! I cannot even believe the authors could uncover such arcane facts and places. The monicker “obscura” is definitely apropos!A book as rich and unexpected as the world it covers This book exceeded my already higher-than-average expectations. It's gorgeously designed and PACKED with interestingness on every page. The page layouts are complex and varied too, so it's fun to flip through and land on random sections about odd, wondrous places and artifacts halfway around the world (or in your own hometown!). So the act of making your way through the book feels like the kind of discovery and adventure covered in the content itself. Brilliant.I pre-ordered this because I was already a huge fan of the website and decided to support the project. I figured at the very least I'd have a gift ready for the holidays. But I am absolutely keeping this for myself, and will probably buy another copy for one of my family members soon. The book inspires you to venture out and explore, and reminds you that even in this era of Google Earth and Twitter there is plenty of mystery left out there that's waiting to be stumbled upon.Smart, lively, remarkable! This is unlike any travel guide I've ever seen, full of surprising locations both near and far. The entire experience of reading Atlas Obscura is like having dinner with your smartest, friendliest acquaintance, who also happens to be a bit of a weirdo (in the best way). Overall, it is a fantastic, lively book, perfect for curious real-world and armchair travelers.
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