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atlasobscura 31h ago

The Birthplace of Kool-Aid

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atlasobscura 29h ago

The Grave of Dušan Vasiljev in Kikinda, Serbia

Tucked away in Melino Groblje ("Mela's Cemetery"), one of the oldest cemeteries in the Serbian town of Kikinda, stands the grave of Dušan Vasiljev, a poet whose brief life left a lasting mark on Serbian literature. Located near the Holy Trinity Monastery, the modest white monument is easy to overlook among larger family tombs and weathered gravestones.
atlasobscura 3h ago

Rex, the Beach Blvd Dinosaur in Jacksonville, Florida

Rex the Dinosaur is regarded as one of Jacksonville’s most lovable roadside landmark. Built in the 1960s, he was originally installed as part of Goony Golf, a mini-golf and family-fun complex which closed its doors and putting greens in the late 1990s.
atlasobscura 7h ago

Mathellaneous in Emporia, Kansas

Mathellaneous is one of several free museums that can be found on the Emporia State University campus. However, one could argue that a similar space can not be found within at least a 1000-mile radius of it. Better than a museum, this space is completely interactive where visitors are allowed to investigate and explore everything on exhibit.
atlasobscura 4h ago

Blackjack Cemetery in Taft, Oklahoma

Resting place of Sarah Rector, who was known as the richest Black girl in the world at one point. Resting place for Muscogee Creek Freedmen, and other Black children made wealthy by oil. In the middle of the historic Black town of Taft.
atlasobscura 5h ago

’Tropfsteinmaschine, 1996-2496‘ in Hamburg, Germany

The Hamburger Kunsthalle houses almost 91,000 works of art. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer' (Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). However, among the various collections on display, one modest piece might easily pass unnoticed in the Contemporary Art section.
atlasobscura 27h ago

Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens in Tramore, Ireland

The lesser-known of just two Japanese Gardens in Ireland, the Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens are an enchanting homage to a remarkable writer, traveler and man of the world, and a tranquil place of great curation and beauty.
atlasobscura 31h ago

Musée des Années 30 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

This wonderful museum in Boulogne-Billancourt (west of Paris, but accessible by Metro) is devoted to the art and atmosphere of the 1930s, bringing together furniture, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, posters, and decorative objects from the interwar period.
atlasobscura 25h ago

Al-Saada in Al Ghayl, Saudi Arabia

There are few reasons why one would come all the way to Al-Ghayl, a village in the Al-Aflaj Governorate, around 300 kilometers from Saudi Arabia’s capital city Riyadh.