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Atlas obscura : an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders / Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton.

Foer, Joshua, (author.). Thuras, Dylan, (author.). Morton, Ella, (author.).

Summary:

It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. 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 .

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780761169086
  • ISBN: 0761169083
  • Physical Description: 470 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- Oceania -- Canada -- USA -- Latin America -- Antarctica.
Subject:
Voyages around the world.
Voyages and travels.
Historic sites > Guidebooks.
Curiosities and wonders.
Genre:
Guidebooks.

Available copies

  • 54 of 56 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 56 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library 910.202 FOE (Text) 36015000692034 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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