The world's largest goat tower was built by accident
https://boingboing.net/2026/08/04/goat-tower-illinois.html
#animals #architecture #atlas_obscura #follies #goats #History #illinois #boingboing

The Smithsonian’s American History Museum Has a Sushi Collection https://www.google.com/amp/amp.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2017/02/07/seemingly_unremarkable_sushi_ephemera_are_being_preserved_for_future_historians.html?client=safari

Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling?
https://boingboing.net/2026/05/12/would-you-sleep-in-a-1000-year-old-cliff-dwelling.html
#architecture #atlas_obscura #cliff_dwellings #History #travel #boingboing

Reading someone the Riot Act wasn't always just a metaphor. http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/09/04/reading_the_riot_act_wasn_t_always_just_a_metaphor.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_ru via @@atlasobscura

The Cave that Inspired Mendelssohn, Pink Floyd, and Matthew Barney <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/04/30/fingal_s_cave_in_staffa_scotland.html" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/04/30/fingal_s_cave_in_staffa_scotland.html via @slate

The Beautiful Ruins of an Ancient Armenian Ghost Town http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/03/19/ani_an_ancient_armenian_ghost_town_in_kars_lies_in_beautiful_ruins.html via @slate

Aaaaaghh! RT @DrRubidium: @NoisyAstronomer @seelix http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/08/27/come_face_to_face_with_hundreds_of_ventriloquist_dummies_at_vent_haven_museum.html :D

They're almost cute after last link. RT @NoisyAstronomer: @DrRubidium @seelix OH then Slate recommends this link next http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/08/26/see_the_silent_screams_of_a_hundred_mexican_mummies_at_museo_de_las_momias.html

Poor Dogpatch USA! <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/05/21/dogpatch_usa_is_an_abandoned_hillbilly_theme_park_in_arkansas.html" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/05/21/dogpatch_usa_is_an_abandoned_hillbilly_theme_park_in_arkansas.html

Embark on a Flavorful Adventure on Kissimmee's Latin Culinary Trail#United_States#Kissimmee#Latin_Cuisine#Atlas_Obscura

Destination Toronto and Atlas Obscura Introduce Moving Monuments, A Unique Robotic Sound Sculpture for Toronto's Vibrant Culture#Canada#Toronto#Atlas_Obscura#Moving_Monuments

Rand McNally's 2026 Road Atlas: Celebrating America's 250th and Route 66's Love for Food#United_States#Chicago#Route_66#Rand_McNally#Atlas_Obscura

St. Louis's unfinished "Cementland": "I can't stand to define myself." http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/11/22/cementland_in_st_louis_an_industrial_adventure_land_sits_unfinished.html

Haunting. Villa Epecuén: city lost under water for 25 years, surfaced again: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/06/17/villa_epecu_n_in_argentina_is_a_former_resort_village_turned_flooded_ghost.html #urbex #abandoned #photography

Paddle Up: a tour of some of the world's quirkiest ping pong spots according to Atlas Obscura
https://boingboing.net/2026/03/10/paddle-up-a-tour-of-some-of-the-worlds-quirkiest-ping-pong-spots-according-to-atlas-obscura.html
#atlas_obscura #ping_pong #quirky_destinations #sports #travel #boingboing

100 years ago, American women competed in Venus de Milo lookalike contests <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2017/01/06/the_search_for_the_perfect_woman_100_years_ago_america_was_obssessed_with.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_bot" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2017/01/06/the_search_for_the_perfect_woman_100_years_ago_america_was_obssessed_with.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_bot via @@atlasobscura

The Catalon poop log tradition, where you learn the life lesson: If you hit feces with a stick, it gives you presents http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/12/24/feeding_the_poop_log_a_catalan_christmas_tradition.html

@vamosvamos http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/06/24/cross_bones_graveyard_for_prostitutes_and_paupers_in_southwark_london.html

@vamosvamos http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/01/30/the_stone_home_of_fafe_in_portugal.html https://niume.com/pages/post/?postID=9467 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/12/31/juvet_landscape_hotel_is_set_on_a_jaw_dropping_nature_reserve_at_valldal.html