Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Butantan Snake Institute

Discover Butantan Snake Institute in São Paulo, Brazil: A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

Water Mill Museum

Discover Water Mill Museum in Water Mill, New York: Once the center of food production for this small town.

Le Petit Train de La Mure

Discover Le Petit Train de La Mure in La Mure, France: Once known as one of the finest tourist railways in Europe.

Tomb Of Dr. William Beanes

Discover Tomb Of Dr. William Beanes in Upper Marlboro, Maryland: The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

MiG-21 BIS on Verkkokauppa

Discover MiG-21 BIS on Verkkokauppa in Helsinki, Finland: Atop this electronic store resides a massive fighter jet.

Metal Pineapple

Discover Metal Pineapple in Ann Arbor, Michigan: A small welcome symbol for visitors to Ann Arbor.

Plimoth Patuxet

Discover Plimoth Patuxet in Plymouth, Massachusetts: Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Onsala Space Observatory

Discover Onsala Space Observatory in Onsala, Sweden: An impressive collection of massive radio satellites.

Helicopter Crash Memorial

Discover Helicopter Crash Memorial in Fallon, Nevada: Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

Conduit Road Schoolhouse

Discover Conduit Road Schoolhouse in Washington, D.C.: The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.

Rock Hill’s Poetree

Discover Rock Hill's Poetree in Rock Hill, South Carolina: Down an unsuspecting alley resides a tree of poems.

Fantagraphics

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Dusty Strings

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Cogswell Memorial Fountain

Discover Cogswell Memorial Fountain in Rockville, Connecticut: Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

Rory Gallagher Corner

Discover Rory Gallagher Corner in Dublin, Ireland: A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

Multicaja-Zaragoza Sundial

Discover Reloj Solar Multicaja-Zaragoza in Zaragoza, Spain: The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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