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Los Angeles artist spent 40 years building a bizarre underground Puerto Rican home

A Los Angeles artist spent about four decades creating a unique underground home in the forests of Puerto Rico, turning discarded materials into a maze of tunnels, chambers and artworks. Known as Termitopia, the structure sits on a mountain near Las Marías and was built by Brian Birdsall, who moved…

The Times of India

In 1991, Berkeley transformed a landfill into Cesar Chavez Park. 35 years later, the former dump is a scenic waterfront park with an annual kite festival for locals

Atlas Obscura identifies César Chávez Park as a former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival and notes that the Berkeley Kite Festival traditionally takes place during the summer.

The Economic Times

In 1980, an artist used 10 tons of paint to turn 6.5 kilometres of Egypt's Sinai blue, creating a peace monument across a former battlefield

Belgian artist Jean Verame painted Sinai desert boulders blue in 1980. This unique peace memorial marked the end of decades of war between Egypt and Israel. Ten tons of blue paint, donated by the United Nations, were used for this project. The artist sought a monument people could walk into,…

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Since the 1960s, every day at exactly 5 p.m., Japan plays the same melody to quietly test its nationwide disaster warning system

Japan plays music daily as a disaster warning system test. This system, Bosai Musen, alerts citizens to potential earthquakes and typhoons. Different localities use unique tunes, often traditional folk songs or town anthems. While some find the broadcasts a nuisance, they are a vital preparedness measure. This integration of preparedness…

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A Black crew on North Carolina’s Outer Banks pulled off an 1896 storm rescue so daring it helped reshape lifesaving history, and then vanished from memory

A forgotten chapter of American heroism has resurfaced, detailing an extraordinary 1896 water rescue by an all-Black crew of surfmen on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Facing a brutal hurricane and lacking standard equipment, these men, led by former enslaved person Richard Etheridge, risked their lives using rowboats and ropes to…

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56 million dead, one frozen secret: Antarctica outed the deadliest secret in human history

Antarctic ice cores climate change: Scientists found ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice. This ice holds records of Earth's atmosphere for thousands of years. It shows volcanic events and human activities like mining. A significant drop in carbon dioxide levels is linked to the devastating impact of European colonization on…

The Economic Times

25 Breathtaking Places Shared By Atlas Obscura That Prove Earth Still Holds Incredible Secrets

Through its hugely popular “Place Of The Day” posts, the platform constantly uncovers hidden corners of the planet that rarely make it into ordinary travel guides, revealing stories that often sound more like fiction than history.

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Around the World in Eighty Lies

How a writer fabricated a series of stories for Atlas Obscura

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20 quirky photogenic places to shoot April 2024’s Great American Eclipse

A four-minute total solar eclipse will be visible from within a 100 miles-wide path stretching from Mexico through the US and Canada. Here's when and where to go – and how to plan a trip.

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Roman ruins reappear from river in drought-stricken Europe almost 2,000 years later

Dropping water levels revealed a massive complex of Roman ruins in Spain as Europe continues to struggle under a record-breaking drought.

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Inside creepy mansion haunted by children who died in tragic circumstances

The name of the abandoned Winderbourne Mansion is inspired the inventor of the bobbin winder, whose rich relation built the home as a summer retreat for their family

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