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Burger Bar in Bristol, Virginia

The most storied country music city that's not named Nashville is probably Bris...

Uri Geller Museum in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Uri Geller's incredible career as a master of psychokinesis, dowsing, and telep...

Dear Atlas: How Can I Explore My Hometown Like a Tourist?

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions yo...

Murals of the Government Palace in Centro, Mexico

Inside the Government Palace of Tlaxcala hang the murals of the History of Tlax...

Tankersley Old Hall Ruins in Barnsley, England

The ruins of a significant 16th-century building, Tankersley Old Hall, stand am...

The Abandoned Train of Bartlett, New Hampshire in Bartl...

Where rusted bolts and tattered fabric, three coach cars, a swayback flat car, ...

Site of a Speech by Stephen A. Douglas in Hartford, Con...

On July 6, 1860, Democratic presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas attempted...

Henry Street in Roanoke, Virginia

Black American residents surged through Appalachia in the decades following the...

Pexcho’s American Dime Museum in Augusta, Georgia

Amidst the golf courses and historic southern charm of Augusta, Georgia, Pexcho...

The Purple Fiddle in Thomas, West Virginia

Appalachia has been pigeonholed as a place out of time—but Tucker County, West ...

Ewbank Scar in Westmorland and Furness, England

Just southeast of the town of Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria, Ewbank Scar nearly def...

Laboratorio de Arte Alameda in Mexico City, Mexico

The old convent of San Diego, founded around 1591, is now a museum of contempor...

CSS Neuse II in Kinston, North Carolina

The hulking CSS Neuse II is said to be the only full-scape replica commemoratin...

Bud Spencer Statue in Budapest, Hungary

Near the city center, a statue of the Carlo Pedersoli—also known as Bud Spencer...

Margie’s Candies in Chicago, Illinois

When you visit Margie’s Candies, you travel back in time. The first thing you n...

In Ancient Bulgaria, the Tombs of the Elite Were Filled...

The reign of Seuthes III began with blood and strife. The Odrysian Kingdom of ...

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