Atlas Obscura

Located up in the Colorado mountains in the historic mining town of Georgetown lies the Hotel de Paris. Opened in 1875 by Louis Dupuy, the Hotel de Paris quickly became known for it's luxury amenities and gourmet French cuisine during the Colorado gold rush. The hotel is very well preserved and holds over 5,000 items from the late 1800s, many of which are original to ...

In 2015, Living Lenses added a public art installation titled Fault Whisper in Fault Line Park in East Village, San Diego. The installation consists of two metal spheres situated directly across from one another, and an accelerometer installed below the spheres in the fault rupture.

The accelerometer monitors the movements along the fault rupture and recor...

In a city known for sleek design, serious museums, and ambitious architecture, FLOP museum celebrates something far less polished: failure.

Located in Oslo’s Bjørvika district, close to the Opera House, MUNCH, and Barcode, this small museum is dedicated to products, inventions, and ideas that were launched with confidence but did not go quite as planned. Inside...

In the centre of Koregaon Park in Pune lies a stretch of green which takes you to a different world. Osho Teerth Park, also known as Osho Garden, is an oasis of peace and quiet in the middle of the hustle and bustle of all the restaurants and cafes Koregaon Park is famous for.

A stream of turquoise water flows through the garden forming tiny pools and ponds at ...

Every February 2nd, the small Georgian Bay town of Wiarton gathers before dawn to consult one of Canada’s most unlikely celebrities: a groundhog named Wiarton Willie. If Willie sees his shadow, tradition warns of six more weeks of winter. If he does not, spring is supposedly just around the corner. In a country where winter often feels endless, thousands still take th...