Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Most Unusual Places | 
Inherited the tagged from my brother 4 years ago. Haven‘t read it, haven‘t got rid of it…bc it seems like an important worthy book, but the size of it repels me 😳
Anyone read it?
#LITTENSWANTTOKNOW @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
The books I got/ bought for my #birthday (a little over a month ago)
Carvings in sandstone cliffs are just minutes from my house at Worden's Ledges in Hinkley Reservation, Greater Cleveland Metroparks, Hinkley, Ohio. I finally made it to Atlas Obscura destination!
Since traveling is out for the foreseeable future, I've been diving into this gem. What non-self-help books are helping you right now?
pickA collection of offbeat and eccentric locations collected from their website. This book showcases ship graveyards, glow worm caves, weird festivals, and more for the intrepid explorer who enjoys exploring off the beaten path.
-Jonathan
Available on Libby as an eBook!
#recommendsday #librariansoflitsy
pickThe world is an intensely strange place, filled with fascinating sites both natural and man-made and if you‘re interested in learning about the beautiful weirdness in our global backyard, you must check out this book.
This isn‘t exactly a graveyard but rather an outdoor art installation called Screaming Heads in the tiny town of Burke‘s Falls, Ontario. still creeps me out so I figured it‘ll pass for today‘s
#screamathonPhotoChallenge
If this can give somebody closure from the pain of losing a loved one I think it is a beautiful idea...♡♡♡
Dangerous free booklet that we picked up on Independent Bookstore Day. In just 16 pages I think I have at least 5 vacations planned! #bookishproblems
Mr. JSW bought me this book and I am completely absorbed. I love its random places and factoids. 😂🦛🦛🦛🦛
Thank you for the tags @DannyHattan and @Clwojick , two amazing and incredible Littens! ☺️🤗
1. The Clockwork Dynasty and Lonesome Dove
2. TCD: Europe over a century; LD: Texas
3. Inside a volcano. 😆🤯
4. @RadicalReader @Kaylamburson @IamIamIam
#WhatWouldYouDo
Happy St. Patrick‘s Day, y‘all!!! Reading up on a few places to add to my travel bucket list while enjoying some Sneaky Buffalo (Espresso Vanilla stout made with cold brew)
Happy St. Patrick‘s Day, y‘all!!! Reading up on a few places to add to my travel bucket list while enjoying some Sneaky Buffalo (Espresso Vanilla stout made with cold brew)
Cattus obscura.
#catsofLitsy
This should be interesting.
If “museum” is on a building, I‘m game to have a look. This book mentions some of the more unusual collections in the world, dedicated to such things as asparagus, absinthe, sharks, pig fat, antique vibrators, noses, phallic specimens (a blue whale‘s is largest: 5‘4”), cleaning, cannibalism, hearses, counterfeits, bordellos, BDSM, ticks (850 species), wax models of infant diseases, jewelery made from human hair, chamber pots, coffee cups, etc.
pickAn atlas of the world‘s hidden wonders: it‘s the kind of book that‘s fun to browse. I was surprised how many of the them I had already encountered in fiction, like the dog suicide bridge (Internet photo above); Svarlbard seed vault; Shah Cheragh mirrored mosque; the difference engine; Saltstraumen maelstrom; taxidermy shop in Paris; Lumilinna snow castle; Chittagong ship-breaking yards; House on the Rock, Wisconsin; Weeki Wachee mermaids; etc.
I found the “merman” in Banff, which this book lists as one of the obscure things to see in the world.
Atlas Obscura has an entry for a Polish village of painted houses (Zalipie, inset above) but they missed a great opportunity: Čičmany village in Slovakia is full of gorgeous painted houses, all done in geometric white designs on black. Unfortunately, the only entry for Slovakia is Čachtice castle, where it‘s said that a 17th c Hungarian countess bathed in the blood of virgins.
An imaginative “merman” is displayed in a glass case in Banff, Alberta. I‘ve been to over 30 of the places covered in this atlas, but I haven‘t seen this peculiar thing which is located in my own province. It will be easy to add to my list because I‘m travelling to Banff tomorrow to stay at my brother‘s home for a week.
Tongzi dan have been standard street fare in Dongyang in Zhenjiang Province for hundreds of years. The smell of steaming urine wafting through the city heralds the arrival of spring.
Built in 2007 in Poland to represent “the uncertainty and shifting of traditions that accompanied the end of Communist rule.” The builders “had to take breaks every 3 hours during construction to ward off their disorientation.”
(Internet photo)
Padua University‘s collection of 56 wooden books made from 56 different tree species is the most intriguing thing I‘ve come across so far in the book.
More here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wooden-books-padova-university
It's a strange magical world we humans create for all to gaze a pond...
I have traveled for work before, and have been fine. However, for some reason, the anxiety hit full force for this trip that I could barely pull myself together to pack and get ready. All I wanted was to stay home & ignore the world for the week.
My sweet boyfriend surprised me with this fun travel book as I was heading to the airport. I feel so incredibly lucky to have a person by my side, even when I‘m a mess, and knows how to make me smile. ❤️
I've been meaning to read this book for a while now. Since I got the Atlas Obscura journal from @debthmpsn as part of the #greatwideopen swap package she sent me, there's no time like the present to pick up the ebook...we can always use another book, right? As an ebook, it'll be easier to take with me on any travels and adventures in the future.
This is the first of a few posts I'll have about my #greatwideopen swap package from @debthmpsn. I received such a lot of good stuff that it didn't fit into one or even two photos!! Here's my box of snacks including teas, a pair of socks, energy bars, book marks, a travel journal and stickers. 😀👌👍😍 Thanks so much!
so-soThis is an encyclopedia of unusual sites you could visit while traveling. It would make a great coffee table book. To read cover to cover - dry - it‘s an encyclopedia.
This book is a beauty!! I love it. This is for anyone who loves traveling or would love to travel but cant catch a break! here's your break!! This book takes you all around the world and has beautiful photographs!!you will love it!!#litsy #travel #litsyreads #litsyfamily #read #book #bookaddict #booklover #books #booknerd #packyourbags
My #primeday pick! I‘m excited to have this so I can read little bits when I‘m in the mood! It‘s a heavy book!
https://instagram.com/p/Bj5pMZQHeDp/ If I‘m ever in Detroit... #TBR John King Used & Rare Books, more than 1 million books in stock (photo credit Abi Inman)
1. French lavender
2. Marcella season 1 prepping for season 2 out today on Netflix
3. Atlas Obscura- what a great, fun read about places I need to see!
4. Whole grain mustard and tomato relish
5. Besides reading??? Painting before the heat hits outside then playing with Whiskey🐾
#friyayintro
@jesshowbooks
Planning my trip to Mallorca and Barcelona this October! Atlas Obscura is fun. Love to look through it before a trip.
🌴 My Atlases!!
🌴 Maldives, Italy, Brazil, Mongolia
🌴 Antarctica
🌴 Planes, Trains & Automobiles
(all forms of transport)
🌴 Ice Cream
#manicmonday @JoScho
Going to put this curse in all my books from now on 😂
~from atlasobscura.com
Going to spend some time tonight exploring the world through my Kindle. I‘m a wild and crazy guy! #OutdatedSNLReference
If you‘ve browsed this book, you know there is no resisting it for random facts fans. 😁 No one tell my husband I searched out the lovely indie bookstore, Sunrise Books (High Point, NC for my #nclittens), while I waited for my daughter today and purchased this for myself. Better yet, I told bookseller Laura about our community and I‘m pretty sure that @bramble is her. Welcome! #litsywelcomewagon
Books I'm thinking about reading for the Nonfiction Challenge 2018. I'm very much a mood reader, so I'm not promising I'll actually read any of these. I definitely will read at least 12 nonfiction this year. #nonfiction2018 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mahal kita mahal m ba ako
I'm in bed with the flu since yesterday. Fortunately I have good company to keep me entertained
#BOOKFRIDAY2017 @Liberty giving this to my almost graduate nephew instead of “Oh, The Places You‘ll Go” in hope that this inspires him to actually seek out those places!
bailed
