Atlas obscura : an explorer's guide to the world's hidden wonders
by Foer, Joshua (Author), Thuras, Dylan (Author), Morton, Ella (Author)
Summary
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious place... Full description
Summary: |
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" -- Provided by publisher. Get off the beaten path, and brush off your bucket list! Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, this volume celebrates the strangest and most curious places in the world. Covering natural wonders, architectural marvels, and mind-boggling events, you'll revel in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. |
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Item Description: |
Includes index. |
Physical Description: |
470 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm |
ISBN: |
9780761169086 0761169083 |
Author Notes: |
Ella Morton is an Australian-raised, New York-based non-fiction writer specialising in the strange and wondrous. She has written for Slate , Conde Nast Traveler , and CNET . As the host of travel show Rocketboom NYC, she uncovered New York's underground oddities and interviewed Cookie Monster and Elmo on the set of Sesame Street. Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura. |