The Prince of the Lilies: Crete's Most Famous Fresco May Not Show a Prince at All
Crete's famous Prince of the Lilies fresco was largely reconstructed from mismatched fragments — and may not s...
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The David Sassoon Clock Tower: A Palladian Survivor at the Gates of Mumbai's Oldest Garden
Inside Byculla's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan stands Mumbai's only Palladian building — the 1864 David Sassoon Clock Tower, a quiet piece of colonial history.
Atlas Obscura · 10 Sep 2026 · India
Under Liverpool ONE's Shops Sits the 300-Year-Old Dock That Changed Shipping Forever
Beneath Liverpool ONE shopping centre lie the walls of the Old Dock, the world's first commercial enclosed doc...
Durham's 14th-Century Town Hall Reopens Its Doors — For Free
Durham Town Hall, dating to around 1350, has reopened after refurbishment with free entry, audio guides and st...
Six Spooky Stops for an Illinois Ghost Road Trip
From Hull-House's devil baby to McPike Mansion's friendly ghosts, plan a spooky Illinois road trip across six...
Sleeping in a Potato, a Bubble, and a Bear Hide: Ten Unusual Stays Worth Planning a Trip Around
From a free cliff cabin in Norway to a giant potato hotel in Idaho and bear-watching hides in Estonia, ten unu...
Tallinn Has a Stone Peeping Tom Hiding on Pikk Street — Here's How to Spot Him
A bespectacled stone face leers across Pikk Street in Tallinn's Old Town. The legend behind the Peeping Tom —...
A Piece of Scotland Sits Quietly in Lower Manhattan: The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden near Wall Street honors British and Commonwealth victims of 9/11...
Museo del Árbol: Paraguay's Forest Where Trees Are the Exhibition
Paraguay's Museo del Árbol in Nueva Alborada is a 50-hectare open-air forest museum with sculptures, a giant s...
Hong Kong's Ten Thousand Buddhas: 12,000 Statues, 400 Stairs and One Mummified Monk
Hong Kong's Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery holds 12,000+ statues, 500 golden Arhats and a mummified founder —...
Saint John's Cathedral: Belize City's Brick-Ballast Church With Royal Roots
Saint John Anglican Cathedral in Belize City: built in 1812 with ballast bricks and slave labour, it crowned f...
Thousands of Crows Take Over a Vancouver Suburb Every Night
Every night thousands of crows gather in a five-block stretch of Burnaby near Vancouver. Here's where to watch...