#Atlasobscura

An aviation museum dedicated to the Cold War era next to the Grissom Air Reserve Base.

A life-sized mastodon statue commemorates the remarkable discovery of 80,000-year-old mastodon remains in a nearby Nova Scotia gypsum quarry.

A quirky waterfront art installation transforms ordinary lampposts into drunken characters, humorously depicting the rowdy behaviour associated with Halifax’s nightlife.

Built as part of the 'Waste to Wonder' campaign, the 26-foot statue is made of more than two tonnes of iron and steel.

Abandoned palace in Ras Al Khaimah, with a reputation as being haunted, now restored and open as a private museum.

Portugal’s dictatorship sent its political opponents to this remote Cape Verdean prison, known as the “Camp of Slow Death.”

The final resting place of Angus MacAskill, the legendary Cape Breton Giant, who stood 7 feet 9 inches tall and was recognized as the world's tallest non-pathological giant.

A working art museum inside a psychiatric center where patients create and exhibit paintings, sculptures, installations, and even recorded music in their own studios.

The ‘Kim’s Convenience’ actor and ‘Run the Burbs’ creator loves revisiting his hometown—in his work and in real life.

A prison, gun store and more over its life, the history here is fascinating over three floors.

Deep within the rugged mountains of Vinh Thanh, this crystal-clear stream meanders through a primeval forest of ancient wild ixora trees protected for generations by the local Ba Na community.

Home to more than 500 Mi’kmaq petroglyphs depicting centuries of Indigenous life and culture, this sacred site contains one of the largest collections of rock carvings in eastern North America.

Tucked away in an unassuming cemetery lies the grave of Georges Nagelmackers, the founder of the Compagnie des wagons-lits (and thus, of the Orient Express).

Behind a row of ordinary D.C. houses hides a labyrinth of interconnected art galleries filled with unusual treasures and outsider art.