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This experimental automotive replica of Stonehenge has become a symbol of the town of Alliance, Nebraska. But residents haven’t always been fans. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/carhenge

Producer Baudelaire Ceus searches for the resting place of famed author Richard Wright among the graves of other cultural icons like Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and Sadegh Hedaya. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pere-lachaise-cemetery

Niles, Illinois is home to an exact replica of Italy’s leaning tower of Pisa - only it’s half the size of the original structure. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/leaning-tower-niles

Brendan Francis Newnam, the host of the new podcast Not Lost, and Dylan Thuras discuss how getting lost is the best way to find yourself. And Brendan shares a great scene from his podcast where he and his co-host travel to the Umbrella Cover Museum on Peaks Island in Maine. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/umbrella-cover-museum

Atlas Obscura contributors take listeners to some of the places they loved so much they keep going back. Got your own place that calls you to return again and again? Submit a voice memo to hello@atlasobscura.com

This funicular in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania used to offer coal and steel workers a respite from the smog of industry.   READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monongahela-incline

Today the story of how a street lamp, a tangle with municipal government, and a love of the stars led a man to Goblin Valley, Utah a “dark sky certified” place for lovers of the night sky. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/goblin-valley-state-park

Take a trip to a hostel in Iceland to visit the country’s last Big Mac, where the burger’s existence unfolds a story about economics and national identity. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/iceland-mcdonalds

A river in the Amazon is so hot that anything that falls into it will die … but how did it get this way? Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-boiling-river-of-the-amazon-puerto-inca-peru

This garden park in Paris, France contains the ruins of a colonial exhibition from 1907. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/le-jardin-d-agronomie-tropicale

Thousands of years ago, a young woman named Ko-kwal-alwoot crouched over a set of tide pools, looked into the water, and saw a face looking back at her that wasn’t her own. Today, her descendants are still telling the story of what happened next.  Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-maiden-of-deception-pass Learn more about the Samish Indian Nation: https://www.samishtribe.nsn.us/

Scientists in Denver, Colorado store and conduct tests on miles of ice core samples dating back hundreds of thousands of years.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-ice-core-lab

This underground oasis in Fresno, California is a winding maze of rooms and passageways filled with lush citrus trees.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forestiere-underground-gardens

A grand library in Portugal has some unexpected nighttime caretakers -- tiny bats.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mafra-palace-library-bats

Noah Purifoy was a pugilistic LA artist who eventually filled a 10 acre plot of land in Joshua Tree, CA with his of-kilter art.   Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Museum: http://www.noahpurifoy.com/joshua-tree-outdoor-museum Learn more about Dale Davis: https://dalebdavis.com/ Listen to our episode about Leimert Park: https://pod.link/1555769970/episode/1a593d4fba52c8d48fd9e62728a2a16f Listen to our episode about the Watts Towers Art Center: https://pod.link/1555769970/episode/18849745a4259a207da75f53dfa6e657 READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/noah-purifoy-s-outdoor-desert-art-museum

An underground chamber in Upton, MA puzzled some New Englanders while others long knew its ancient origins.     READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/upton-chamber

Thousands of masks from the former Kingdom of Benin are spread throughout museums across the world.  Is that where they belong?

Hashima Island in Japan was once the most densely populated place on Earth. Until – almost overnight – everyone left. 

Typically, space junk ends up deep in the Pacific Ocean. This is the story of when it plunged back to earth … onto a street in small-town Wisconsin. Read more in the Atlas: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sputnik-crash-site

This forest in Oslo, Norway will provide the trees for paper as part of a century long art project featuring famed contemporary authors.  READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forest-of-the-future-library