EricGrundhauser's User Profile - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place
AO Member
story
tudors

For Sale: A Castle Where Henry VIII Honeymooned

It can be yours for $10.4 million.
March 13, 2017
story
haunted

Philadelphia Construction Workers Have Unearthed Dozens of Centuries-Old Coffins

This is how haunted houses are born.
March 10, 2017
story
novelty architecture

Someone Please Rent Texas's New Cowboy Boot House

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live in a shoe.
March 10, 2017
story
nasa

NASA Found an Indian Spacecraft Lost Since 2009

Tracking lunar orbiters just became a bit easier.
March 10, 2017
story
names

In Phil Campbell, Alabama, His Name Is My Name Too

A brief history of a small town and the many Phil Campbells who love it.
March 9, 2017
story
ducklings

In Indianapolis, a Series of Ramps Just for Ducklings

They're pretty cute.
March 8, 2017
story
amusement parks

The Mini-Amusement Park in This Texan's Backyard

He built it for his granddaughter.
March 7, 2017
story
star trek

Space Badges Might Be the U.S. Army's Coolest Award

It's not Starfleet, but it sure looks like it.
March 7, 2017
story
lost

Lost, in the Mail: A Birthday Card Exchanged for 33 Years Between a Father and Daughter

Sigh.
March 6, 2017
story
crime

Found: 600,000 Illicit Eels at Heathrow Airport

They were hidden beneath shipments of other, totally legal fish.
March 3, 2017
story
turkey

Some Turkeys, a Dead Cat, and a Lot of Turkey Experts

What's going on here?
March 2, 2017
story
tolkien

A Tolkien Truther From Colorado Says He's the Real King of England

He took out an ad in The Times of London to stake his claim.
March 2, 2017
story
schools

Schoolchildren in Scotland Gave Their Goldfish a Viking Funeral

They are in Valhalla now.
March 1, 2017
story
globes

Behold the Erdapfel, the World's Oldest Surviving Globe

It's got the beauty, but not the brains.
March 1, 2017
story
signs

Boston's Beloved Citgo Sign Might Be Getting Priced Out of Its Home

This isn't the first time Bostonians have had to fight to keep it.
February 28, 2017
story
news

St. Louis Paid to Move a Historic Three-Story Home Nearly a Mile

There's video.
February 27, 2017
story
fashion

When High-Class Ladies Wore Masks That Made It Impossible to Speak

In the 16th century, avoiding a sunburn meant being mute and looking super creepy.
February 27, 2017
story
hoaxes

Some Scotland Villagers Are Trying to Slow Speeding Cars With Hair Dryers

They DO look suspiciously like speed guns.
February 24, 2017
story
maps

A Growing Archive of Global Street Music

Since it launched in 2014, Daniel Bacchieri's Street Music Map has recorded the locations of some 1,200 artists spread across 93 countries.
February 24, 2017
story
news

Wet Cement Perfectly Tells the Tale of a Faceplant

The victim appears to have been a child on a scooter.
February 23, 2017
story
features

Keeping the Art of Knot Tying Alive

A guild of knotters won't let this historic craft die.
February 23, 2017
story
saints

Found: A Secret Gas Pump Hidden by a Mexican Altar

The Virgin of Guadalupe had become a font of illegal fuel.
February 22, 2017
story
minor threats

A Waitress Casually Dragged a Massive Lizard Out of a Restaurant in Australia

There's video.
February 21, 2017
story
hitler

Sold, for $243,000: Hitler's Personal Red Telephone

It was taken from his bunker.
February 20, 2017