pieofthemonth's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

pieofthemonth

ornithologist & neuroscientist, bioacoustician, artist, science writer, candy collector.

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Montreal, Québec

Schwartz's

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

Jennifer Richardson

Added by Jennifer Richardson

Klosterneuburg, Austria

Gugging House of Artists

This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.

bboas

Prague, Czechia

Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

pieofthemonth

Added by pieofthemonth

Melnik, Czechia

Melník Chapel of Bones

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

Added by CPilgrim

The Czech's Capuchin Crypt

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

Lunarsynthesis

Added by Lunarsynthesis

Brno Ossuary

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

Dylan

Vienna, Austria

Hundertwasser's Odd Architecture

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Dylan

Prague, Czechia

Old New Synagogue

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

ronin

Prague, Czechia

Žižkov Tower

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

atimian

Added by atimian

Dietikon, Switzerland

Bruno Weber's Weinrebenpark

A mythically themed self-built sculpture park.

Added by mbison

Zurich, Switzerland

Moulagenmuseum

Museum dedicated to wax representations of disfiguring diseases.

Added by mbison

Crypt of Santa Maria de la Victoria

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Added by teki7up

Casa de Las Conchas - The House of Shells

A house covered entirely with shells.

serflac

Added by serflac

World's Biggest Chair

Holding the current title of "biggest chair in the world," it stands with little fanfare in Lucena, Spain.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Greyfriars Cemetery Mortsafes

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

North Berwick, Scotland

Ruins of Tantallon Castle

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Anstruther, Scotland

Smuggler's Inn

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Reynisdrangar

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Hólmavík, Iceland

The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Hekla

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

Darmon Richter

Added by Darmon Richter

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandic Phallological Museum

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

Josh

Reykjavik, Iceland

Hallgrimskirkja

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Dampo

Husavik, Iceland

Sigurgeirs Bird Museum

Largest private bird collection in Iceland, formed from a tragic accident.

Added by SarahBurge