The Atlas of Mysterious Places
Author: Jennifer Westwood
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781550010909
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Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places
Author: Robert Ingpen
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781586630980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing to life the lore and legends of the past, this volume explores such mysteries as Stonehenge, the Aztecs, Easter Island, and the Great Wall of China. The authors examine the history and culture of each location and recount the modern discovery of these fascinating archives of human history. Full color.
The Atlas of Legendary Places
Author: James Harpur
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780747505099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn atlas that charts a worldwide journey through rich and varied territory and describing the landscapes and buildings where myth and reality meet. It examines mythical landscapes such as the Garden of Eden, Camelot and Avalon, and places where gods and goddesses are said to have walked the earth, such as Hawaii's Haleakala Crater, Japan's Mount Fuji and the River Ganges in India.
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid
Author: Dylan Thuras
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2018-09-18
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1523503548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times bestseller! The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is a thrilling expedition to 100 of the most surprising, mysterious, and weird-but-true places on earth. For curious kids, this is the chance to embark on the journey of a lifetime—and see how faraway countries have more in common than you might expect! Hopscotch from country to country in a chain of connecting attractions: Explore Mexico’s glittering cave of crystals, then visit the world’s largest cave in Vietnam. Peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then learn how Antarctica’s Blood Falls got their mysterious color. Or see mysterious mummies in Japan and France, then majestic ice caves in both Argentina and Austria. As you climb mountains, zip-line over forests, and dive into oceans, this book is your passport to a world of hidden wonders, illuminated by gorgeous art.
Atlas of Cursed Places
Author: Olivier Le Carrer
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0316353515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAtlas Obscura says this lushly illustrated New York Times bestselling guide to dozens of dangerous, eerie, and infamous locations is the perfect gift for "those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate." Pick up the acclaimed Atlas of Cursed Places and visit the world's most nerve-wracking locations. With pithy historical profiles, vintage full-color maps, and haunting tales that will color your perspective (and send tingles down your spine), this is a clever gift for the intrepid traveler or armchair adventurer who wants to explore destinations both remarkable and daunting. Visit: a coal town where the ground is constantly on fire a Zambian national park where more than 8 million bats darken the skies the infamous suicide location of Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji the lesser-known Nevada triangle, in which dozens of aircraft have inexplicably disappeared Beautifully packaged and written with a twisty sense of humor, Atlas of Cursed Places puts your quirky side on the map.
Atlas of Improbable Places
Author: Travis Elborough
Publisher: Aurum Press
Published: 2021-07-06
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 0711264015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAtlas of Improbable Places shows the modern world from surprising new vantage points that will inspire urban explorers and armchair travellers alike to consider a new way of understanding the world we live in.
Atlas Obscura
Author: Joshua Foer
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2016-09-20
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 076118967X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders—the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India. Mind-boggling events, like the Baby Jumping Festival in Spain, where men dressed as devils literally vault over rows of squirming infants. Not to mention the Great Stalacpipe Organ in Virginia, Turkmenistan's 40-year hole of fire called the Gates of Hell, a graveyard for decommissioned ships on the coast of Bangladesh, eccentric bone museums in Italy, or a weather-forecasting invention that was powered by leeches, still on display in Devon, England. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, ATLAS OBSCURA revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Anyone can be a tourist. ATLAS OBSCURA is for the explorer.
A Haunted Road Atlas
Author: Christine Schiefer
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2022-05-31
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1524878472
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe instant New York Times bestseller! Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full of holy water ... we’re going on a road trip! From the hit podcast And That’s Why We Drink, this is your interactive travel guide to the hosts’ favorite spooky and sinister sights. The world is a scary place ... and that’s why we drink! Jam-packed with illustrations, fun facts, travel tips, and beverage recs, this guide includes some of the country’s most notorious crime scenes, hauntings, and supernatural sightings. You’ll also find Christine and Em’s personal recommendations to the best local bars and ice cream parlors, oddity museums, curiosity shoppes, and more. Explore some of the most bizarre cases you’ve heard on the show, as well as exclusive new content from bayous, basements, and bars!
Unruly Places
Author: Alastair Bonnett
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 054410157X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy Island, which appeared on maps well into 2012 despite the fact it never existed.
Atlas of the Mysterious in North America
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780816028764
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes sacred, haunted, and mysterious sites in the United States and Canada, including power points, earthworks and mounds, stoneworks of unknown origin, and places where ghost lights, phantom ships, mysterious creatures, and monsters have been sighted
