Joshua Foer is the cofounder and chairman of Atlas Obscura. He is also the author of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, a bestseller published in 33 languages, and a forthcoming book about the world's last hunter-gatherers.

Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York’s quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street. Ella was associate editor at [...], where she wrote about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost.

Dylan Thuras is the cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura. He is also the coauthor of The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid.

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION ... ix

EUROPE

Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2
ENGLAND / IRELAND / NORTHERN IRELAND / SCOTLAND

Western Europe . . . 22
AUSTRIA / BELGIUM / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / CYPRUS / ITALY / NETHERLANDS / PORTUGAL / SPAIN / SWITZERLAND

Eastern Europe . . . 74
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BULGARIA / CROATIA / CZECHIA / ESTONIA / HUNGARY / LATVIA / LITHUANIA / MACEDONIA / POLAND / ROMANIA / RUSSIA / SERBIA / SLOVAKIA / UKRAINE

Scandinavia . . . 99
DENMARK / FINLAND / ICELAND / NORWAY / SWEDEN

ASIA

The Middle East . . . 114
IRAN / IRAQ / ISRAEL / PALESTINE / LEBANON / OMAN / QATAR / SAUDIA ARABIA / SYRIA / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / YEMEN

South and Central Asia . . . 125
AFGHANISTAN / BANGLADESH / BHUTAN / INDIA / KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN / NEPAL / PAKISTAN / SRI LANKA / TURKEY / TURKMENISTAN

East Asia . . . 145
CHINA / HONG KONG / TAIWAN / JAPAN / NORTH KOREA / SOUTH KOREA

Southeast Asia . . . 168
BRUNEI / CAMBODIA / INDONESIA / LAOS / MALAYSIA / MYANMAR / PHILIPPINES / SINGAPORE / THAILAND / VIETNAM

AFRICA

North Africa . . . 186
EGYPT / MAURITANIA / MOROCCO / SUDAN / TUNISIA

West Africa . . . 196
BENIN / BURKINA FASO / CAMEROON / GABON / GHANA / MALI / NIGER / NIGERIA / SENEGAL / SIERRA LEONE / TOGO

Central Africa . . . 206
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHAD / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

East Africa . . . 208
ETHIOPIA / KENYA / RWANDA / SOMALIA / SOUTH SUDAN / TANZANIA

Southern Africa . . . 213
ANGOLA / BOTSWANA / MALAWI / MOZAMBIQUE / NAMIBIA / SOUTH AFRICA / SWAZILAND / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE

Islands of the Indian and South Atlantic Oceans . . . 220
MADAGASCAR / SEYCHELLES / SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA OCEANIA

Australia . . . 226

New Zealand . . . 240

Pacific Islands . . . 245
FIJI / MARSHALL ISLANDS / FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA / GUAM / NAURU / PALAU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / SAMOA / SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU

CANADA

Western Canada . . . 256
ALBERTA / BRITISH COLUMBIA / MANITOBA / NORTHWEST TERRITORIES / NUNAVUT / SASKATCHEWAN / YUKON
Eastern Canada . . . .267
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR / NOVA SCOTIA / ONTARIO / PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND / QUEBEC

USA

West Coast . . . 276
CALIFORNIA / OREGON / WASHINGTON

Four Corners and the Southwest . . . .296
ARIZONA / COLORADO / NEVADA / NEW MEXICO / TEXAS / UTAH

Great Plains . . . 311
IDAHO / KANSAS / MONTANA / NEBRASKA / NORTH DAKOTA / OKLAHOMA / SOUTH DAKOTA / WYOMING

The Midwest . . . 319
ILLINOIS / INDIANA / IOWA / MICHIGAN / MINNESOTA / MISSOURI / OHIO / WISCONSIN

The Southeast . . . 338
ALABAMA / ARKANSAS / FLORIDA / GEORGIA / KENTUCKY / LOUISIANA / MISSISSIPPI / NORTH CAROLINA / SOUTH CAROLINA / TENNESSEE / VIRGINIA

The Mid-Atlantic . . . 353
DELAWARE / MARYLAND / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK / PENNSYLVANIA / WASHINGTON, DC / WEST VIRGINIA

New England . . . 366
CONNECTICUT / MAINE / MASSACHUSETTS / NEW HAMPSHIRE / RHODE ISLAND / VERMONT

Alaska and Hawaii . . . 376

LATIN AMERICA

South America . . . .383
ARGENTINA / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / CHILE / COLOMBIA / ECUADOR / PERU / URUGUAY / VENEZUELA

Mexico . . . 412

Central America . . . 420
BELIZE / COSTA RICA / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / HONDURAS / NICARAGUA / PANAMA

Caribbean Islands . . . 426
BAHAMAS / BARBADOS / BERMUDA / CAYMAN ISLANDS / CUBA / CURAÇAO / DOMINICA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / GRENADA / GUADELOUPE / HAITI / JAMAICA / MARTINIQUE / MONTSERRAT / PUERTO RICO / ST. KITTS AND NEVIS / ST. MAARTEN / TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO / ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

ANTARCTICA . . . 443

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . 452
INDEX . . . 453
PHOTO CREDITS . . . 469