Atlas Obscura

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on June 3, 2009 at 7:05 pm


The founders of Curious Expeditions and the defunct Athanasius Kircher Society have teamed up to start a new website called Atlas Obscura, “A Compendium of the This Age’s Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica.” or in simpler terms a guide to world’s most unusual places. Users are invited to suggest odd places and add to information about existing entries. Many of the weird and wonderful places you’ve read about on Neatorama are listed. The example pictured is the Kindlifresser, or “Child Eater” of Bern, Switzerland.

The disturbing sculpture is no modern work of art, built in 1546, it is one of the oldest fountains in the city of Bern.

Strangely, no one is exactly sure why it’s there. There are three main theories.

There are 277 strange places already listed, which gives me a lot to read about! Link -Thanks, D!


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7 comments to "Atlas Obscura"

  1. ClaireL
    June 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 pm

    The statue you featured is supposed to represent a Jewish man eating the local children. Back then Switzerland wasn't too kid to the Jews...as you can see.
    They don't like to admit it, yet they never took the statue down, lol

  2. DaveL
    June 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    This site is making my virus scanner freak out.

  3. AmyG
    June 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    The link's not working for me, and my search turned up a temporary page that says it's "coming soon." Bummer, I'm really interested to see the site!

  4. Gauldar
    June 4th, 2009 at 10:39 am

    "I eat two kids in the morning, I eat two kids at night,
    I eat two kids in the afternoon, and then I feel alright.
    I eat two kids in time of peace and two in time of war,
    I eat two kids before I eat two kids, and then I eat two more."

  5. Christophe
    June 4th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Wow, so many Neatorama potential posts in one post!

  6. G45654
    June 4th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Just went to both sites, seems like they fixed the virus problem. Great stuff.

  7. sam e.
    June 20th, 2009 at 5:50 am

    The site seems to be down.
    Any one else having trouble getting on?


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