Notices by Atlas Obcsura (atlas@libranet.de)

San Vicente de Chupaderos in Durango, Mexico

A small town that began as a western movie set.#oldwest #filmlocations #moviesets #section-Atlas
San Vicente de Chupaderos

Yuanshan Water Shrine in Taipei, Taiwan

A Japanese-era Shinto shrine next to Taipei's most famous night market.#history&culture #shintoism #shrines #section-Atlas
Yuanshan Water Shrine

Dranesville Tavern in Herndon, Virginia

A tavern that is no longer in Dranesville.#buildings #oddities #pub #section-Atlas
Dranesville Tavern

Bargain Stone in Wolverhampton, England

A mysterious churchyard stone with a peculiar hole was once used to seal market transactions.#mystery #anglo-saxons #stone #section-Atlas
Bargain Stone

Ernst Thälmann Monument in Berlin, Germany

A massive relic of the communist era of Berlin.#communism #statues #section-Atlas
Ernst Thälmann Monument

The BHS Murals in Stockport in Stockport, England

The history of Stockport is rendered In colorful concrete artwork.#publicart #murals #stores #section-Atlas
The BHS Murals in Stockport

The Appetite Repair Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.#section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
The Appetite Repair Shop

Ōmori Nori Vending Machine in Tokyo, Japan

A vending machine dedicated to a beloved seaweed.#seaweed #vendingmachines #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Ōmori Nori Vending Machine

Statue of the Prophet Daniel on the Metz Cathedral in Metz, France

A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.#worldwari #history #statues #section-Atlas
Statue of the Prophet Daniel on the Metz Cathedral

President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C.

The house where Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation.#history #abrahamlincoln #section-Atlas
President Lincoln’s Cottage

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester, Maine

The last remaining Shaker community still practices a uniquely communal and utopian version of Christianity.#history #religion #section-Atlas
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village

Parkside Plum Juice in Taipei, Taiwan

This old shop has been selling plum juice in central Taipei for over 60 years.#beverages #drinks #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Parkside Plum Juice

Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Muxima in Muxima, Angola

One of Africa’s most important Marian shrines was once a slave trading port.#shrines #catholic #section-Atlas
Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Muxima

The Historical Center of Pune in Pune, India

An unassuming residential square in the oldest area of Pune is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited part of the city.#history&culture #section-Atlas
The Historical Center of Pune

Aksorn in Bangkok, Thailand

Time-travel through Thai cuisine drawn from vintage cookbooks and little-known ingredients.#restaurants #food #chefs #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Aksorn

La Fourvière Funicular in Lyon, France

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.#funicular #section-Atlas
La Fourvière Funicular

David Livingstone’s Shaving Mirror in Livingstone, Zambia

Combing through this David Livingstone tribute will escort you on adventures through the looking glass.#mirrors #museums #museumsandcollections #section-Atlas
David Livingstone’s Shaving Mirror

ChaTraMue in Bangkok, Thailand

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.#tea #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
ChaTraMue

Rumbling Bridge in Kinross, Scotland

This unusual double arched bridge runs over a picturesque Scottish glen.#bridges #section-Atlas
Rumbling Bridge