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Invercargill, New Zealand

E. Hayes & Sons

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.
The elongated and thin shape of the building
Valencia, Spain

La Estrecha House

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.
Denby Dale's 1964 pie
Denby Dale, England

Denby Dale Pie Tin

A giant dish used in this village's long tradition of baking absurdly large meat pies now serves as a flowerbed.
All of the <em>Atlas Obscura</em> Easter eggs in the maze PDF are clickable.
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How a Master Maze Maker Gets You Lost

Michigan-based artist Michelle Boggess-Nunley has created a new, Atlas Obscura–inspired challenge.
Victoria Stapley-Brown May 5, 2022
The lifting stone is at the front left.
Húsafell, Iceland

Húsafell Lifting Stone

Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.
A spinning, circular basin of nagashi somen.
Gastro Obscura

Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.
Dofuchi Strait, the world's narrowest strait.
Tonosho, Japan

Dofuchi Strait

The world's narrowest strait is often mistaken for a canal.
The C&H Refinery in Lusk, Wyoming, as it looked in 2013, 80 years after it was established.
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One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Smallest Oil Refinery

The dusty, rusty site in eastern Wyoming is a rare relic of the 20th-century petroleum boom.
Nadia White November 5, 2021
Traverse City, Michigan

World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.
The world's largest wine bottle held 1,590 liters of Austrian red wine—until recently.
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The World's Largest Bottle of Wine Just Spilled in Austria

We're gonna need a bigger napkin.
Luke Fater February 20, 2020
The top of Kardung La
Leh, India

Kardung La

Over 3 miles up in the Himalayas this pass is one of the highest drivable roads in the world.
Newly planted trees dot an Ethiopian field.
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Ethiopia Just Set the World Record for Most Trees Planted in a Day

The country came together—and installed 350 million trees in just 12 hours—to combat climate change.
Evan Nicole Brown July 30, 2019
Poncho and his family mug for the camera.
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Meet Poncho, the Steer Whose Nearly 11-Foot Horns Just Set a World Record

It's a major turnaround from the longhorn's close call with extinction a century ago.
Abbey Perreault June 24, 2019
The refuge at Chacaltaya, home to the world's highest restaurant.
La Paz, Bolivia

Abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.
Duge Beipanjiang Bridge
Qujing, China

Duge Beipanjiang Bridge

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Landscape Arch
Moab, Utah

Landscape Arch

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
The oldest mariner's astrolabe ever found, decorated with the Portuguese coat of arms.
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It's Official, This Is the Oldest Known Mariner's Astrolabe in the World

More than 500 years old, it was found with the oldest ship's bell.
Matthew Taub March 18, 2019