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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Adelaide

9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Adelaide, Australia

Updated June 9, 2023

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Adelaide, Australia

Something Wild

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.
Specimens at the museum.

Adelaide, Australia

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.
The Grave of the Taman Shud Man

Adelaide, Australia

Grave of the Tamam Shud Man

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Barnacle’s penis (fully extended)

Adelaide, Australia

South Australian Museum

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.
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Adelaide, Australia

'A Day Out'

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

North Adelaide, Australia

David Roche House Museum

A vast and opulent collection of art and show dog memorabilia collected over one man's lifetime.
Alice sculpture by John Dowie.

Adelaide, Australia

'Alice'

The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.
“FEDERATION” by Morris & Co.

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide's Oldest Morris & Co. Stained Glass Window

This may be one of the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass windows in Australia.
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Adelaide, Australia

Santos Museum of Economic Botany

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