Atlas Obscura Lists

Discover a Pueblo Mágico, a desert oasis, ancient artifacts and more.

Including The Arch of Cabo San Lucas, Tropic of Cancer Monument, Museo de Historia Natural, and Misión Santa Rosa de las Palmas

From diners to sugar shacks, get your flapjacks, crepes, and silver dollars piled high.

Including Old Sugar Mill Pancake House, Oudt Leyden, Modern Diner , and Franks Diner

From Wild West waystations to tiki bars, even the state’s smaller restaurants have big personalities.

Including The Martin Hotel, Historic Silver Café, Economy Drug & Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, and Middlegate Station

From castles that inspired famous words to walls lined with sonnets and forests littered with haikus.

Including Poetry Postbox, Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, Wall Poems of Charlotte, and Edinburgh Book Sculptures

See how these places are subtle, not screaming out for attention? Very demure. Very mindful.

Including Hidden Beach, The Wacky Taxidermy & Miniatures Museum, Hulk of the SS Good News, and Carriolu Miniature Village

Feast on freshly blow-torched tuna in Osaka or half-century-old soup in Bangkok.

Including Wat Thai Temple Food Market, Nishiki Market, Burgermeister, and Hai Som Tam Convent

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