The smallest museum in Switzerland is a window in a 600-year-old house

Heart of the Monster, a pricey pigeon, and the Cave of Seven Palaces. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. March 22, 2019 Micro Museum At the Hoosesagg Museum in Basel, Switzerland, there is no admission fee, but there's also no admission. Contained within a two-foot-by-two-foot window of a private 600-year-old house, this tiny museum has assembled countless collections of memorabilia for 24 years. Read More → KAMIAH, IDAHO Heart of the Monster Rising above the Idaho earth, this mound is a reminder of the mythical monster responsible for the creation of the Nez Perce tribe. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Alabama’s Sloss Furnaces During a night-photography workshop at Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces this August, we’ll use moonlight and light painting to breathe fire back into these hulking industrial machines. Learn more → A Pricey Pigeon Armando, a champion racing pigeon, was recently purchased for $1.4 million. The bird will soon head to China where the sport of pigeon racing has boomed in recent years. Read more → Community Rare Skills From the art of card handling to freehand silhouette cutting, tell us about a rare skill you want to learn or have taught yourself. Share Now → ALMUÑÉCAR, SPAIN Cave of Seven Palaces Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void is no cave, and it might not be a palace either. Instead it’s an archaeological museum home to the earliest known writing discovered in the Iberian Peninsula. Read more → Food & Drink Kouign-Amann A regional specialty of Brittany, France, kouign-amann features croissant dough laminated in salted butter and rolled in sugar. Some Bretons claim that their signature treat is the fattiest pastry in the world. Read more → Sponsored by Discover Los Angeles L.A.’s Downtown Arts In its infancy, L.A.’s Downtown Arts District came to life behind the scenes, with artists mostly working in closed studios. Today the art has spilled onto the streets in the form of colorful murals, attractive gallery spaces, and stylish storefronts. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222