Big Kev the Australian dinosaur isn’t extinct, just hibernating

Queer Coney Island, great swimming pools, and Vienna's 'mico-nation.' Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. July 02, 2019 Australian Dinosaur For over a decade, a 60-foot brontosaurus named Big Kev stared down all those who drove by the Stuart Highway that runs through Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory. But as of June 27th, Big Kev is no more—at least for now. Read More → Queer Coney Island Starting in the 1920s, drag kings, queer burlesque performers, and bathhouses fostered queer culture in Coney Island. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Just Announced: Vietnam Culinary Trip On this nine-day journey next February, we’ll explore Vietnam through its unique cuisine, tasting our way across North, Central, and South Vietnam by way of steaming pork belly meatballs in Hanoi’s Old Quarter and the white rose dumplings of Hoi An. Learn more → Community Unusual Pools From Iceland’s remote and historic Seljavallalaug pool to the hilariously ostentatious rooftop pool at the Marina Bay Sands Resort in Singapore, there are many wondrous places to take a dip. Tell us about your favorite and unforgettable swimming pools. Share now→ Video ‘Micro-Nation’ Tucked away inside an amusement park in Vienna, Austria is Kugelmugel, a tiny and wondrous "micro-nation.” Originally constructed in a small town, the structure ran afoul of local building laws, so its designers declared it an "independent republic." Watch now → Michigan’s Markers Michigan is speckled with more than 17,000 gold-and-green historical plaques. These signs make history plainly visible—but are products of their time. Now the state is rewriting the way its historic markers recount the past. Read more → Kaltbach, Switzerland Kaltbach Cave A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave in Switzerland is the natural incubator for 156,000 wheels of cheese, mostly gruyère and emmentaler. Read more → Merv, Turkmenistan Ancient Merv This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222