Ancient singing statues and 38 other hidden wonders we added to our book

The Devil Heads, a ‘Chicken Church,’ and an FBI spy house. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. October 17, 2019 More Hidden Wonders This week, we’re excited to announce the release of the second edition of our book! We’ve added more than 100 of the most incredible places we've discovered since publishing the first edition. Some are natural wonders: the Kazakhstan forest where ancestors of the domestic apple still grow wild. While other wonders were put here with a purpose: a three-story-tall, inside-out globe that illuminates a library in Boston. Take a peek at 39 of the wondrous new entries in Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition here or see seven of our favorites below. Read More → LUXOR, EGYPT Singing Statues Egypt's Colossi of Memnon did more than survive an earthquake in 27 BC, its cracks created a mysterious phenomenon that caused the statues to sing each sunrise. Unfortunately, reconstructions in the third century rendered its song a lost wonder of the ancient world. Read more → ŽELÍZY, CZECHIA The Devil Heads Known locally as “The Devil Heads,” these nearly 30-foot-tall demonic stone faces loom over the Czech village of Želízy. Read more → WASHINGTON, D.C. FBI Spy House A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Read more → ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN The Last Wild Apple Forests Domestic apples, such as Granny Smiths, Fujis, and Pink Ladies, can all be traced back to Kazakhstan, where their ancestors still grow wild. Read more → BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Mapparium Inside a Boston library is a three-story-tall, inside-out stained-glass globe that is bisected in the middle by a glass walkway. Once illuminated with hundreds of lamps, it now glows with the light of LEDs. Read more → MAGELANG, INDONESIA ‘Chicken Church’ This moldering, behemoth, chicken-like chapel in the middle of the thick forests of Magelang, Indonesia, was originally meant to look like a dove. Read more → BASSE-TERRE, GUADELOUPE Fort Delgrès Memorial A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates Louis Delgrès, the man who led a doomed 1802 rebellion to prevent the return of slavery in the French Caribbean. Read more → Get Your Copy! The second edition of our bestselling book, which includes all of these newly added places, is officially on sale. We’ve also added two brand new special features: a fold-out map of a dream around-the-world journey and 12 city guides for destinations including Buenos Aires, Cairo, and Los Angeles. Buy Now → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222