Siberia’s only subway station doesn’t even work

Queer Colonial Williamsburg, a mysterious viking tower, and radioactive apples. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. December 20, 2019 The Subway Station That Never Was In 1979, the Soviet Union promised a Metro system to the Siberian city of Omsk. But after decades of sporadic development, all that was accessible to pedestrians was a single underpass. Now, forty years later, it was jokingly added to a transportation app, reminding locals of the subway that never saw the light of day. Read More → Unearthing a Queer Colonial Williamsburg A new committee at the Colonial Williamsburg living history museum is investigating the traces of 18th-century residents who did not conform to gender or sexual norms—what would now be considered a queer history. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Dinos and Dunes Venture with us into the Colorado desert next June to unearth the mysteries of the enormous beasts that once roamed these grounds. On this six-day road-trip adventure, we’ll dig into the prehistoric past of this wild and rugged terrain, traversing canyons, mountains, deserts, and dunes as we go. Hurry, refer a friend to join you and you’ll both receive $250 off if you book before December 31st! Learn more → WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS Mysterious Viking Tower Norumbega Tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed. Read more → Video Ye Olde Yule Log Cue Atlas Obscura's Yule Log at your next get-together and you can kick back in front of a very educational fire—and explain to everyone just what they’re seeing. Watch Now→ Community Must See Destinations of 2020 From the Evolution Nature Store in New York City to the Temple Church in London, there’s a whole world out there to explore. Tell us about your 2020 trip plans and all the places you want to visit next year. Share Now → From the archives The Woman Who Ate Chernobyl’s Apples “Push away your fears and everything you’ve heard, and embrace the Zone," are the words YouTuber Bionerd23 lives by. So far she’s eaten radioactive apples, played with mercury, and been chased by a possibly rabid fox. Read more → OUADANE, MAURITANIA 11th-Century Wonder Buildings in the fortified village of Ouadane that have not already crumbled to the ground are in a precarious state of disrepair, with one notable exception: the old mosque. Read more → From the archives Abandoned Stone Walls Who builds a wall in a forest? No one. Originally built in and around farms,it's estimated to be more than 100,000 miles of stone walls crisscrossed across New England amount to roughly 400 million tons of stone, or enough to build the Great Pyramid of Giza. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222