Why is there a colorful Italian village in Wales?

Why calendars are weird, a mysterious hidden tunnel, and more. Email not displaying correctly? View in your browser. January 03, 2020 Unusual Italian Village Walking into this little village feels as if you’ve been transported to Italy, but in fact, you’re not even close. Tucked away on the coast of Northern Wales is the village of Portmeirion, a truly unique town built with a colorful, whimsical design and an eye for conservation. Join us as we explore this unusual Welsh town. Watch Now→ Calendars Are Weird None of the many divisions of time we use can be accurately pegged to the movement of the Earth, which is why calendars can be so confusing and inconsistent. But not everyone is content with the fact that calendars are imprecise, ad-hoc, and often annoying. Read more → CORONADO, CALIFORNIA Wizard of Coronado Since its doors first opened in 1888, the Hotel Del Coronado has hosted presidents, royalty, and perhaps most famously, writers. L. Frank Baum stayed in the hotel while writing parts of his Wizard of Oz series. Read more → Atlas Obscura Trips Past Future Monuments of the Balkans Embark with us on a dramatic road trip across Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This April, we’re exploring the Balkans in search of Yugoslav memorial sites that dot the landscape. Built as political symbols, they live on as extraordinary works of art. Along the way, we’ll stay in Brutalist hotels, dig into local cuisines, and get to know the locals. Learn more → SAMOVODENE, BULGARIA Mysterious Hidden Tunnel The Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration of God is surrounded by little mysteries: crumbling buildings, tumbling boulders, unsettling crypts, worn gravestones, foreboding artwork, and this mystery tunnel. Read more → Ancient Hunting Kit Since the 5,300-year-old “Iceman,” the world’s oldest mummy, emerged from a high-altitude glacier in 1991, he’s had just about every part of his remains and possessions thoroughly analyzed. Now his hunting kit is offering new insights into how the Iceman survived in Copper Age Europe. Read more → 10 Bathrooms You Need to Pee In From bathrooms adorned with art to restrooms so beautiful they’re considered national monuments, the world is filled with remarkable restrooms just waiting to be wetted. Add these 10 of the world’s most opulent and bizarre bathrooms to your bucket list. Read more → FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 'Pennies from Heaven' This plane, a statue created in early 2008 by artist Courtney S. Hengerer of Alexandria, Virginia, stands more than six feet tall and is covered entirely in pennies—14,000 of them, to be exact. Read more → Visit AtlasObscura.com · View in Browser · Unsubscribe · See All Newsletters 61 Greenpoint Ave #622, Brooklyn, NY 11222