Atlas Obscura
The Grand Mosque of Mopti, also known as Komoguel Mosque, is a prime example of Sahelian and Niger Valley architecture that stands 15 meters tall and is made out of mud brick. This mosque was built in the 1930s, on the site of an older mosque that had been built in the early 20th century. The construction project was led by M. Cocheteaux, the French...
The name Miguel Hernández is applied to numerous structures and institutions around Alicante and Elche on Spain's Costa Blanca. These include the airport serving Alicante and the university based in Elche. Hernández was one of the most important poets (amongst many poets and artists) who fought, wrote, and worked for the Republican government during...
What could be more awesome and larger than life when standing in the face of a gigantic wall of ice? In the winter, you can enter the blue ice cave. In the summer, a rushing creek pours out of the cave. No matter the season, this place offers an adventure. In the early summer, the amount of water pouring out of the glacier's cave entrance can be...
As strange as it might be to see Lady Liberty lifting her lamp not on Ellis Island, but in Aomori Prefecture, this large-scale replica is not even the only one in Japan. Arguably the most famous copy in the land is the Odaiba Statue of Liberty, which overlooks Tokyo Bay. There's also the Statue of Liberty perched atop the New American Plaza in America-Mura...
Juniper is one of the trees most characteristic of the western United States. Typically they are a major component of the driest and hottest forest climatic zone, which occurs at the lowest elevations. (To be sure, "forest" can be a bit of an exaggeration, because the trees commonly occur as scattered groves and isolated individuals rather than as...
At a bridge where Bloor Street crosses the Humber river, a memorial plaque and a marker in the shape of a wave outline the history of Canada's deadliest hurricane. Hurricane Hazel hit the city of Toronto on October 15, 1954. According to historians, winds reached 77 miles per hour (124 kilometers per hour) as a massive amount of rain was dumped on...
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