www.boingboing.net has been one of my favorite sites to visit for the past 6 months or so, because I never know what I'll get, but I'm nearly always excited by what they offer. Sometimes they point me to new stuff about green design or urban homesteading. Sometimes its about new plateaus in technology, and sometimes it is just plain weird: The most recent guest editors that the site has featured maintain a new site called Atlas Obscura: "A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and Esoterica". In other words, this is practically a distillation of every weird library book about the Nazca lines, cathedrals made of human skeletons and outsider architecture that I've filled my life with since I was a 10 year old. Atlas Obscura is made more fun by the use of Google maps, which allow the reader to triangulate their next weird destination, hopefully to pay a visit. Also, it is interactive, and users are encouraged to share odd venues, surreal landmarks, and whatever else is found under the sun.
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http://atlasobscura.com/
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