The Author of the Best Seller, Atlas Obscura, Visits the Price of Business
Ella Morton is an Australian-raised, New York–based nonfiction writer specializing in the strange and wondrous. She is the coauthor of Outback: The Amazing Animals of Australia: A Photicular Book. She has written for Slate and CNET. As the host of the travel show Rocketboom NYC, she uncovered New York’s underground oddities and interviewed Cookie Monster and Elmo on the set of Sesame Street. Visit Ella online at @ellamorton.
As the team behind AtlasObscura.com, a vibrant online destination that has grown exponentially each and every year; Foer, Thuras, and Morton have access to an unrivaled treasure trove of secrets, mysteries, intrigues, phenomena, and curiosities to pull from. Each entry for the astonishing sites in ATLAS OBSCURA, 2nd Edition includes location information, GPS coordinates, and tips on when to go and how best to get there—and even, sometimes, how to best sneak past the guards. www.AtlasObscura.com
When the first edition of ATLAS OBSCURA was released in 2016, it instantly became a national bestseller, taking readers off the beaten path to discover the strange and marvelous hidden wonders that exist all around us. Now completely revised and updated throughout, the second edition of this beloved travel book takes readers to even more of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth with:
* 120 new entries with dozens of new photographs
* 12 easy-to-follow, full-page city guides overflowing with travel tips for Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo
* 16 new entries in Africa and Asia, including 16 for the Middle East and 9 for South Asia
* A three-panel foldout map augmented with a dream itinerary for the ultimate around-the-world road trip
* A calendar of interesting festivals around the world
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