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National Parks Week: Discovery Tree

We visit one of California’s longest-running tourist attractions: A giant stump that helped spark the movement to preserve the state’s natural places. For more unusual stories, lists, and offbeat itineraries, check out the Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to the National Parks.

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  The Last Limburger Plant in America

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  Where You Would Spend Your Last Day Before the Apocalypse

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  Civic Musical Road (Classic)

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  The Cigar “Readers” of Cuba

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  The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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  Ivan the Terra Bus

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  Happy Pride: Mapping the Gay Guides (Classic)

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  It’s Getting Hot in Here (Classic)

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  Four Rooms at the Omni Parker House Hotel

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  More First Travel Dates

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  The Biblioburro

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  Why Is There a Statue of Columbo in Budapest?

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  The Coffee Palace (Classic)

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  Ashley House (Classic)

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  The Bible with a Massive Portrait of a Devil Inside

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  The Mysterious Drones at Langley Air Force Base