ATLAS OBSCURA Pictured: The Sphinx Observatory One of my favourite sites of the moment, the Atlas Obscura is a travel guide with a difference. The ‘Compendium of the World’s Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica’ lists hundreds of curious sites across the globe. Oxford even gets a couple of mentions, including New College, whose oak beams were apparently replaced in the 19th century with ones planted specifically for the purpose 400 years previously, and the Ashmolean, which was used as the archetypical museum in one of the first English dictionaries.

ATLAS OBSCURA

Pictured: The Sphinx Observatory

One of my favourite sites of the moment, the Atlas Obscura is a travel guide with a difference. The ‘Compendium of the World’s Wonders, Curiosities and Esoterica’ lists hundreds of curious sites across the globe.

Oxford even gets a couple of mentions, including New College, whose oak beams were apparently replaced in the 19th century with ones planted specifically for the purpose 400 years previously, and the Ashmolean, which was used as the archetypical museum in one of the first English dictionaries.