{"id":19208,"date":"2017-02-10T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T13:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=19208"},"modified":"2017-02-10T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T15:11:04","slug":"friday-fun-atlas-obscura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19208","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Atlas Obscura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some Friday fun, if you&#8217;re in need of some fun or armchair travel right about now. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas Obscura<\/a> is a web site that claims to be &#8220;the definitive guide to the world&#8217;s wondrous and curious places.&#8221; Anyone can create an account and submit curious places not already captured in the atlas. At the bottom you can click to see &#8220;Random,&#8221; &#8220;Recently Added,&#8221; or &#8220;Most Popular&#8221; entries. You can subscribe to have the newsletter sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/atlasobs.jpg\" alt=\"cover of book Atlas Obscura\" class=\"alignright\" \/>Or, get the book based on the site, <a href=\"http:\/\/uw-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/WW:UW_VOY:UWI71395967060002121\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Atlas obscura: An explorer&#8217;s guide to the world&#8217;s hidden wonders<\/em><\/a>. Andersen Library does not have a copy, but UWW students and staff may request it from other UW campus libraries by using the free UW Request service. Requested items arrive at Andersen Library in 2-5 weekdays. A review of the book appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=lfh&#038;AN=118124372&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Booklist<\/em><\/a> (2016:Sept.15, vol. 113:no.2, p.18) and <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=NVczDAAAQBAJ&#038;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&#038;q&#038;f=false\" target=\"_blank\">Google Books<\/a> offers a searchable preview, which allowed me to learn that Wisconsin has some sites in the book, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehouseontherock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">House on the Rock<\/a> and Dr. Evermor&#8217;s Forevertron (a sculpture in <a href=\"http:\/\/worldofdrevermor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Evermor&#8217;s Park<\/a> in Sumpter, WI).<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some Friday fun, if you&#8217;re in need of some fun or armchair travel right about now. Atlas Obscura is a web site that claims to be &#8220;the definitive guide to the world&#8217;s wondrous and curious places.&#8221; Anyone can create &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/19208\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2768],"tags":[178,220,167096,167095,322,658],"class_list":["post-19208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-wisconsin","tag-books","tag-fun-stuff","tag-places","tag-tourist-attractions","tag-travel","tag-web-sites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19219,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19208\/revisions\/19219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}