This event has passed.Worldview: Atlas Obscura Saturday, November 18, 2017 @ 1:30 pmRoom 7128 (Building 7, 1st Floor) 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton co-author Atlas Obscura, a modern-day atlas that celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Add to Schedule + Google Calendar+ Add to iCalendar Details Date: Saturday, November 18, 2017 Time: 1:30 pm Authors Dylan Thuras (Thuras, Dylan) Dylan Thuras is the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura an online “compendium of the world’s hidden wonders,” and host of the Atlas Obscura Youtube series 100 Wonders. He is a co-author of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Workman Publishing Company). Anyone can be a tourist. Atlas Obscura is for the explorer. It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Ella Morton (Morton, Ella) Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York’s quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street. Ella is now associate editor at AtlasObscura.com, where she writes about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost. She is co-author of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Workman Publishing Company). Anyone can be a tourist. Atlas Obscura is for the explorer. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Other Occurrence Annual Venue Name: Room 7128 (Building 7, 1st Floor) Location: 300 NE Second Ave., Miami, Fl 33132 United States + Google Map
Details Date: Saturday, November 18, 2017 Time: 1:30 pm Authors Dylan Thuras (Thuras, Dylan) Dylan Thuras is the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura an online “compendium of the world’s hidden wonders,” and host of the Atlas Obscura Youtube series 100 Wonders. He is a co-author of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Workman Publishing Company). Anyone can be a tourist. Atlas Obscura is for the explorer. It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer. Ella Morton (Morton, Ella) Ella Morton is a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised, Brooklyn-based writer, focusing on overlooked aspects of history and culture. After covering consumer technology at CNET she hosted Rocketboom NYC, a web show about New York’s quirkier people and places. Her most popular interview was a chat with Cookie Monster on the set of Sesame Street. Ella is now associate editor at AtlasObscura.com, where she writes about such topics as tobacco smoke enemas, Victorian streaming music services, and the etiquette of marrying a ghost. She is co-author of Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders (Workman Publishing Company). Anyone can be a tourist. Atlas Obscura is for the explorer. Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura revels in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious. Every page expands our sense of how strange and marvelous the world really is. And with its compelling descriptions, hundreds of photographs, surprising charts, maps for every region of the world, it is a book to enter anywhere, and will be as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer.
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