Dylan Thuras and Joshua Foer have created a compendium of
destinations not typically shown in guidebooks. Dylan Thuras  Of
the thousands of people in Brooklyn, N.Y., who cross the
intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street daily, most
don't realize that there's a secret tunnel running beneath them.
Forget the London Underground—this 2,517-foot-long burrow, built
in 1844 to prevent train accidents with pedestrians, was
arguably the world's first subway. But after political
corruption led to its closure in 1861, the place lay hidden
until 1980, when 20-year-old Robert Diamond, with the help of
Brooklyn Union Gas, broke through a concrete wall and started
conducting tours for the public in 1982.  This is just one of
the 5,757 entries currently described by Atlas Obscura, an
online compendium of the "world's wondrous and curious places."
Founded in 2009 by science journalist Joshua Foer and curiosity
seeker Dylan Thuras, the site now boasts more than 700,000
unique visitors per month. The Wikipedia-style we