Atlas Obscura
atlasobscura.com
Collaborative guide to the world's most unusual and overlooked places — over 25,000 destinations curated by a global community of explorers.
Why it is useful
Travel content is overwhelmingly focused on the most-photographed places. Atlas Obscura is the opposite — the underground cistern, the abandoned island, the world's only museum of a particular obscure thing. The community submission model means the database keeps growing.