Visited with nice carpeting and a grand piano is a hit in wonder and that is a we are looking for with Atlas Obscura. We began seven years ago and they opened it up to the public and people around the world to say show us what you got. They were not quite sure what to expect or how many submissions they were would receive or people wouldth understand the head and wonder one negative hidden wonders but it has taken off. And people seem to get the hit then wonder thing. They remember from their childhood like there was a castle i wonder if it is still there . I wond and it is like Hometown Pride that they show off what they have discovered so as the way to show you examples we have collected about 700 it greatest hits album of places we have collected for the website i just want to take you on a two word so lets get started. First one of the first place since submitted to love website with in the first few months of launching submitted in the north of india won a the wettest most humid r
Visited with nice carpeting and a grand piano is a hit in wonder and that is a we are looking for with Atlas Obscura. We began seven years ago and they opened it up to the public and people around the world to say show us what you got. They were not quite sure what to expect or how many submissions they were would receive or people wouldth understand the head and wonder one negative hidden wonders but it has taken off. And people seem to get the hit then wonder thing. They remember from their childhood like there was a castle i wonder if it is still there . I wond and it is like Hometown Pride that they show off what they have discovered so as the way to show you examples we have collected about 700 it greatest hits album of places we have collected for the website i just want to take you on a two word so lets get started. First one of the first place since submitted to love website with in the first few months of launching submitted in the north of india won a the wettest most humid r
It is picking up somewhat. People seem to get it. They get the hidden wonder thing. We get so many submissions from to the ilt the castle. I wonder if it is still there. There is a sense of hometown pride,s people showing off what they have discovered and that is what we are cultivating. As a way of showing you some examples of what is inside the book, because we have collected about 700. We have done a sort of a greatest hits album, sampler platter of places that we have collected on the website. I wanted to take you on a quick world to her that showcases a few of the places in the book. So lets get started. This is one of the first places that was submitted to the website, within the first few months of it launching. Was submitted by someone who lives in chair punchy, in the north of india. This is one of the wettest, most humid regions of the world. One of the problems with dendritic that it disintegrates quickly. Would rots, metals rust. So some of the people have come up with an i
It is picking up somewhat. People seem to get it. They get the hidden wonder thing. We get so many submissions from to the ilt the castle. I wonder if it is still there. There is a sense of hometown pride,s people showing off what they have discovered and that is what we are cultivating. As a way of showing you some examples of what is inside the book, because we have collected about 700. We have done a sort of a greatest hits album, sampler platter of places that we have collected on the website. I wanted to take you on a quick world to her that showcases a few of the places in the book. So lets get started. This is one of the first places that was submitted to the website, within the first few months of it launching. Was submitted by someone who lives in chair punchy, in the north of india. This is one of the wettest, most humid regions of the world. One of the problems with dendritic that it disintegrates quickly. Would rots, metals rust. So some of the people have come up with an i
[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] hello. It is 9 00 p. M. The book festival has been going on for nine hours. The next event if you have not seen the book already, you must have been out of the country because she is everywhere, it is an incredible website that pulls together some of the most fantastic things that happen around the world, things that happen in your own backyard that you may know about, has anybody seen the so we can all go see that tomorrow, have you ever seen the house on the rock . Those are in this book. And many other things, ella has been working for five years, she has put this book together, more than 700 different entries of Amazing Things that happen around the world, i will not keep her from you, ladies and gentleman, before. [applause] thank you so much, i am delighted to be here, i cannot think of anywhere i would rather be on a saturday night been in a library with a bunch of booklovers. I am delighted that you are all here and im jazz to be in madison,