Oglethorpe’s famous Crypt of Civilization, sealed in 1940 and not to be opened until 8113, is featured in the new book version of AtlasObscura.com, a popular site that is a friendly tour-guide to the world’s most curious and wondrous places.

Photo: Eli Arnold ’06

Created by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras and Ella Morton, the book Atlas Obscura: The Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders celebrates more than 700 of the strangest places in the world, reveling in the weird, the unexpected, the overlooked, the hidden and the mysterious.

Alumnus and Oglethorpe historian Paul Hudson ’72, as well as Weltner Library and University Communications staff, assisted the authors in their research on the Crypt.

Atlas Obscura is available for purchase on Amazon.com