I like a good atlas. This is a very good atlas of the world's curiosities, the obscure and bizarre, the weird and hidden places; mostly caused by human intervention and neglect, rather than being naturally occurring. The brief text - in some case too brief - is accompanied by interesting maps and photographs. The book is arranged by theme - Dream Creations, Subterranean Realms, Deserted Destinations etc with a handy world map at the front marking all the locations in the book. Any book of this kind is necessarily incomplete, and most of the chosen locations are in North America, Europe and Asia. Africa and Australia get one each, NZ none, but that's not what one comes to a book like this for - it's a fascinating insight into the world's unusual and overlooked corners.