{"id":270,"date":"2012-04-18T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T21:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curatingla.com\/2012\/04\/18\/calling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2013-09-27T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T00:55:01","slug":"calling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/04\/18\/calling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all curiosity-seekers &#8211; Obscura Day is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 450px; height: 35px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.curatingla.com%2Fblog-index%2F2012%2F4%2F18%2Fcalling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming.html&amp;send=false&amp;layout=standard&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=35\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"850\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/04\/18\/calling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming\/obscuraday2012_badge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge.jpg?fit=166%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"166,166\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ObscuraDay2012_Badge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge.jpg?fit=166%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-850\" alt=\"ObscuraDay2012_Badge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge.jpg?resize=166%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge.jpg?w=166&amp;ssl=1 166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/curatingla.com\/cla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obscura Day<\/a> you ask? It\u2019s an international celebration of unusual places organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasobscura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlas Obscura<\/a> that takes you on expeditions, back room tours and explorations of the hidden wonders in your own hometown. Here in Los Angeles you can participate in a number of interesting outings, such as:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/esotouric.com\/maja-4-28-12\" target=\"_blank\">Maja\u2019s Mysteries: Rapture &amp; Release<\/a>, with Esotouric Tours<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/events\/obscura-day-at-the-echo-park-time-travel-mart\" target=\"_blank\">The Echo Park Time Travel Mart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/events\/obscura-day-picnic-at-the-abandoned-zoo\" target=\"_blank\">Picnic at the Abandoned Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tilehouse.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tour of Octogenarian George Ehling&#8217;s Amazing Home<\/a> with De LaB (Note:\u00a0Only waitlist tickets currently available)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/events\/an-obscure-day-at-the-bunny-museum\" target=\"_blank\">An Obscure Day at The Bunny Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/events\/watson-adventures-art-of-darkness-scavenger-hunt-getty-la\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Darkness Scavenger Hunt at the Getty Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/events\/examining-specimens-at-the-moore-laboratory-of-zoology\" target=\"_blank\">Examining Bird Specimens at the Moore Laboratory of Zoology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few of the local events have already sold out and others have limited availability, so order your tickets soon!<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be travelling to another city on April 28, check out this complete\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/obscuraday.com\/#events-top\" target=\"_blank\">list of events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: April 28, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: Various locations around Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br \/>\nStill want to know more about this event? Here&#8217;s a video from Obscura Day 2011.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/27470235\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cla\/legacy-images\/events\/ObscuraDay2012_Badge\" alt=\"ObscuraDay2012_Badge\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s Obscura Day you ask? It\u2019s an international celebration of unusual places organized by Atlas Obscura that takes you on expeditions, back room tours and explorations of the hidden wonders in your own hometown. Here in Los Angeles you can participate in a number of interesting outings, such as:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,12,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-family-friendly-activity","category-festivals","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Calling all curiosity-seekers - Obscura Day is Coming - Curating Los Angeles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/curatingla.com\/cla\/2012\/04\/18\/calling-all-curiosity-seekers-obscura-day-is-coming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Calling all curiosity-seekers - Obscura Day is Coming - Curating Los Angeles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What\u2019s Obscura Day you ask? 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