{"id":118184,"date":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=118184"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:07:21","slug":"the-weirdest-wonders-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146","title":{"rendered":"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might have heard the word &#8216;atlas&#8217; and thought, isn&#8217;t that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on &#8211; this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:<\/p>\n<p>A BOILING RIVER &#8211; this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!<\/p>\n<p>A PIRATE CEMETERY &#8211; located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuries<\/p>\n<p>A GIGANTIC MIRROR &#8211; the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that&#8217;s visible from space!<\/p>\n<p>A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN &#8211; this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.<\/p>\n<p>As you journey through this book, you&#8217;ll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you&#8217;ll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.<\/p>\n<p>With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might have heard the word &#8216;atlas&#8217; and thought, isn&#8217;t that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on &#8211; this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! As you journey through this book, you&#8217;ll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you&#8217;ll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[27006,26834,27413],"class_list":{"0":"post-118184","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-childrens-fiction","6":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-general-interest-general-knowledge-trivia","7":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-general-interest-nature-animals","8":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-general-interest-people-places","9":"pa_book_author-burrows-sophie","10":"pa_cover-hardback","11":"pa_dewey-909-edition23","12":"pa_imprint-puffin","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-8551","15":"pa_publisher-puffin","16":"pa_readership-children-juvenile-code-j","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Weirdest Wonders on Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You might have heard the word &#039;atlas&#039; and thought, isn&#039;t that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that&#039;s visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you&#039;ll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you&#039;ll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You might have heard the word &#039;atlas&#039; and thought, isn&#039;t that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that&#039;s visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you&#039;ll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you&#039;ll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Archway Bookshop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchwayBookshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-logo_512-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Archwaybookshop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/\",\"name\":\"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"You might have heard the word 'atlas' and thought, isn't that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that's visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you'll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you'll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Buy Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/buy-books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Childrens Fiction\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product-category\/childrens-fiction\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Archway Bookshop\",\"description\":\"Axminster&#039;s Beautiful Bookshop\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Archway Bookshop\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-cropped-logo_512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-cropped-logo_512-1.png\",\"width\":454,\"height\":368,\"caption\":\"Archway Bookshop\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchwayBookshop\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Archwaybookshop\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/archwaybookshop\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth","description":"You might have heard the word 'atlas' and thought, isn't that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that's visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you'll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you'll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth","og_description":"You might have heard the word 'atlas' and thought, isn't that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that's visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you'll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you'll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.","og_url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/","og_site_name":"Archway Bookshop","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchwayBookshop\/","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-logo_512-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Archwaybookshop","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/","name":"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00","description":"You might have heard the word 'atlas' and thought, isn't that a dusty old book with maps and stuff? But hang on - this is a totally WEIRD atlas: a curious collection of the strangest places on Earth! Such as:A BOILING RIVER - this river in Peru reaches temperatures of 100 degrees celsius!A PIRATE CEMETERY - located in Madagascar, this was the final resting place of many notorious pirates from the 16th and 17th centuriesA GIGANTIC MIRROR - the salt flats in Bolivia form a huge reflective surface that's visible from space!A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN - this slope in Australia has a mysterious force that causes cars to roll up instead of down.As you journey through this book, you'll discover some of the most weird and wonderful places on every continent. And sometimes, you'll travel back in time to discover the strange histories of these locations.With hilarious comic-strip illustrations throughout, this quirky guide to the strangest stuff on Earth will surprise and delight curious kids aged 6+.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/product\/9780241598146\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Buy Books","item":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/buy-books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Childrens Fiction","item":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/product-category\/childrens-fiction\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"The Weirdest Wonders on Earth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/","name":"Archway Bookshop","description":"Axminster&#039;s Beautiful Bookshop","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Archway Bookshop","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-cropped-logo_512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-cropped-logo_512-1.png","width":454,"height":368,"caption":"Archway Bookshop"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchwayBookshop\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Archwaybookshop","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/archwaybookshop\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/118184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=118184"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=118184"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=118184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}