A piece of stone money, probably 10 feet across, abandoned on a hillside in Palau. It starts in Palau, where geologic forces have pressed limestone into crystalline calcite, a sparkling substance hard ...
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. The official currency of Micronesia is the US dollar, but the island state of Yap uses ...