An expert guide to Central Asia’s most fascinating country.

A local tour guide gives us an insider look at Peru’s hidden wonders.

Some say the true death worm has already been found—slithering beneath the sands of the Gobi.

Plus fireworks, music, and maybe a goddess or two.

It’s a tradition that goes back centuries.

Do not follow the woman in white.

We unravel the surprising tale of this onetime capital city in Alabama.

Floralia was a celebration of spring, flowers, and so-called prostitution.

The massive supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago has been blamed for nearly killing off our species. The emerging truth is much more interesting.

More restaurants are dry-aging their seafood, for concentrated flavor and enhanced texture.

The 18-foot-long, dog-headed beast-fish didn't seem so unbelievable to Africa's early white colonizers.

The ground-breaking documentary blended academic research with salacious scenes of torture and nudity. Censors weren't having it.

In 2011, residents on the U.S.-Canadian border started hearing a strange rumbling noise.

We find scary stories pair well with brighter days.

Enjoy a challenge created by the students in Atlas Obscura's 'Creating Crossword Puzzles' course!

The Great War never ended in some old battlegrounds.

In a preview of our new book, we watch the world’s largest living structure renews itself in nights of moonlit passion.

The small-winged stick mantis is found throughout South America's grasslands. But in Uruguay, the population is entirely female.