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South Africa's northeastern region is a complex landscape of savanna, forest, and dramatic mountains, such as eMhlongamvula. The varied landscapes sit on massive gold deposits and some of the oldest continental crust on the planet.

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The World's Oldest Glaciers Are Buried Under South African Gold

2.9-billion-year-old evidence could be proof of a lost ice age—the first “Snowball Earth.”

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2023
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of The Little Prince, stands in front of a plane in 1929.

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The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.

Cat Rainsford
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2023
Podcast: The Complaint Tablet of Ea-Nasir

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Podcast: The Complaint Tablet of Ea-Nasir

Turns out, beefing about bad service really is as old as time.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2023
Oxygen in the atmosphere gives auroras over Vik, Iceland, their eerie green glow.

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Auroras Are the Sun's Special Nighttime Light Show

As our day star enters its most active period, look for more opportunities to catch these spectral northern (and southern) lights. Here's how.

Rebecca Boyle
Atlas Obscura
July 11, 2023
The Cincinnati home of Quaker and abolitionist Levi Coffin, seen here around 1905, was a stop on the Underground Railroad.

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The Underground Railroad Was the Ultimate Conspiracy to Southern Enslavers

And justified the most extreme responses.

Colin Dickey
Atlas Obscura
July 11, 2023
Podcast: The Storytellers of Jonesborough, TN

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Podcast: The Storytellers of Jonesborough, TN

Every year, lumberjacks and lumberjills from around the world flock to Hayward, Wisconsin, to compete in the Lumberjack World Championships.

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For breakfast (or lunch) with a view, consider the airfield restaurant.

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The Fly-In Restaurants on America's Airfields

Both pilots and planespotters seek out these aviation-themed eateries.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
July 10, 2023
Serve your fish with potatoes "roasted in the ashes" and eat off the plank.

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The 19th-Century Recipe That Created a Fish-Cookout Craze

Recreate the heyday of shad bakes with this plank-roasting technique.

Paula Marcoux
Atlas Obscura
July 10, 2023
Biologists on the Canary Islands only became aware of the islands’ robust population of angelsharks about a decade ago.

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This Fake Beach in the Canary Islands Is a Baby Shark Paradise

Tenerife's Playa de las Teresitas attracts tourists looking for sun—and endangered angelsharks.

Dag Goering
Atlas Obscura
July 10, 2023
People playing instruments at the Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

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The Museum of Playable Trash Bin Instruments

You too can play a coconut ukulele or 10-foot airplane fuel tank drums—no experience required.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
October 1, 2025
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

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Puzzle Monday: The Mystery of the Missing Runes

Alex Bellos
Atlas Obscura
July 10, 2023
Rama’s Bridge between India and Sri Lanka figures in ancient myths, and can be seen from space, in this case captured from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994.

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Sea Cucumber Crime Is a Thing, and This Is Where It’s Happening

A "seafood mafia" is plying the waters between India and Sri Lanka to satisfy China's appetite for an increasingly rare delicacy.

Frank Jacobs
Atlas Obscura
July 7, 2023
Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney.

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Wonder Is Everywhere: The Mystery of Blood Falls, a Carrier Pigeon Comeback, and More from Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White
Atlas Obscura
July 7, 2023
A giant Tyrannosaurus rex stands alongside the interstate outside of Cave City, Kentucky, letting passersby know that Dinosaur World is not far.

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The Best of Our Listeners' Magical Summer Memories

From dinosaur parks to a mysterious stone giant.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 7, 2023
A thermos of hot water is a necessary ingredient for mate on the go.

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How the Pandemic Transformed Argentina’s Yerba Mate Traditions

Communal cups and shared straws are losing ground to solo sipping.

Rachel Tolosa Paz
Atlas Obscura
July 6, 2023
Hudson River Rail Excursions runs a classic car between New York and Albany to make the vintage rail experience more accessible.

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Meet the People Who Keep Vintage Rail Cars Rolling Across America

About two dozen classic carriages around the country offer time travel by train.

Justin Franz
Atlas Obscura
July 6, 2023
How Milwaukee Is Celebrating the Typewriter’s Long, Local History

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How Milwaukee Is Celebrating the Typewriter’s Long, Local History

In June 2023, Milwaukeeans celebrated 150 years of typewriter history.

Jennifer Byrne
Atlas Obscura
July 5, 2023
The BlueWalker 3 satellite leaves a trail in the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory. Breaks in the trail are the result of image processing: Four 20-second exposures were stacked to create the shot.

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Spot the ISS and Other Satellites in Our Busy Night Skies

The International Space Station and a growing number of communications satellites have redefined humans' view of the heavens.

Rebecca Boyle
Atlas Obscura
July 5, 2023
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