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Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

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Podcast: The Westgate With Rico Gagliano

The inside story of a flop that changed one theater's history.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 2, 2023
Written and Photographed by Matt Payne

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Colorado Winter Wonderland

Pack your snowshoes and see the Centennial State like never before. We hand-picked a collection of unique Colorado destinations transformed by glistening frost and white snow.

Sponsored By Visit Colorado
The alleged self-portrait was discovered during a routine cleaning by chief conservator Serena Urry.

secret lives of museums

A Mysterious Cézanne Portrait Was Hiding Under the Layers of a Still Life

An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter's early years.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Atlas Obscura
February 1, 2023
Punxsutawney Phil is far from the only weather-predicting marmot on Groundhog Day.

marmots

The Alternative Groundhogs Vying for Punxsutawney Phil's Weather Forecasting Job

Don't forget about Big Al the Alligator and Scramble the Duck's predicting powers either.

Jennifer Byrne
Atlas Obscura
February 2, 2023
Podcast: Freud Museum London

psychiatry

Podcast: Freud Museum London

Lie back on what might be the world's most famous psychoanalytic couch.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 1, 2023
Chocolate bunnies for the Year of the Rabbit.

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A Sweet Spin on Lunar New Year Treats

Asian-American chefs and pâtissiers are reimagining traditional confections and snacks.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
January 31, 2023
Photographer Aakash Selvan used a drone to to capture this "Floating Islands" image of living phumdis on northeastern India's Loktak Lake.

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Can Loktak Lake's Wondrous Floating Islands Bounce Back?

A photographer's drone's-eye image of the famous phumdis of northeastern India shows a unique environment undergoing change.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
January 31, 2023
Podcast: Galileo’s Middle Finger

galileo

Podcast: Galileo’s Middle Finger

Investigating a renowned scientist's iconic digit.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
January 31, 2023
Beavers have human-like hands and tails that scientists believe can register changes in water pressure.

floods

Does This Silly-Looking Animal Have a Solution to Climate Change?

Beavers can reshape the North American ecosystem—if we let them.

Shoshi Parks
Atlas Obscura
January 31, 2023
During the last ice age, people moved across Beringia, a massive landform connecting Asia and North America. Seasonal hunters left behind a trove of valuable evidence of their presence at the northern Canadian site known as the Bluefish Caves.

first nations

Investigating Ice Age America’s Ancient Abattoir

Scientists know people were in Yukon 24,000 years ago. But what were they doing there?

Devon Bidal
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2023
Podcast: Tangier American Legation Museum

diplomacy

Podcast: Tangier American Legation Museum

In North Africa, the first American-owned property on foreign soil.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2023
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

logic

Puzzle Monday: Going Home

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
January 30, 2023
Sugo Marinetti features capers, anchovies, fried artichokes, and pistachios.

pasta

The Sauce That Survived Italy's War on Pasta

The Futurists tried to abolish pasta and all they got was this delicious dish.

Sam Lin-Sommer
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2023
French painter Jacques Majorelle, who designed the buildings and gardens now known as Jardin Majorelle, trademarked its striking color before his death in 1962.

law

What Does It Mean to Trademark a Color?

The signature shade of Marrakesh's Jardin Majorelle is legally protected—but the deep blue hue is also common in Moroccan culture.

Annie Hariharan
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2023
Charvy checks on batch 108.

mustard

The Last Mustard Maker in Dijon

Nicolas Charvy is bringing a culinary art back to its ancestral home.

Emily Monaco
Atlas Obscura
January 27, 2023
Queen Njinga Mbandi rides into battle against the Portuguese, as illustrated by Pat Masioni for UNESCO's series on women in African history.

warrior queens

Meet Caterina Sforza and Other Warrior Queens History Forgot

From Italy’s fortress-seizing countess to Angola’s battle-hardened Queen Njinga, these women didn’t back down from a fight.

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2023
Podcast: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear

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Podcast: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear

A wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores unfolds a mystery for listeners.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2023
The pink fairy armadillo has adapted to life underground and is so rarely spotted that scientists know very little about the species.

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How the Enchanting, Elusive Pink Fairy Armadillo Became One Scientist's Obsession

A conservation biologist in Argentina once hosted one of the animals in her living room, but finding them in the wild has proven far more difficult.

James Hall
Atlas Obscura
January 26, 2023
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