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Video: Reliving the 19th-Century Schooling Days

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Video: Reliving the 19th-Century Schooling Days

School is always in session at the West Bay Common School Children’s Museum, where the 1898 Schoolhouse Session is designed to showcase a day in the life of a turn-of-the-century student.

Sponsored By Visit League City
Home tastes like “Chinese food. And sometimes Mexican food,” said Taylor Holliday and Fongchong Havighurst of Mala Market.

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How the Chinese Diaspora Feeds Itself, in 100 Dazzling Illustrations

What does home taste like?

Sam Lin-Sommer
Atlas Obscura
August 5, 2022
Father Rui Sousa in the parish orchards.

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The Priest Who Resurrected an Island’s Cider Tradition

Father Rui Sousa saw opportunity in the parish orchards.

Rafael Tonon
Atlas Obscura
August 5, 2022
Meet Florida's Most Adorable Rodent and the Superfans Determined to Save It

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Meet Florida's Most Adorable Rodent and the Superfans Determined to Save It

Invasive predators and other threats have pushed the Key Largo woodrat to the brink. A small but passionate group of scientists and volunteers is pushing back.

Karuna Eberl
Atlas Obscura
August 5, 2022
Ken Armijo preparing to solar-roast his chiles using heliostats.

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Why Solar Roasting Could Be the Future for New Mexico’s Chiles

It may be the key to cutting down 7,800 metric tons of annual carbon emissions.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
August 4, 2022
Despite looking like it has borrowed parts from hedgehogs, anteaters, and porcupines, the echidna has followed its own fascinating evolutionary path.

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Why the Echidna is Australia's Most Delightfully Different Mammal

The evolutionary marvel mates in love trains, can swim in the ocean, and even uses jazz hands as a defensive tactic.

Jack Ashby
Atlas Obscura
August 4, 2022
Video: Step Back In Time In Plano

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Video: Step Back In Time In Plano

Though Plano now houses many modern business campuses, this North Texas community never lost sight of its historical roots.

Sponsored By Visit Plano
Podcast: The Blue Whale of Catoosa

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Podcast: The Blue Whale of Catoosa

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
August 4, 2022
Cheese, meat, peanut butter, salmon spread, and even Crisco are favorite toppings on pilot bread.

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How a Centuries-Old Soldier Ration Found a Fanbase in Alaska

Known as "pilot bread," hardtack is ubiquitous across the state.

Zeb Larson
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August 3, 2022
Who Were the Warrior Women of Dahomey?

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Who Were the Warrior Women of Dahomey?

The only documented all-female army in history inspired the Dora Milaje.

Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2022
Podcast: Ottoman Bird Palaces

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Podcast: Ottoman Bird Palaces

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2022
Workers carry Fearnow pails full of fish specimens to a United States Fish Commission Pennsylvania "Fish Car."

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Remembering When Fish Rode the Rails

For decades, salmon, catfish, and trout traveled in America's fleet of "Fish Cars."

Jonathan Feakins
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August 2, 2022
Photographed perhaps a day after fertilization, Wiley's glass frog embryos develop in a protective, gooey pouch deposited at the tip of a fern frond.

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The Next Generation of a Rare Frog Captured in a Poetic Portrait

Embryos of one of the world's most unusual amphibians become art in the eyes of a biologist and wildlife photographer.

Gemma Tarlach
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August 2, 2022
Podcast: Underwater Places

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Podcast: Underwater Places

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
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August 2, 2022
Angélique Schmeinck cooks a three-course meal among the clouds.

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A Hot-Air Balloon Restaurant and Other Stories of Food on-the-Go

Five highlights from Gastro Obscura's "Moveable Feasts" series.

Sam O'Brien
Atlas Obscura
August 1, 2022
The author, right, and slime mold expert Pam Janszen add water to Triquetrella californica and watch the desiccated moss rehydrate and unfurl.

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One Island's Effort to Count Every Species, and Make Every Species Count

Scientists, residents, and visitors have banded together for a massive biodiversity survey of British Columbia's Galiano Island.

Marina Wang
Atlas Obscura
August 1, 2022
Podcast: Concrete Animals of Mexico

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Podcast: Concrete Animals of Mexico

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
August 1, 2022
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

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Puzzle Monday: Code-Breaking on the Armenian Subway

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August 1, 2022
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