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Maria Cristina Borgazzi, the daughter of Noemi, who opened the eponymous trattoria in 1958, holding one of the restaurant's main dishes: pasticcio.

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The Italian Town Where You Can Eat Like a Renaissance Royal

Residents of Ferrara dine like 16th-century dukes.

Rebecca Ann Hughes
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2022
Podcast: Sites of Vision with the Places Team

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Podcast: Sites of Vision with the Places Team

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2022
George McJunkin, a self-taught naturalist, found numerous ancient stone tools, ceramics, and animal bones while working in New Mexico.

bison

The Story of George McJunkin, a Hidden Figure in North American Archaeology

The self-taught naturalist found a site that would transform scientific views about Native Americans in North America.

Stephen E. Nash
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2022
Podcast: Ponyhenge

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Podcast: Ponyhenge

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2022
Nornie Bero with her line of condiments.

aboriginal

This Torres Strait Islander Chef Wants You to Cook With Wattleseeds and Bush Tomatoes

Mabu Mabu, Nornie Bero’s first cookbook, is a celebration of Aboriginal culinary traditions.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2022
Today, the Changma Basin in China is a dry, rocky expanse but 120 million years ago it was a thriving lake teeming with Mesozoic birds.

fossil

The World Has Two New Flying Dinosaurs

Or at least it used to. What can these recently identified dino-birds teach us about extinction?

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2022
Loggers from Maxville in an undated photo in the Oregon forest.

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Meet the Woman Preserving the History of Oregon's Black Loggers

A chance discovery about her father's past led Gwen Trice to dig deep into the story of Maxville and the families who called it home.

Michelle Harris
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2022
Rows of surviving column bases hint at the scale of Algeria's ancient site of Tipasa

climate change

Algeria’s Ancient Melting Pot Faces an Uncertain Future

For more than a millennium, Tipasa was a symbol of cross-cultural exchange. Now the sea is coming for it.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2022
Podcast: The Last Sears in New York City

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Podcast: The Last Sears in New York City

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2022
Noriyuki Enami picking tachibana fruit.

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The Quest to Reacquaint Japan With Its Forgotten Native Citrus

Once revered by royals and celebrated by poets, the tachibana is now endangered.

Florentyna Leow
Atlas Obscura
February 16, 2022
The Curious Case of Colonial India's Breakfast Curries

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The Curious Case of Colonial India's Breakfast Curries

Even as the British Empire appropriated curry, authentic versions conquered local officials' tables.

Lily Kelting
Atlas Obscura
February 16, 2022
Mad Travelers takes readers to glacier-covered Bouvet Island, one of the most remote places in the world.

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Podcast: Extreme Travel with Dave Seminara

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 16, 2022
The Bread Lab's grains are very different from what's in most grocery store flour.

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Welcome to the Bread Lab

These scientists want you to love whole wheat.

Susannah Skiver Barton
Atlas Obscura
February 15, 2022
Famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary displays a rendering of a yeti at a 1960 news conference before departing on his expedition in the Himalayas.

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When Edmund Hillary Went in Search of the Yeti

In 1961, the pursuit of the abominable snowman was still taken seriously.

Tom Ward
Atlas Obscura
February 15, 2022
Podcast: Panorama of the City of New York

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Podcast: Panorama of the City of New York

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
February 15, 2022
Luge, in this case two-man, was first introduced to the Winter Olympics in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria.

burning questions

How in the World Did Luge Happen?

The secret of the slide, from ancient Germanic tribes to tony Alpine resorts.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2022
Tuesday is for tacos.

culture

You Know Taco Tuesday; What About Mogodu Monday?

Serving comfort food once a week is a global concept.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2022
These Neronian points have no equivalent technology among the Neanderthal groups that lived before and after the arrival of the first modern humans in Grotte Mandrin.

anthropology

How a Baby Tooth and Soot Rewrote the Story of Humans in Europe

Modern humans arrived in Southern France—deep in Neanderthal territory—10,000 years earlier than thought.

Ludovic Slimak
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2022
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