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One of the gargoyles that adorns Oxford’s Magdalen College.
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Moose are frequently spotted around Flattop Mountain and the Glen Alps Trailhead.
Anchorage: A City Within the Wild

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Flavor Trip With the New Gastro Obscura Box

Try miracle berries, canned bread, and more.

Rachel Rummel
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November 10, 2021
Podcast: The International Church of Cannabis

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Podcast: The International Church of Cannabis

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

The Podcast Team
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November 10, 2021
The recreated Götheborg sailed into Stockholm as part of the celebration around Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling's wedding on June 19, 2010.

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To Build an 18th-Century Ship, Shipwrights Had to Remaster a Lost Craft

It took a lot of careful planning to once again bend wood with giant steam boxes.

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
November 9, 2021
Culinary historian Michael Twitty (left) and interpreter Robert Watson pick case-knife beans by torch light at the Sankofa Heritage Garden.

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At Colonial Williamsburg, a 'Landscape of Resistance' Is Thriving Once Again

The gardens of enslaved people left a lasting legacy across the American South.

Omnia Saed
Atlas Obscura
November 9, 2021
A Puerto Rican rock frog has a number of adaptations for cave living, including large eyes.

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Puerto Rico's Most Adorable Frogs Live in Caves and Fight Like 'Gummy Bears'

For one biologist studying the rock frogs' behavior, safeguarding their habitat is personal.

Hannah Thomasy
Atlas Obscura
November 9, 2021
Podcast: The Plotz Plot

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Podcast: The Plotz Plot

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 9, 2021
How World War I Turned Soldiers Into Tourists

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How World War I Turned Soldiers Into Tourists

A new exhibit reveals the wondrous sights service members found away from the trenches.

April White
Atlas Obscura
November 8, 2021
A transient killer whale power lunging—a hunting technique—off the California coast. A small subset of transient orcas specialize in taking down large marine mammals.

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Meet Outer Coast Killer Whales, Big Game Hunters of the Deep

Scientists say the animals have a distinct culture and vocal dialect, and specialize in taking down large prey.

Rochelle Baker
Atlas Obscura
November 8, 2021
A tunnel in Warren’s Shaft System, which he and his team explored—not particularly safely.

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The Man Who Found Jerusalem’s Western Wall Tunnels Couldn’t Find Jack the Ripper

A 19th-century excavation, a beleaguered police chief, and the ongoing tension over a city’s heritage.

Gitit Ginat
Atlas Obscura
November 8, 2021
The red room at the House on the Rock.

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Podcast: The House on the Rock

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
November 8, 2021
A lumpy dumb cake on its way to be baked.

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The Historical Halloween Cake That Reveals Your Future Spouse

Can a "dumb cake" help you discover your fate?

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
November 6, 2021
Housekibaco's kakigori with caramel milk syrup, raspberries, and—in a nod to a local Nara specialty—persimmon-leaf tea meringue.

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In the Home of Japan's Ice Deity, the Art of Kakigori Reaches New Heights

Inside one man's quest to bring frozen glory back to Nara.

Florentyna Leow
Atlas Obscura
November 5, 2021
Dark dust devil trails crisscross frigid dunes and gullies in the southern highlands of Mars.

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Massive Dust Devils Leave Their Mark Across Eerie Dunes

Often associated with Earth’s hottest places, these whirling columns show up on all seven continents—and beyond.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
November 5, 2021
The C&H Refinery in Lusk, Wyoming, as it looked in 2013, 80 years after it was established.

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One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Smallest Oil Refinery

The dusty, rusty site in eastern Wyoming is a rare relic of the 20th-century petroleum boom.

Nadia White
Atlas Obscura
November 5, 2021
In Antarctica, the aptly-named icefish survives extreme cold thanks to an unusual suite of anatomical oddities.

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The Evolutionary Quirk That Allows Antarctica's Icefish To Survive Extreme Cold

Unique adaptations allow the ambush predator to thrive in an environment that would kill most other organisms.

Bill Schutt
Atlas Obscura
November 4, 2021
Spoiler alert: The Irish Crown Jewels have never been found.

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The Greatest Unsolved Heist in Irish History

Scandal, conspiracy, and cover-ups in the theft of the "Irish Crown Jewels" from Dublin Castle.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
November 4, 2021
This Turf Tutorial introduces the concept of urban naturalism to help you hone your observation skills and cultivate your sense of wonder and curiosity in nature as you explore the city.

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Turf Tutorial: Urban Naturalism

Exploring Earth Oddities in Urban Wildscapes with Ruby McConnell

Sponsored By Merrell
This Turf Tutorial invites you to explore plants and fungi in urban wilds, forest edges, woodlands, deserts, and wetlands while offering guidelines for mindful harvesting and thoughtful practices for building intimacy with wild plants and the land.

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Turf Tutorial: Foraging

Mindful harvesting and practices to building intimacy with wild plants with Vanessa Chakour

Sponsored By Merrell
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