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A cottage on the Barlow Respiratory Hospital grounds in 2021.

coronavirus

Seeing the Pandemic Through the Shuttered Bungalows of an L.A. Sanatorium

Once a haven for tuberculosis patients, Barlow Respiratory Hospital is uniquely suited to the COVID and post-COVID eras.

Elizabeth Svoboda
Atlas Obscura
July 15, 2021
Podcast: Sputnik IV Crash Site

crash site

Podcast: Sputnik IV Crash Site

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 15, 2021
The gleaming white Tahitian tree snail Partula hyalina rests on a leaf beside one of the world's smallest computers.

extinction

Tiny Computers Reveal How Tahiti's Tree Snails Evade a Fierce Predator

The bean-sized snail has persevered despite hundreds of related species going extinct in recent decades.

Hannah Thomasy
Atlas Obscura
July 14, 2021
Podcast: Spacecraft Cemetery

underwater

Podcast: Spacecraft Cemetery

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 14, 2021
FARC rebels in their field kitchen during breakfast hours at the 10th Guerrilla Conference, where the peace accord was being ratified by on September 23, 2016.

war fare

How to Feed 10,000 Rebel Fighters for 50 Years

Researchers are studying the cooking traditions of the FARC, Colombia's disarmed guerrilla group.

María Paula Rubiano A.
Atlas Obscura
July 13, 2021
This silicone doll plays a central role in Hanging Gardens.

movie sets

A New Generation Is Remaking Iraqi Cinema

“If we can’t make the revolution on the streets … we can make it in cinema, sending a message, spreading our vision of the world.”

Laura Silvia Battaglia
Atlas Obscura
July 13, 2021
Princess Ka‘iulani, the last heir to the Hawaiian Crown, shown here in 1897.

surfing

The Tragic Life and Global Legacy of the Last Hawaiian Princess

'Brilliant, beautiful, and betrayed,' Princess Ka‘iulani was also the mother of modern surfing.

Jim Kempton
Atlas Obscura
July 13, 2021
Podcast: Catalina Island Bison Herd

fires

Podcast: Catalina Island Bison Herd

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 13, 2021
A cross-section of a juvenile sea urchin reveals its neural network in yellow and muscle fibers in bright blue.

abstract wonder

This Nighttime Drone Shot of a Futuristic City Is Actually a Sea Urchin

Studying the animal’s nerve network may help scientists understand our own.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2021
The kitchen at Chawton Cottage.

britain

Eat Like Jane Austen With Recipes From Her Sister-In-Law's Cookbook

Including dishes straight from her novels.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2021
A shark flag at Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts, alerts visitors to the presence of the animals. Shark sightings are an almost daily occurrence on Cape Cod in summer months.

seals

In Cape Cod's 'Sharky' Waters, Humans Learn to Coexist with an Apex Predator

New technology and changing habits may keep beachgoers safe as the local great white population grows.

Sarah Sax
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2021
Podcast: The Baalbek Trilithon

long now locations

Podcast: The Baalbek Trilithon

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 12, 2021
The Cosmos cake.

jello

This Jelly Cake Captures the Wonder of the Cosmos

Centrifuges and syringe-tipped knives are behind this edible miniature galaxy.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
July 9, 2021
Shark attacks are very rare, making the discovery of an ancient one a particularly unusual occurrence.

sharks

How Scientific Detective Work Pinned Down the Oldest Known Shark Attack

At Okayama’s Tsukumo shell mound, a 3,000-year-old skeleton bears the scars of history’s oldest known shark attack.

Hannah Seo
Atlas Obscura
July 9, 2021
Albino redwoods, which do not produce chorophyll, and even rarer chimera redwoods, which have patches of albinism, may hold clues to an ecosystem's health, according to preliminary research.

botany

Rare Albino Redwoods May Hold Clues to Ecosystem Health

Once thought to be a burden to neighboring trees, these 'ghosts of the forest' may actually benefit them.

Marina Wang
Atlas Obscura
July 9, 2021
Workers at Kim Guan Guan separate the sugar-coated beans before they cool.

drinks

Singapore's Last Traditional Coffee Roasters May Soon Disappear

The aging masters of kopi are desperate for the next generation to take up their craft.

Rachel Phua
Atlas Obscura
July 8, 2021
The excavation site, on the eastern bank of the Nile.

africa

Found: A Massive Medieval Cathedral From a 'Forgotten' Nubian Kingdom

The discovery adds to our knowledge of Makuria, which ruled a vast region of Africa for six centuries.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
July 8, 2021
Podcast: Harvard Bridge Smoots

mathematics

Podcast: Harvard Bridge Smoots

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 8, 2021
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