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For more than 800 years, the stave church of Borgund, Norway, has towered over the surrounding village. Conservators face a constant struggle to protect the historic wooden building from the elements.

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To Save Norway's Stave Churches, Conservators Had to Relearn a Lost Art

The iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology.

Gemma Tarlach
Atlas Obscura
March 24, 2021
Podcast: Minister's Treehouse

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Podcast: Minister's Treehouse

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 24, 2021
Spirit Mountain Roasting Company advertises itself as "Indigenous from seed to cup."

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Across the Nation, a Native American Coffee Movement Is Brewing

Beans roasted on reservations are coming to your cup.

Tsanavi Spoonhunter
Atlas Obscura
March 23, 2021
Nocturnal and reclusive, the aye-aye lemur is considered a harbinger of evil by some communities on Madagascar, the only place the animal can be found in the wild.

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Loved or Loathed: Can Madagascar's Aye-Aye Survive Superstition?

Understanding how locals really view the world's weirdest primate may be key to protecting it.

Bridget Alex
Atlas Obscura
March 23, 2021
The World Is Going Upside Down, orangutan in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, by Thomas Vijayan.

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Get Wild With These Award-Winning Nature Photos

The winners of the 2020 World Nature Photography Awards have an eye for the sublime.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
March 23, 2021
Podcast: Seljavallalaug Swimming Pool

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Podcast: Seljavallalaug Swimming Pool

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 23, 2021
The Itäkeskus swimming hall doubles as an emergency shelter beneath Helsinki.

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How Cold War Fears Helped Create Helsinki's Subterranean Paradise

The Finnish capital's city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies.

Michael Hunt
Atlas Obscura
March 22, 2021
In 2018, Reading found this flip flop (and painted it en plein air) on the banks of the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah, which sits on Southern Paiute and Pueblos land.

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The Naturalist Painting Spectacularly Lush Landscapes on Discarded Trash

Mariah Reading canvasses national parks and turns hubcaps, pants, and more into works of art.

Bailey Berg
Atlas Obscura
March 22, 2021
Podcast: Lynmouth Flood Memorial Hall

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Podcast: Lynmouth Flood Memorial Hall

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 22, 2021
An illustration of an entry from Sylvia Plath's journals, 1951, part of  the "Sylvia Plath's Food Diary" project.

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This Writer Is Tweeting Everything Sylvia Plath Ever Ate

Busting sexist myths about a famous poet, one tweet at a time.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2021
Nearly-lost collard green varieties are being preserved and propagated across the country.

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The Farmers and Gardeners Saving the South's Signature Green

These seed savers are preserving and celebrating the enormous genetic diversity of collard greens.

Debra Freeman
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2021
A scientist searches for tell-tale zircons in Western Greenland.

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When Is a Crater Not a Crater?

There's no punchline, this massive geological structure in Greenland just probably isn't a crater.

Robin George Andrews
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2021
Malted milk biscuits are a popular tea companion.

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So What Is a British Biscuit Really?

And why does it need to "snap"?

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
March 19, 2021
Tax season, with a side of top-shelf ingredients.

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In Japan, Taxpayers Enjoy Gifts of Fresh Fruit and Wagyu Steak

The Furusato Nozei program deals with the downsides of urbanization.

Grace Kwan
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2021
Dissecting the human nervous system is a taxing task—and in some cases, very little is known about the people whose bodies wound up on anatomists' tables.

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The Mystery of 'Harriet Cole'

In 19th-century Philadelphia, an anatomist dissected and mounted a human nervous system. Now researchers are trying to figure out whose remains are stretched out in a glass case.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2021
Podcast: Camp Anza

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Podcast: Camp Anza

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
March 18, 2021
Ice farmers' tasks include "dagger mitigation"—hacking away at icicles that could hurt climbers.

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The Intrepid Ice Farmers of Ouray, Colorado

Cultivating an impressive swath of climbable ice calls for maintaining water pipes and attacking "daggers."

Alisha McDarris
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2021
Overlooking the Ligurian Sea in northwestern Italy, the village of Manarola is flanked by terraced vineyards.

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How a Village United to Save Cinque Terre's Ancient Terraces

The iconic Italian landscape suffered decades of neglect, but a tragedy spurred locals to action.

Guia Baggi
Atlas Obscura
March 17, 2021
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