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The Moog Claravox Centennial Theremin.

theremin

Happy 100th Birthday to the Theremin, Instrument of the Future

The theremin's mystery endures, and virtuosos are still fighting for its recognition.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
December 1, 2020
The horses have been wild for generations.

horses

Tracking Turkey’s Wild Horses

The provinces are home to the elusive yılkı horse, a living reminder of the rich equine history that has long stretched across Central Anatolia.

Ashley Parsons
Atlas Obscura
December 1, 2020
A selection of soups from The Chicken Soup Manifesto.

cookbooks

Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.

Kayla Stewart
Atlas Obscura
November 30, 2020
An old sati stone visible in Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

fire

India’s Sati Stones Commemorate a Macabre Historical Practice

Their challenging legacy has complicated preservation and study.

Kamala Thiagarajan
Atlas Obscura
November 30, 2020
This artist's rendition shows an ancient huntresses in action.

hunting

Reintroducing the Big-Game Huntresses of the Ancient World

Men hunted, women gathered, right? It's a lot more complicated.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
November 30, 2020
Agricultural workers have been classified as "essential," but most labor for extremely low wages.

labor

Celebrate the Farm Workers Behind Your Favorite Thanksgiving Sides

Organizers are using mesmerizing video clips of harvests to advocate for better protections and pay.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
November 25, 2020
One of da Vinci's self-portraits in the laboratory.

bacteria

Zooming in on the Microbiome of Some da Vinci Masterpieces

A new study found plenty of bacteria, fungi, and insect remains, but nothing to be alarmed about.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
November 25, 2020
Because of their exoskeletons, insects can remain in a collection for hundreds of years if they're well cared for.

insects

A Massive Collection of Dead Insects Lives Inside Filing Cabinets in a Canadian Office

Growing since 1886, this taxonomic library is among the largest insect repositories in the world.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Atlas Obscura
November 25, 2020
A sleeping bag made of reindeer (caribou) hide, circa 1884.

arctic circle

A Tale of Survival, Wrapped in a 19th-Century Reindeer-Skin Sleeping Bag

Twenty-five travelers departed for the Arctic. Six made it home.

Betsy Golden Kellem
Atlas Obscura
November 24, 2020
Black rhinos in Akagera National Park.

africa

In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park’ Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism

It’s taken a lot of outside help, but a national park has come back from the brink.

Amy Yee
Atlas Obscura
November 24, 2020
Lulu (pictured) and her fellow Nigerian Dwarf goats lived happily in a pen in Emily Sherer's backyard.

goats

The Small Goat Breed That’s a Star of Urban Farms

“If you’re thinking about getting a dog, maybe get a goat instead.”

Chris Malloy
Atlas Obscura
November 24, 2020
Early McDonald's fries came in a package featuring "Speedee," a mascot named after the restaurant's "speedee" service system.

french fries

My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe

Veteran line-cooks, experts, and die-hard fans tell the story of the fries that birthed an empire, then disappeared—until now.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
November 23, 2020
He was frustratingly skilled at slicing up maps.

theft

How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief

For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.

Jeffrey Arlo Brown
Atlas Obscura
November 23, 2020
Caltech's copy of the Principia was owned in the 18th century by French mathematician and natural philosopher Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan.

manuscripts

There Are Way More Copies of Newton's Masterwork Than Anyone Thought

A new global census doubles the number of known copies of the scientist's treatise on gravity and more.

Luna Shyr
Atlas Obscura
November 23, 2020
Yosemite, Carleton E. Watkins, 1872.

preservation

See America's National Parks—Before They Were National Parks

Landscape photography like this helped create the national park system.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
May 8, 2025
Like her concise recipes, Malinda Russell's two-page biography leaves much to the reader's imagination.

cookbooks

What I Learned About a Pioneering Black Cookbook Author by Cooking Her Recipes

Little is known about the first African-American woman to publish a cookbook.

Cherene Sherrard
Atlas Obscura
November 20, 2020
A painting from around 1620 depicts the tiltyard towers, right, where the lawn of the Queen's House lies today.

henry viii

Found: The Jousting Yard Where Henry VIII Took a Nasty Tumble

Researchers have located the site of an accident that rattled England’s many-wived widower.

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
November 20, 2020
Mnyaka Sururu Mboro, of nonprofit Berlin Postkolonial, holds a sign for a street renamed to commemorate a rebellion in German East Africa.

street names

How Berlin Is Reckoning With Germany's Colonial Past

It starts with renaming streets and landmarks, but will take much more than that.

Jennifer Neal
Atlas Obscura
November 19, 2020
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