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Taxidermy skunks at the Field Museum.

natural history

The Surprising Importance of Skunks in the History of Chicago

An Anishinaabe word for skunk likely inspired the city's name.

Alex Schwartz
Atlas Obscura
July 29, 2020
Don't forget to visit the Tapestry Room.

ireland

For Sale: The Most Haunted Mansion in Ireland

Loftus Hall holds tales of Satan, colonialism, and getting stood up by the Queen.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
July 29, 2020
The Micronesian kingfishers hunkered down quite peacefully.

reproduction

The Kingfishers That Shacked Up at the Start of the Pandemic Aren’t Sick of Each Other Yet

Before the birds moved in together, they had to learn to "howdy."

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2020
The Japanese fruit sandwich that's almost too beautiful to eat—almost.

summer

Around the World in Summer Treats That You Can Make at Home

Stay in and chill out with recipes for a historic Indian noodle dessert, Japanese fruit sandwiches, and more.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2020
Maurice the rooster, whose early crowing upset vacationers in France's Ile d’Oléron.

law

The Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Rural France May Soon Be Protected by Law

“If you can’t handle that, you’re in the wrong place."

Sam Harrison
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2020
From May 11th to October 15th, the six usho of Gifu City perform their ancestral work.

how the sausage gets made

The Japanese Seabirds Who Fish for the Emperor

With only nine master fishermen left, a centuries-old tradition is at risk.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
July 27, 2020
That mouth is full of info for scientists to chew on.

sea otters

Sea Otter Teeth Are Gross but Really Useful for Scientists

You don’t want to look an old sea otter in the mouth—unless you want to tell how old it is.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
July 27, 2020
Residents of Oberammergau during a dress rehearsal of its passion play, on May 10, 2010.

performances

The Evolution of a German Town's Centuries-Old Passion Play

The final episode of TED’s Far Flung podcast looks at Oberammergau's massive production and its history of anti-Semitism.

Anna Phelan
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2020
Artist Mark Rippie's International Car Forest of the Last Church, Goldfield, Nevada, July 18, 2020.

dark skies

Savor the Sight of Comet NEOWISE From Some Wondrous Places

Our latest celestial visitor has a starring role in some out-of-this-world photos.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2020
This style of "vase within a vase" was crafted for just two years in the early 1740s (left). The Qianlong emperor ruled from 1735 to 1796 (right).

ceramics

A $9 Million Chinese Vase Turned Up in a Central European Cupboard

It may have been crafted for the Qianlong emperor more than 275 years ago.

Karen Chernick
Atlas Obscura
July 24, 2020
The hilltop remains of Navan Fort, an Iron Age site that a new paper argues has a broader history than previously thought.

iron age

Subterranean Scans Reveal New Mysteries at an Ancient Irish 'Fort'

Navan Fort is perched on an Irish hilltop, but some of its history hides beneath the soil.

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
July 23, 2020
Thanks to Cold Garden Brewery, Cronk has entered the 21st century.

drinks

How a Viral Tweet Brought Back a Boozy Root Beer Called Cronk

Who said Cronk was dead?

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
July 23, 2020
Nochten Boulder Park, on the site of an old open-cast coal mine, is one of the newly created landscapes in the Lausitzer Seenland.

coal

From Mining Hellscape to Holiday Paradise

How Germany's Lusatian Lakes District is remaking an entire region through broad-scale landscape re-engineering.

Megan Gannon
Atlas Obscura
July 23, 2020
Muralidharan worked with illustrators Shrishti Dabolkar and Priyadarshini Narayana to create renderings of the vegetables featured in Cook and See.

disappearing world

Cracking the Case of South India's Missing Vegetables

A food designer used quarantine to track down the mystery produce in his grandmother's cookbook.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
July 22, 2020
Granville T. Woods, pictured in an 1895 issue of The Cosmopolitan.

edison

Sold: An 1891 Patent by Granville T. Woods, Innovative Black Engineer

Woods was prolific, but was largely forgotten for many years after his death.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
July 22, 2020
In Bristol, England, members of a Black Lives Matter protest topple a statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader and key figure in the founding of the city, on June 7, 2020.

protest

Keeping Track of Monument Removals Could Be a Full-Time Job

So data scientist Emily Gorcenski created When They Came Down to crowdsource the stories behind the topplings.

Britta Shoot
Atlas Obscura
July 22, 2020
Our Lady of Peace Cathedral sits on one of Bukavu's tallest hills.

art deco

The Art Deco Capital of Central Africa

In Bukavu, beautiful buildings have an ugly colonial history. But locals want to save them.

Carly Lunden
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2020
The 5.5% ABV beer is made with peanut butter, lactose, and vanilla.

candy

Why America’s Craft Brewers All Love a Vintage Candy

The sweet fuels the country's breweries.

Bailey Berg
Atlas Obscura
July 21, 2020
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