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A zoo lab's successful captive-breeding program may be the best hope for this critically endangered amphibian.

The Iron Curtain went to infinity and beyond.

Native American restaurants are sourcing traditional foods from near and far.

Percy Lam uses embroidery to preserve an art form that's hanging by a thread.

An 80-year-old tradition brings a small town together to deep fry their mascot.

Five new urban ungulates are settling in.

The Italian-born sculptor was celebrated in his lifetime but largely forgotten after his death.

Indians who were pushed out of Burma have made this market a multicultural haven.

A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends.

Whether a cookie or a fruit bun, the "offending object" has been discarded.

A mishap turned water into Lambrusco.

Scientific evidence suggests that her bones had been hidden behind a church wall for a millennium.

NASA's Earth Observatory wants your help finding hidden gems in its vast archives.

A Caribbean island has a culinary solution to its lizard dilemma.

Meet Giovanni Vale, your travel guide to countries that no longer exist.

Atlas Obscura had a page for something called Moose Boulder, until fan Roger Dickey called us on it.

A tale of unlikely neighbors.

Instead it has animal skins, cowbells, bullwhips, and frightened children.