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The newly dated remains were found amid thousands of other bones on an Indonesian island.

"HeyJTree" is built like a dating site, but it matches readers with the charismatic, threatened plants.

Festive cheer and cemetery caretaking go together surprisingly well.

Issa Kassisieh has turned his centuries-old family home into a Christmas wonderland.

Activists envision a bloodless future for the annual Dashain festival.

In Canada, roads disrupt wetland water flow and multiply methane emissions, a new study finds.

Through the new year, Atlas Obscura will highlight our staff’s favorite places of the moment.

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service's Fire Sciences Laboratory.

More than a thousand years ago, coastal hunters started honing their skills early.

Welcome to the ancient woods of Cairo, New York.

Of all the variations on the beloved character, Russia's Ded Moroz might have the strangest history.

The jobs are simple, but the views are spectacular.

These traditional handicrafts require exoskeletons, magnolia buds, and a steady hand.

At Fletchers, cookies and bagels come with a side of food history.

Clues about the victims’ diet cracked the case.

Omsk was promised a Metro system in 1979. Forty years later, locals salute a subway that never saw the light of day.

Historians are digging into the lives of 18th-century colonists who may have lived outside the norm.

If they're Norway spruce, that's just their nature.