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Early RV campers pose for a photo on Christmas Day, 1920, in Desoto Park, Florida—about a year after the first Tin Can Tourists’ assembly. The group’s ethos—an incongruous mixture of escapism and orderliness—inspired American auto campers to load up their Model Ts and drive along freshly paved roads, searching for scenic spots to camp.

automotive history

Here's What RV Camping Looked Like 100 Years Ago

As Americans hit the road for Labor Day weekend, we salute the Tin Can Tourists—the DIY auto enthusiasts who started it all.

Kevin Johnson
Atlas Obscura
August 29, 2019
Yano's piranha-men will be sold September 20-23 in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood.

ninja

The World's First Piranha Ramen Is No Joke

It did start as one, though.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
August 29, 2019
This little piggy went to the bank.

ham

Sold: A Country Ham for $1 Million

Hogging the limelight at the Kentucky State Fair.

Rohini Chaki
Atlas Obscura
August 29, 2019
The institute’s Heidelberg is a workhorse letterpress, essential for producing consistent, high-volume work.

printing

A California Type Foundry Is Keeping Vintage Printing Alive

“It’s a really neat feeling to help people be able to print from hot metal.”

Glenn Fleishman
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
Fires are tearing through the Brazilian Amazon, including Altamira, pictured here on August 27, 2019.

amazon

Scientists of the Future Will Unearth Traces of the Scorched Amazon Rainforest

Long after the forest stops burning, the effects of this year's fires will linger in the soil and water.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
The Raitt Street mural around four years ago, faded and in disrepair.

gallery

California's Mexican-American History Is Disappearing Beneath White Paint

It’s surprisingly hard to protect beloved public art.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
The notebooks had been hidden in a basement for decades.

fishing

Found: Slime-Covered Notebooks Full of Conservation Data and Fish Scales

Century-old data paints a grim picture of salmon populations in British Columbia.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
Whoever buried it didn't come back for it.

england

Found: 2,500 Medieval Coins, and Evidence of Tax Evasion

Making heads or tails of a discovery in southwestern England.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
Researchers in the Northeast are tracking ticks with a linen cloth and a lint roller.

blood food

Researchers Track the Tick Boom With Linen Squares and Lint Rollers

The blacklegged bloodsuckers go on three "quests" in their life, each time seeking a blood meal.

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
August 28, 2019
Castleton Tower, standing tall and vibrating ever so slightly.

arches

Climbers in Utah Scaled a 400-Foot Rock to Measure How It Moves

Scientists say Castleton Tower is always vibrating, but doesn’t seem in danger of falling down.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
August 27, 2019
A toheroa,showing off why its name means "long-tongue" in the Māori language.

ocean

The Vanishing Act of New Zealand’s Iconic Clam

Once, toheroa were endless. Now, they're all but gone.

Naomi Arnold
Atlas Obscura
August 27, 2019
Glass strawberries, or Fragaria, gone white with imitation Penicillium.

glass flowers

Feast Your Eyes on These Delicate Glass Models of Decaying Fruit

Blighted, century-old produce goes back on display for the first time in decades.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
August 27, 2019
The Neanderthal premolar unearthed in Wezmeh Cave.

neanderthals

An Iranian Cave, a Neanderthal Tooth, And an Ice-Age Murder Mystery 

Lions, cave bears, and leopards, oh my!

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
August 27, 2019
A base camp on the Nepalese side of Everest.

plastic

Nepal Is Banning Single-Use Plastics On and Around Everest

Will it help solve the peak's trash problems?

Evan Nicole Brown
Atlas Obscura
August 26, 2019
Fort Belvedere from above.

radio

For Sale: A Signed Copy of King Edward VIII's Abdication Speech

Fort Belvedere, where he gave up the throne, has seen both historic romance and political crisis.

Matthew Taub
Atlas Obscura
August 26, 2019
Bieszczady National Park in Poland.

uncrowded japan

How Do You Convince 125 Million People to Embrace Wolves?

It would be good for Japan's forests and farms (less so the deer).

Allan Richarz
Atlas Obscura
August 26, 2019
The Flying Jacob is an unlikely concoction that tells the story of Swedish food culture.

dinner party

How a Banana-Chicken Casserole Defined Swedish Cuisine

The recipe for "Flying Jacob" was the improvised creation of an air-freight worker.

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
August 26, 2019
The 73-mile-long Inuvik-Aklavik Ice Road forms each year when the Mackenzie River freezes over.

arctic

Canada's Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

Climate change is fraying these seasonal lifelines, causing hardships for the remote towns that rely on them.

Karen Gardiner
Atlas Obscura
August 23, 2019
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