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A Bird Never Flew On One Wing is Harry Kernoff's most well-known work.

pubs

The Artist Who Turned Dublin's Pubs Into Galleries

Harry Kernoff found inspiration and camaraderie in the city's watering holes.

Ailbhe MacMahon
Atlas Obscura
February 20, 2025
Tomb paintings can tell us a lot about the Ancient Egyptian diet because they often depict food offerings, hunting, and agriculture.

ao wants to know

What Did the Ancient Egyptians Eat? AO Wants to Know.

Egyptian archaeologist Mennat-Allah El Dorry digs deep into the diets of the past.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
February 20, 2025
The neuroscientist’s brain is brownish and small, but is otherwise virtually unchanged from the 1800s.

neuroscience

A Man in 19th-Century Italy Preserved His Own Brain to Fight Eugenics

Visit Turin to see the organ—and learn how to preserve your own.

Dania Rodrigues
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2025
A hellbender can live for up to 30 years.

biodiversity

Hell or High Water: How an Odd Amphibian Became a Symbol of Resilience in North Carolina

The eastern hellbender has thrived in clear Appalachian rivers and streams for more than 100 million years.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
The electric blue plumage of the male Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba).

ornithology collections

Birds-of-Paradise Can Emit Light Through Their Feathers

Scientists have found that many of the species known for their spectacular plumage are biofluorescent, meaning they absorb and release light through their bodies.

Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2025
Left to right: green, black, Chinese, white, and Ethiopian cardamoms.

ingredients

A Guide to the Cardamoms of the World

The Cardamom Expanded Universe is bigger than you think.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2025
Peacock spiders love to show off their colorful butts.

our favorite reads

Animal Courtships: Our Favorite Reads

Fish with bumping bass, disco-dancing spiders, and other extreme ways animals attract a mate.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2025
Lightning strikes the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue that stands on a mountaintop above Rio de Janeiro.

superstitions

In Rio, a Reincarnated Spirit Can Chase Away the Rain

Cacique Cobra Coral is often tapped by officials to keep weather from ruining important events.

Constance Malleret
Atlas Obscura
February 13, 2025
Richard Long's 1972 land art piece Walking a Line in Peru.

eerie feeling

Ley Lines and the Allure of Imposing Order on History's Chaos

Believers claim these mysterious paths reveal unseen connections and, through them, a larger picture of the truth.

Colin Dickey
Atlas Obscura
February 12, 2025
For years, this slab engraved with the name "Charlotte Temple" and no other information drew crowds of mourners to the graveyard at New York's Trinity Church.

mystery

What Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?

Here lies Charlotte Temple, who did not exist.

Allegra Rosenberg
Atlas Obscura
February 11, 2025
The music, dance, and even the highlands of Cape Breton feel like old-world Scotland.

celtic

This Island in Nova Scotia Seems More Like Scotland Than Canada

Cape Breton’s cliffside scenery and old-world Celtic traditions rival those of Scotland.

Shoshi Parks
Atlas Obscura
February 11, 2025
Preserved specimens of depressed river mussels (Pseudanodonta complanata), a species that has nearly disappeared from French waters.

olympics

Found in the Seine: DNA From a Nearly Extinct Mussel

Scientists taking samples from the Parisian river didn't expect to find traces of shellfish that had all but disappeared from France.

Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2025
Edible "bush tucker," including Davidson’s plums, native tamarind, and rose apples.

farms

Australia’s Dazzling Native Ingredients

Warrigal, murnong, and quandong, oh my!

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
February 10, 2025
One of Avalon Waterways’ vessels cruising along a fabled European river.

van gogh

From Castles to Canals: 4 Epic European River Cruises

These curated cruise itineraries bring the best of Europe’s storied waterways to life.

Sponsored By Avalon Waterways
Cruising past Heidelberg Germany and its magnificent palace ruins along the Rhine River.

europe

From Twisting Architecture to Ancient Wine: 7 Hidden Gems Along the Rhine

Uncover a world of curiosity and creativity along one of Europe’s most remarkable rivers.

Sponsored By Avalon Waterways
A 16th-century anatomical lecture in London.

medical experiments

Questionable Cure-Alls: Our Favorite Reads

Powdered hair, bile beans, and other old remedies you probably shouldn’t try.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
February 7, 2025
The 1853 Iguanodon models at London's Crystal Palace (top) look very different from a 2023 reconstruction of the same animal (bottom).

ao wants to know

How Can You Spot an Inaccurate Dinosaur? AO Wants to Know.

Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
February 6, 2025
The Coffee Center aims to demystify the craft of coffee.

scientists at work

How a UC Davis Research Center Is Changing the World of Coffee

That’s that UC espresso.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
February 5, 2025
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