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Only when we venture far from the city lights do stars show themselves.

road trip

10 Travel Resolutions From Atlas Obscura for 2025

This year, we're planning adventures across the world and in our own neighborhoods.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
January 1, 2025
At Damaskus Konditorei in Berlin, a Syrian refugee family continues their generational confectionary business.

beverages

Our 24 Favorite New Places to Eat and Drink in 2024

Mount a mechanical corn dog, feast on roast goat in a downed Soviet Plane, and more.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
December 31, 2024
A desk has been sitting at the top of Hancock Hill for the last 40 years, after a group of college students dragged a piece of furniture up to make a secluded study spot.

atlas obscura

Our Favorite New Places of 2024

We added nearly 2,000 places to the Atlas this year—these are 24 of our favorites.

Atlas Obscura
December 30, 2024
Årsgång is the Swedish tradition of a solitary, night-time walk in the forest is just one of many spooky folk stories surrounding the New Year.

our favorite reads

Spooky Winter Holiday Lore: Our Favorite Reads

From Christmas goblins to a New Year’s ghost-horse, these creepy tales are sure to keep you in the holiday spirit.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
December 27, 2024
Winds from the surrounding plateaus create an ideal environment for curing ham.

cloistered comestibles

The Controversial Hams That Helped a French Cathedral Save Its Organ

A bell tower in the Saint-Pierre cathedral hides a meaty secret.

Emily Monaco
Atlas Obscura
December 26, 2024
One could say pine needles look a lot like cleaning bristles.

recycling

5 Unconventional Christmas Tree Stories

From the surprising connection between trees and toilet brushes to a guide for eating your Christmas tree.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
December 24, 2024
'Tis the season for very festive cocktails.

holiday

Our Favorite Holiday Cocktail Recipes and Stories

Raise a glass of Yuletide punch, or an ice cream-loaded elixir.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
December 24, 2024
A mine shaft elevator that descends some 3 kilometers underground offers scientists a glimpse of ancient Earth.

chemistry

Searching for 'Dark Oxygen' in One of the World's Deepest Mines

A scientist's quest for mysterious sources of underground oxygen may offer clues about the origins of life.

Alice Sun
Atlas Obscura
December 23, 2024
During Hanal Pixán, Mérida's Paseo de las Ánimas (Walk of Souls) ends in a plaza lined by altars with food for dead loved ones.

travel

What Atlas Obscura Staffers Ticked Off Their Bucket Lists This Year

From music festivals to marvelous mausoleums, here were some of our favorite places and experiences of 2024.

Sam O'Brien
Atlas Obscura
December 23, 2024
Less terrifying than a traditional Krampuslauf, these breads are a holiday treat.

christmas monsters

Make Krampus Bread This Holiday Season

Introducing the edible version of the least-cuddly Christmas creature.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
December 23, 2024
Enjoy stunning winter vistas on horseback at Saddleback Ranch

ski

Not Your Average Snow Day: 8 Wild Ways to Experience Winter Fun in Colorado

Turn up the thrill with these unconventional winter adventures.

Sponsored By Visit Colorado
Live out your western winter dreams on a horseride through the snow

saloons

Western Winter: Your Guide to Colorado’s Cowboy Culture

Travel back to a time when flurries fell upon the open range and cowboys roamed the snowy hills.

Sponsored By Visit Colorado
Around the world, people ward off evil Christmas creatures, from witches to kid-eating cats.

christmas monsters

Christmas Monsters: Our Favorite Reads

These creatures of lore are definitely on the naughty list.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
December 20, 2024
The Schiachperchten traditionally scare away bad fortune.

krampus

Krampus Has Come and Gone. Next Up, the Perchten.

These masked marchers bring blessings and fun.

Joy Anderson
Atlas Obscura
December 19, 2024
David "Mas" Masumoto's Adopt-a-Tree program has helped preserve heirloom stone fruit.

orchards

Inside the Japanese-American Farm Preserving Endangered Fruit

How one family turned their peach orchard into a rallying cry for saving heirloom flavors and building community.

Sarah Lohman
Atlas Obscura
December 18, 2024
A 1914 illustration by John Bauer from the Swedish fairy-tale collection Bland Tomtar och Troll, meaning "Among Gnomes and Trolls."

trolls

The Real-Life Origins of Taboo Fairy Romance

Long before <em>A Court of Thorns and Roses,</em> 17th-century Swedish courts investigated supernatural love.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
December 17, 2024
Two glasses of tonic water, with one glowing under UV light.

glowing

How to Make Fluorescent Food

A UV light and specific ingredients can make a dish or drink change color.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2024
Order fideuà loaded with meat and seafood at Xiringuito Escribà.

gastro guides

Gastro Obscura's 10 Essential Places to Eat and Drink in Barcelona

Scout out rare Catalan “sea and mountain” specialties, superlative hot chocolate, and boozy “fork breakfasts.”

Austin Bush
Atlas Obscura
December 16, 2024
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