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Heartwarming correspondence between Atlas Obscura readers and the famous people they admire.

The poet's remains were rediscovered in London earlier this week.

The fastest way to end a prune surplus? Puree them into school lunches.

An investigation into how three snacks became associated with madness.

An abattoir was lurking under a popular student haunt in Edinburgh.

Space-themed vacuum cleaners, and more.

Thanks to the sleuths in a Facebook group, we may even know how it got there.

From friendly mermaids to a fiery volcano, the courses in this South Carolina city have it all.

London’s Natural History Museum is putting the naturalist’s haul of skulls, molars, and more online.

Officials believed the stews and soups had the power to unite Germany.

A French music teacher spent more than three decades creating Solresol. After he died in 1862, it was largely forgotten.

It's on Pluto's moon, Charon, which also boasts landscape features that honor Stanley Kubrick and Dorothy Gale.

The ancient vegetable affirms a Swedish island's ties to the Roman Empire.

Storing buttons and baubles in these cookie containers is a phenomenon.

Some ecological good news, courtesy of some hungry shelled swimmers.

Owls, puffins, and lots of other flying friends exhibit fascinating patterns under blacklights.

If you visit this pop-up, you’ll enter the dreams of Ellis the egg.