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Meet the first queen of Medieval Times!

medieval

A 30-Year Career Writing and Directing for Medieval Times

The family dinner theater's creative director on how he keeps things fresh, and why it took so long to install a woman on the throne.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
February 23, 2018
A fog hole over Delhi.

weather

The Mystery of the Fog Holes That Form Over Cities

Satellites captured a strange phenomenon in foggy places across the world.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 23, 2018
The lands of Bears Ears are a trove of treasures of geology, archaeology, and paleontology.

national monument

Found: A Rich Collection of Triassic Fossils at Bears Ears

Another wonder from a wild place now left unprotected.

Vittoria Traverso
Atlas Obscura
February 23, 2018
A mysterious illness killed princesses and sailors alike.

epidemics

How Killer Rice Crippled Tokyo and the Japanese Navy

One stubborn doctor pioneered a cure.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
This plate from Birds of America depicts the American Flamingo.

ornithology collections

The Centuries-Old Mystery of How Florida Got Its Flamingos

How did these statuesque birds get to the peninsula, and where did they go?

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
A wild bee forages for pollen.

bees

Why Bees Prefer the Countryside

Summer in the city can spell danger for some wild bees.

Natasha Frost
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
Villa Arcore.

abandoned houses

Documenting the Beauty of Italy's Abandoned Villas

The photographer Eleonora Costi spent the last four years tracking down her country's crumbling treasures.

Vittoria Traverso
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
New research shows that minuscule ocean bacteria can adapt to different light to carry out oceanic photosynthesis.

ocean

These Marine Bacteria Can Change Their Colors in Different Types of Light

One researcher called them "planktonic chameleons."

Vittoria Traverso
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
Almost every tiny component of a camera will have its own ISO standard.

engineering

Finding the Unexpected Wonder in More Than 22,000 International Standards

From brewing tea to making shipping containers.

Natasha Frost
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
Watch a Trail Guide Take an Eerie Walk Through a Flooded Nature Preserve

floods

Watch a Trail Guide Take an Eerie Walk Through a Flooded Nature Preserve

When the clear waters of a Brazilian river overflowed earlier this month, it made for movie magic.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
This desert-like landscape is covered with yellow flowers for only a few days a year.

forests

The Forest That Blooms Brilliantly for Just a Few Days a Year

In southern Ecuador, flowering guayacán trees paint the landscape yellow—but not for long.

Sarah Foster
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
Constructing the nuclear reactor.

ice

America's Secret Ice Base Won't Stay Frozen Forever

Climate change is turning a Cold War project into an environmental hazard.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
Curlers at a Seattle club.

trends

How American Curling Clubs Ride Out Olympic Fever

Every four years, the country wants to curl.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
A line forms on the left for the King Lud pub in Ludgate Circus, London, c 1890.

beer

Remembering When London's Pubs Were Full at 7 a.m.

Drinking eight pints of beer a day was once routine.

Jessica Furseth
Atlas Obscura
February 22, 2018
This painting was long believed to be the work of Gilbert Stuart and to depict Hercules. But a panel of experts concluded, in the late 2010s, that both beliefs are wrong, which means that no known image of Hercules survives to this day.*

george washington

Meet Hercules, One of America’s Early Celebrity Chefs

Heralded for his food, the enslaved cook headed the first presidential kitchen.

Daniel Crown
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2018
A Masochistic Brainteaser for the Expert Puzzle Fan

wishlist

A Masochistic Brainteaser for the Expert Puzzle Fan

Hell puzzles are both entertainment and punishment.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2018
A Kotobuki, a creature consisting of all 12 signs in the Zodiac, from Japanese mythology.

mythology

One Artist's Mission to Illustrate All the World's Mythical Beasts

Squonks, Lindworms, Dijiangs, and more.

Anika Burgess
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2018
Cannoli, just like Nonna used to make.

food art

The Artist Crafting Hyperrealistic Felt Foods

Huong Huynh makes fabric fare look good enough to eat.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
February 21, 2018
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