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Experimenting with different resist-dyeing techniques, which prevent dye from contact with areas of the fabric, can create unique patterns.

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How to Dye Naturally With Onion Skins

Here's a new take on a summer camp arts and crafts classic: an onion peel tie-dye t-shirt.

Aaron Head
Atlas Obscura
June 26, 2024
Located in Shenzhen, the first McDonald's in China is located in an imposing three-story pagoda-like structure.

mcdonalds

One Photographer’s Quest to Document McDonald’s in More Than 50 Countries

Gary He covered tens of thousands of miles to see the Golden Arches on six continents.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
June 25, 2024
Anumi Sassaroli surveys the fish population on a portion of the Florida Keys' barrier reef as part of a coral conservation project through the nonprofit CARES.

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These Summer Campers Are Saving Oceans One Coral Polyp at a Time

In the Florida Keys, young people are helping to rebuild the world's third largest barrier reef.

Karuna Eberl
Atlas Obscura
June 25, 2024
How to Get In (or Out) of a Kayak or Canoe Without Embarrassing Yourself

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How to Get In (or Out) of a Kayak or Canoe Without Embarrassing Yourself

Make a splash—in a good way—and impress friends with a smooth transition from land to lake.

Karuna Eberl
Atlas Obscura
June 24, 2024
Xenophyophores typically live on seabed rocks or in sediment.

wild life excerpts

How Amoeboid Architects Build Some of the Ocean's Most Intricate Homes

Xenophyophores can craft multichambered compounds that resemble morel mushrooms.

JoAnna Klein
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2024
Sharing nightly ghost stories and other scary tales was a tradition for generations of summer campers—until now.

scary stories

The Tale of the Vanishing Summer Camp Ghost Story

To avoid traumatizing children, many camps are banning scary stories. But can a little fun with fear be a good thing?

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
June 21, 2024
Once you've learned the basics of animal tracking, try following a set of tracks as far as you can—if they belong to a small animal or a member of the deer family. Don't follow bear tracks.

wildlife

How to Read Wildlife Tracks and Signs

Spotting the clues left behind by animals is a free and fun way to connect with nature.

Ashley Stimpson
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2024
Boys practicing various handicrafts at Virginia's Camp Bear Hollow in 1958, a time when summer camps were becoming more focused on leisure than preparing for war.

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The Anxious History of the American Summer Camp

The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.

Ashley Stimpson
Atlas Obscura
June 20, 2024
How to Make Friends With a Bird

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How to Make Friends With a Bird

Learn how to share space with modern dinosaurs thoughtfully—without, you know, just winging it.

Karuna Eberl
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2024
Because many predators hunt at night, humans evolved to be particularly vigilant in low-light environments.

camping

Why a Night in the Woods Can Scare Even Seasoned Campers

As the sun goes down when you're camping, every sound can seem like a threat. Blame evolution—and our phones.

Suzie Dundas
Atlas Obscura
June 18, 2024
Dance performances are a major part of Yhyakh celebrations.

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In the Siberian Arctic, New Year Comes in June

Yhyakh is the summer holiday we all need.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2024
A display at the Global Conference of Millets in 2023 featured a millet map of India.

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In India, Music Helps Spread the Message of Millets

New and ancient songs show that there’s more to reviving a crop than planting seeds.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2024
The medallions are heavier than they look.

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Behind the Scenes at the James Beard Media Awards

Gastro Obscura just picked up its first win.

Diana Hubbell
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2024
The cast of 1980's Friday the 13th, including a not-yet-Footloose Kevin Bacon (second from right).

camping

Why Are So Many Horror Movies Set at Summer Camp?

Isolation and a heady mix of hormones and fear provide the perfect setting for bloody revenge.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2024
Our ancestors may have mastered fire more than a million years ago, but not everyone inherited that know-how and it shows.

how to

How to Build a Campfire

(Without poisoning yourself or burning down the forest.)

Karuna Eberl
Atlas Obscura
June 17, 2024
Old furniture fills the interior of the Majestic Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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The American Theaters That Have Taken Their Final Bow

There may be no encore in store for these abandoned vaudeville halls and movie palaces.

Matthew Christopher
Atlas Obscura
June 14, 2024
The Gruba Kaska water filtration station gets assistance from water-monitoring mussels.

wild life excerpts

These Hardworking Mussels Monitor Poland's Drinking Water

Polish cities trust their water quality to elite shellfish teams.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
June 14, 2024
Nepal’s flag is the only national flag in the world that is not a rectangle.

flags

5 Weird Tales from the World of Vexillology

That is to say, flags.

April White
Atlas Obscura
June 14, 2024
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