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Floralia was a celebration of spring, flowers, and so-called prostitution.

The massive supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago has been blamed for nearly killing off our species. The emerging truth is much more interesting.

More restaurants are dry-aging their seafood, for concentrated flavor and enhanced texture.

The 18-foot-long, dog-headed beast-fish didn't seem so unbelievable to Africa's early white colonizers.

The ground-breaking documentary blended academic research with salacious scenes of torture and nudity. Censors weren't having it.

In 2011, residents on the U.S.-Canadian border started hearing a strange rumbling noise.

We find scary stories pair well with brighter days.

Enjoy a challenge created by the students in Atlas Obscura's 'Creating Crossword Puzzles' course!

The Great War never ended in some old battlegrounds.

The world’s largest living structure renews itself in nights of moonlit passion.

The small-winged stick mantis is found throughout South America's grasslands. But in Uruguay, the population is entirely female.

The Dilbar Hotel has been a hub and haven for Kashmiri Muslims since 1950.

At least not as initially planned.

Are you an explorer or a killer?

It's a forgotten moment in American beverage history.

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

Danger trees meet explosives.

A rare secret was taken to the grave in an unmarked, 100-year-old burial ground.