thanksgiving
Inside the Theme Park Where Thanksgiving Never Ends
Celebrate Turkey Day in summer on a thematically relevant rollercoaster.
All Stories
thanksgiving
The Father of Modern French Cuisine Wrote a Very Misguided Thanksgiving Cookbook
Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.
teeth
Found: Centuries-Old Dentures Made From Real Teeth
They were worn by someone very rich.
russia
Watch 167 Theremin Nesting Dolls Play Beethoven's 9th Symphony
The "Matryomin" is the instrument of the future.
vintage
Resurrecting America's Great Old Diners, By Moving Them Across State Lines
Steve Harwin has made it his life's work to bring old diners back from the dead.
london
A History Buff's Guide to Medieval London
Eight places to see hidden remnants of the Middle Ages.
tedium
How Xerox Invented the Copier and Artists Pushed It To Its Limits
The Xerox machine was a piece of technology that seemed to come out of nowhere.
map monday
Mapping the Watery Future of New York City
What will happen to the city when the polar ice caps melt?
filson
Welcome to Horizon Line, A Podcast About Adventure
In the first episode of Horizon Line, we tell the harrowing story of a man who tried to sail across the Arctic in a hot air balloon.
alaska
In Barrow, Alaska, the Sun Just Set for the Final Time
The northernmost city in the U.S. is changing its name.
found
Found: A 7,300-Year-Old Fingerprint Left on a Shard of Clay
It's one of the oldest human fingerprints ever discovered.
holidays
After Being Abandoned, This French Beach Resort Was Adopted by Artists
The ghost village of Pirou-Plage in Normandy was reclaimed in the 2000s.
news
Secret Crocodile Mummies Found Inside Bigger Crocodile Mummy
It's crocs on crocs on crocs.
jobs
Anne Rice Talks Inspiration, Atlantis, and, Yes, Vampires
An interview with the famed author ahead of the release of her upcoming novel "Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis."
video wonders
Watch the Microscopic Process of a Crystal Being Born
Proof that chemistry really is art.
smells
This Artist Used Over 6,500 Scents To Recreate The Smell Of 35 World Cities
Inside the very comprehensive smell library of Berlin-based olfactory expert Sissel Tolaas.
escape routes
Found, Possibly: Hidden Tunnels That Were Escape Routes From Gay Bars in San Francisco
No one has actually seen them, though.
![The Perfection of the Work, a hand-colored engraving with gilding in Johann Michael Faust's Compendium alchymist[ae] novum sive Pandora, 1706.](https://img.atlasobscura.com/vf161h1trMzqADfNAiFjGV2P77dbA2ETT7_gv02-YjY/rs:fill:468:312:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL2Fzc2V0/cy85M2YwZjk0YzMz/OTAzZTVkN2FfZ3Jp/XzEzODVfNTMxX3Bs/X3RfMzYzNzc3ZHNf/MzAwMHgzMDAwLmpw/Zw.webp)
alchemy
How Alchemy Has Been Depicted in Art Through the Ages
Secret symbols aplenty.
