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Wildly Beautiful Photographs of Flamingos From the Air

visual

Wildly Beautiful Photographs of Flamingos From the Air

East Africa's soda lakes have some stunning sights.

Rachel Becker, Paul McKenzie and BioGraphic
Atlas Obscura
July 27, 2016
Puzzlers Just Got a Little Closer to Solving Gravity Falls' Final Mystery

cartoons

Puzzlers Just Got a Little Closer to Solving Gravity Falls' Final Mystery

Dipper and Mabel's epic summer is still keeping it weird, months after the show went off the air.

Sarah Laskow and Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Police Impersonators in the UK Are Now on the Hijacking Beat

police

Police Impersonators in the UK Are Now on the Hijacking Beat

Thieves pretending to be cops keep stopping people in Essex, UK, and stealing their vans.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Ripe mangoes

india

The 9,000-Mile Sea Journey of an Irradiated Indian Mango

Can the delicate mango ever become a seafaring fruit?

Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
The mobile lounge at Dulles Airport in action, 1960s. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-DIG-krb-00774)

modernism

The Lonely Ballad of the Dulles Airport Mobile Lounge

A high-tech room on wheels and the airport that might have been.

Veronique Greenwood
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England

media

The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England

Broadsides were the Facebook posts and tweets of their day.

Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Beach-Goers Write 'Beware Shark' Into Massachusetts Beach as Warning

sharks

Beach-Goers Write 'Beware Shark' Into Massachusetts Beach as Warning

"Beware shark."

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Dutch Men and Latvian Women Are the Tallest in the World

netherlands

Dutch Men and Latvian Women Are the Tallest in the World

It's not a competition.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
10 Dark Towers That Once Made The World's Bullets

shot towers

10 Dark Towers That Once Made The World's Bullets

Shot towers might be mostly obsolete, they still make for lovely landmarks.

Eric Grundhauser
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Yosemite National Park.

john muir

The Miseducation of John Muir

A close examination of the wilderness icon’s early travels reveal a deep love for trees, and some ugly feelings about people.

Justin Nobel
Atlas Obscura
May 9, 2025
Gridlock madness on Philly's I-95.

cars

Secret Service Rules Are Causing Traffic Jams in Philadelphia

Trucks over five tons aren't allowed along a nine-exit stretch.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Watch These Floppy Drives Play a Famous Power Metal Song

computers

Watch These Floppy Drives Play a Famous Power Metal Song

It's like a comeback tour for an artist that wasn't a musician in the first place.

David Doochin
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
How a 4-Year-Old's Letter to His Father Survived the Civil War

us civil war

How a 4-Year-Old's Letter to His Father Survived the Civil War

Scribbles from home, kept safe on the battlefield.

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
Found: Nodes in an Anonymity-Protecting Network That Are Actually Spying on Users

cybersecurity

Found: Nodes in an Anonymity-Protecting Network That Are Actually Spying on Users

Tor is used for anonymity, so it's a problem if parts of it are collecting data.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
July 26, 2016
The First Democratic Convention on Live TV Was the Last Not to be Air-Conditioned

television

The First Democratic Convention on Live TV Was the Last Not to be Air-Conditioned

In Philadelphia in 1948, it got hot.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 25, 2016
Google Just Accurately Simulated a Molecule With Quantum Computing

technology

Google Just Accurately Simulated a Molecule With Quantum Computing

Science!

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
July 25, 2016
The Libertarian Economic Theory That Might Be Secretly Driving Pokémon Go

pokemon

The Libertarian Economic Theory That Might Be Secretly Driving Pokémon Go

This is not about catching them all.

Ernie Smith
Atlas Obscura
July 25, 2016
Underwater Establishments Where You Can Sleep and Eat With the Fishes

essential guide

Underwater Establishments Where You Can Sleep and Eat With the Fishes

Find out what it's like inside an aquarium.

Molly McBride Jacobson
Atlas Obscura
July 25, 2016
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