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features

Where Those Big-Headed Statues in Smoky ‘80s Bars Came From

fires

Fleeting Wonders: A Sweet Potato Silo That Has Been On Fire Since Thanksgiving

competitions

What Does it Take to Become Best in Show?

features

Here's Every Living or Extinct Creature Named After David Attenborough

The most recent addition is a tiny fossilized crustacean.

visual

Photos From The Lost Penn Station, Where Commuting Was Infinitely More Beautiful

australia

From Gift-Giving Koalas to Surfing Santa, How Christmas Imagery Gets Australianized

places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Michael Bird's House

signs

How the Universal Symbols for Escalators, Restrooms, and Transport Were Designed

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Cemetery WiFi in Moscow

tombs

FOUND: Suleiman the Magnificent's Tomb

bathrooms

The Hygiene and the History: We Investigate Post-Pooping Protocol

secret passages

100 Wonders: The Temple of Damanhur

olympus

Photos of a Road Trip Home, With Pit Stops in the Abandoned Past

wishlist

The 2015 Atlas Obscura Gift Guide

wishlist

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 9 Gifts for the Passport Stamp Collector

conspiracy theories

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 8 Presents for the Conspiracy Theorist

wishlist

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 8 Presents for the Exterior Decorator

holidays

The Ghost Forests of Christmas Past: How A Fungus Stole Roasted Chestnuts