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Highgate Cemetery, England

graveyards

10 Cemeteries to See Before (or After) You Die

Ponder the thin veil between worlds at these beautiful, spooky, and surprising graveyards.

Atlas Obscura
January 18, 2024
White Desert, Egypt

dunes

10 Natural Wonders That Will Make You Think You're on Another Planet

Red lakes, glowing caves, and towering pinnacles—all right here on Earth.

Atlas Obscura
January 18, 2024
The Tomnaverie Stone Circle is a dramatic megalithic monument devoted to the Moon. A large recumbent stone, arranged between two smaller, upright stones, is visible just to the left of the image's center.

wondersky

Scotland's Ancient Stone Circles Mark Our Deep Connection to the Moon

Unlike Sun-focused Stonehenge and other megalithic monuments, Tomnaverie and similar stone circles hint at the Moon's importance to ancient people.

Rebecca Boyle
Atlas Obscura
January 17, 2024
A 1912 postcard depicts a Lake Erie at night.

eerie feeling

Toward a Unifying Theory of Lake Monsters

From Champ to Bessie to lake sturgeon, these cryptids represent what lies beneath the surface of the familiar.

Colin Dickey
Atlas Obscura
January 17, 2024
The new species is about a foot long, and like other species, curls into a ball with their suckers pointing out when protecting their eggs.

new species

New Species of Octopus Thrives in Deep Sea Nurseries

At warm, deep sea springs off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, throngs of octopus "balls" gather to tend their brood.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
January 16, 2024
Wonder is coming (return engagement) on April 8, 2024.

events

Embrace the Looming Shadow of Atlas Obscura's Ecliptic Festival

Learning more about the upcoming April astronomical extravaganza with organizer Megan Roberts.

Atlas Obscura
January 16, 2024
The note from 1888 was written in code.

cryptography

A Secret Note Hidden in an 1800s Dress Has Been Decoded

A team explores insights about Victorian life and who the woman might have been.

Meg St-Esprit
Atlas Obscura
January 16, 2024
When fermented tuba gets distilled, just one fifth of the volume becomes vino de cocos.

forgotten foods

Is This Mexico's Oldest Spirit?

In the state of Colima, one man is reviving vino de cocos, a distillate that disappeared in the 1700s.

N.C. Stevens
Atlas Obscura
January 16, 2024
Coffee flour makes for decadent pancakes.

sustainable

Fight Food Waste With Unusual Flours

Add something extra to your baking.

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
January 15, 2024
A school of grunts on a sunken World War II German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.

microbes

From Shark 'Rest Stops' to Living Reefs, Shipwrecks Teem With Life

When vessels such as the WWII tanker E.M. Clark sink, they begin a second life as habitat for a diverse ecosystem.

Avery Paxton
Atlas Obscura
January 15, 2024
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

crosswords

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Farm Girls

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
January 15, 2024
Behold the first satellite-like image drawn from observation.

hot air balloon

Flying Circuses Led to the First Aerial Maps of Earth

There was vomiting, crashes, fire, and an abandoned cat.

Frank Jacobs
Atlas Obscura
January 12, 2024
La Bague de Kenza specializes in jewel-like Algerian sweets.

gastro guides

Gastro Obscura's 13 Essential Places to Visit While in Paris

From Algerian sweets to Tunisian snacks to a mind-altering ham sandwich, go beyond the tropes and the tourist traps on this itinerary.

Austin Bush
Atlas Obscura
January 12, 2024
Mafra Palace Library is home to a colony of itty-bitty bats that keep its many historic volumes safe from pests.

korean war

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes About Wildlife in Unexpected Places

Life finds a way, from the bats that haunt and hunt in a majestic library to a bird sanctuary in one of the most dangerous places in the world.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
January 12, 2024
The gorkon will keep a stew boiling for more than 30 minutes after it's removed from a heat source.

forgotten foods

One Man's Fight to Preserve Pakistan's Perfect Cooking Pot

The gorkon is a marvel of heat retention that's at risk of disappearing.

Juneisy Hawkins
Atlas Obscura
January 12, 2024
Social campaigners of the 1920s tried to make mocktails glamorous, but today Prohibition is primarily remembered as the era of speakeasies and bootleggers.

u-boats

7 Wild Stories From the Prohibition Era

The 18th Amendment had some unexpected side effects, from alcohol prescriptions to the rise of NASCAR.

April White
Atlas Obscura
January 12, 2024
After a 1906 killing, a half-century battle followed.

law

A Murderous Gravestone Grudge Carved a New Law Into Stone

When murder won’t rest in peace.

Max Longley
Atlas Obscura
January 11, 2024
From September 2023 till August 4, 2024, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will have Velma Von Tussle's exploding wig from the 1988 Hairspray movie on display in a special exhibit commemorating the film's director, John Waters: Pope of Trash.

wigs

How John Waters Exploded Velma Von Tussle’s ‘Hairspray’ Wig

And what it took to save the iconic film prop for a new exhibit—hint: lots of steam.

Jennifer Byrne
Atlas Obscura
January 11, 2024
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