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A fresco at the historic refuge leads a musicologist to a composition not heard for centuries—and the determined young women who once performed it.

The memorial in Nanyuki, Kenya, might be one of the loveliest and saddest places on Earth.

Porcelain or plastic, Harry Potter or copulating couple, fèves come in all shapes and sizes.

A recipe from the countess who ran the royal kitchens of Siam.

We're wrong about directions and locations of many countries.

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

Tell us an amazing place to travel next year, and you could win a remarkable Atlas Obscura experience.

Two father-daughter Superman fans have dedicated much of their lives to curating this tiny museum.

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.

The ‘Isle of Demons' was said to be overrun with ghosts and ghouls.

These moss balls move in unison, and researchers are okay with not knowing why.

How a whip-wielding butcher became St. Nick's sidekick.

Revel in Réveillon all December long in the Crescent City.

Their syrupy death is medicinal for humans, too.

From a homemade Harry Potter garden gnome to a vintage scary clown ornament, readers share their favorites.

Wilhelm Füchtner's iconic 1870s design began a legacy that continues in the same small workshop in Germany's Ore Mountains.

These socially connected, multimedia 18th-century assemblages were more than the sum of their parts.