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Chef JJ Johnson takes readers on a global culinary tour.

(And one weird skill that you probably did, for some reason.)

Time to go back to school to appreciate some unusual campus traditions with the Altas Obscura Places Team.

Before you buy a plant field guide, make sure it wasn’t written by a computer. No, seriously.

The live, jewel-encrusted beetles called maquechs are tied to an ancient legend, but some worry for their future.

Though safe today, antique lights once posed risks of poisoning, suffocation, asbestos, radioactivity, and explosions.

From staring into the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan to delighting your tastebuds in Vietnam, our 2024 journey lineup is full of adventure.

A new project delves into the stories of forgotten Edinburgh residents and the places they called home.

Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

A female archaeologist is challenging the idea of men as hunters and women as gatherers, one throw at a time.

Uriel Alfaro Castro shows his handmade Aztec wheels, which outperformed European designs.

Check out the mycelium madness of a Pennsylvania town’s annual mushroom fest.

Even Shakespeare knew the value of a well-roasted egg.

He also made the most accurate world map of that time—and left out the sea monsters.

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

Partners welcome—come wander with us.