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Designed by English sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were destined for Central Park's never-realized Paleozoic Museum.

science museums

The Bizarre True Story of Central Park’s Doomed Victorian Dinosaur Museum

For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying its dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder.

Sarah Durn
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2023
An asiatic subspecies of cheetah once roamed India. Efforts to reintroduce the animal there threaten the traditional sustainable harvest of salai trees.

sustainable

India's Cheetah Reintroduction Threatens an Indigenous Tradition

Behind the headlines of the animals' rocky return, a displaced community struggles to access trees they have tended for generations.

Tanvi Dutta Gupta
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2023
Podcast: Jacko Steps

caribbean

Podcast: Jacko Steps

A historic hiding place used by people escaping enslavement is a testament to a struggle for freedom.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
August 3, 2023
Children play in the monsoon rains that pour down on the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh every year from late July till September.

perfume

How Indian Perfumers Capture the Smell of Rain

In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.

Zinara Rathnayake
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2023
A reconstruction of P. colossus shows it in its coastal habitat. The head is an educated guess because a skull has not been found yet.

research

Paleontologists in Peru Discover What Might Be the 'Chonkiest Whale Ever'

And maybe the heaviest animal the world has ever seen.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2023
An artist's visual rendering of noisy gravitational waves.

galaxy

Stargazing in a Multi-Sensory Universe

Sight is only one of the senses we can use to explore space. Welcome to multi-messenger astronomy.

Rebecca Boyle
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2023
Podcast: Dmanisi

skulls

Podcast: Dmanisi

An archaeological site in Georgia challenges what we think we know about the deep human past.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
August 2, 2023
Orca pods can develop their own cultures that result in distinctive behaviors, including cooperation with humans.

aboriginal

The Killer Whales of Eden and the 'Law of the Tongue'

Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
October 11, 2023
First place: Gary Schatan's photograph of huge alligator and gramophone in San Francisco Bay, California.

contests

Our First Summer Snaps Photo Contest Winners: Roadside Attractions

May these amazing shots inspire you to hit the road!

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
August 1, 2023
Podcast: Heating Things Up in Hatch

chili peppers

Podcast: Heating Things Up in Hatch

In this New Mexico town, the heat doesn't just come from the sun. This is chile country.

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Alligator gar can grow to gargantuan sizes.

giant animals

The World's Largest Freshwater Fish Are Weird and Wonderful

From 600-pound catfish to ancient sturgeon, these giants could be lurking in a river near you.

Stefan Lovgren
Atlas Obscura
July 31, 2023
A Peek Inside America's Most Dazzling Menu Collection

food history

A Peek Inside America's Most Dazzling Menu Collection

Henry Voigt has a treasure trove of vintage restaurant ephemera.

Anne Ewbank
Atlas Obscura
July 31, 2023
Podcast: Bone Vinyl

the soviet imprint

Podcast: Bone Vinyl

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

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
July 31, 2023
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

cartography

Puzzle Monday: On the Map Crossword

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
July 31, 2023
A group of men pose at Russell Camp, another camp for loggers in Maine, circa 1900.

eat like a...

Eat Like a 19th-Century Lumberjack With This Recipe

"One can work harder and longer on pork and beans...than on any other food with which I am acquainted, save bear meat."

Paula Marcoux
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2023
A solo great white shark near Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.

sharks

Sharks Have Long Caused Trouble for Filmmakers

The predators may react when camera crews come poking around, but it doesn't make them villains.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2023
Burkhan Khaldun, Genghis Khan’s sacred mountain, in northeastern Mongolia, may hold his burial site.

strange maps

Mongolia’s 'Forbidden Zone' Is Guarding an 800-Year-Old Secret

Is the vast Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area the final resting place of Genghis Khan?

Frank Jacobs
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2023
A supermoon over the Rocky Mountains. Two supermoons—a full moon at the orb's closest point to Earth—will occur in August 2023.

archive of wonder

8 Amazing Tales of Our Eternal Fascination With the Moon

Inside the race to map, explore, own, and even spend eternity on the lunar surface.

April White
Atlas Obscura
July 28, 2023
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