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Bogs

Grant Township, Illinois

Volo Bog State Natural Area

Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.

The shallow waters of Windover Pond yielded rich archaeological finds from Florida's Early Archaic Period.

Bog Bodies Lay Hidden in a Florida Pond for More Than 7,000 Years

In the 1980s, archaeologists uncovered 168 ancient skeletons from the peat at the bottom of Windover Pond.

Nicky Nielsen January 22, 2025

At Alken Enge in Denmark, excavations over the past six decades have uncovered the remains of nearly 400 people.

military history

In Denmark, an Ancient Army Met a Mysterious End in a Lake

Archaeologists have found the remains of hundreds of Iron Age fighters at Alken Enge—but they didn't die there.

Nicky Nielsen November 5, 2024

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Viksø Helmets

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

Gasquet, California

Darlingtonia Trail

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

They don't look a day over 3,000.

These Bronze Age Bog Beetles Look Like They Just Died Yesterday

Thanks to waterlogged ground, sturdy bodies, and a little luck.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 26, 2021

Birmingham, England

Moseley Bog

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

SPRUCE Experiment exterior.

Bovey, Minnesota

Marcell Experimental Forest

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

Cut off by a road, this bog has flooded unnaturally.

Bogs Lose Their Carbon-Chomping Powers When Roads Cut Through Them

In Canada, roads disrupt wetland water flow and multiply methane emissions, a new study finds.

Sabrina Imbler December 20, 2019

The great sundew is back on the scene.

carnivorous plants

The Triumphant Return of England's Insect-Eating, Bog-Loving, Rad-Looking Great Sundew Plant

A conservation group is hoping that as peat bogs spring back, so will carnivorous plants.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 17, 2019

Bog walk boardwalk.

Waskish, Minnesota

Big Bog State Recreation Area

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

<em>Lobelia kauaiensis</em>, one of the species of lobelia native to Kanaele, alongside a friend.

One of Hawaiʻi's Rarest Bogs Just Got an 11-Year Makeover

Step 1: Evict all the pigs.

Sabrina Imbler July 26, 2019

The view of one sculpture, “Cycles,” while inside of another, “Boora Convergence.”

How an Irish Bog Got a Second Life as a Sculpture Garden

At Lough Boora Discovery Park, visitors can meditate on the important role of these wetlands in Ireland.

Emily Toner June 6, 2019

Two of Lough Boora Discovery Park’s tallest sculptures memorialize peat’s role as fuel.

Tullamore, Ireland

Lough Boora Discovery Park

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

Butter?

How Much of Ireland’s ‘Bog Butter’ Is Actually Buttery?

The chunks look and smell like rancid dairy, so scientists set out to confirm it.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 15, 2019

An aerial view of the bog, before its dismemberment.

The End Is Nigh for Minnesota's Rogue Bog

Victory is within reach for the residents of Crow Wing County, who are tired of the four-acre behemoth.

Andrea Appleton June 19, 2018

Your Best Ideas for Dealing With Minnesota's Rogue Bog

Atlas Obscura readers offer creative solutions to a floating menace.

Eric Grundhauser April 26, 2018