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Morris Press is a factory, store, and showcase of the American community cookbook.
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Inside the Company Printing America's Community Cookbooks

Churches, scout troops, and clown collectives all depend on Morris Press.
Sam O'Brien September 10, 2021
A macaque at the Galtaji temple complex.
monkeys

Can India Solve Its Macaque Conundrum With Contraception?

The science of controlling marauding, sacred monkeys, from the new book by best-selling author Mary Roach.
Mary Roach September 7, 2021
Maryborough, Australia

Mary Poppins Statue

A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.
Millicent Library
Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Millicent Library

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.
Maryborough, Australia

The Story Bank

A museum dedicated to the legacy of writer P.L. Travers and her most beloved character, Mary Poppins.
Tokyo, Japan

Book and Bed Hostel

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.
Customers return to Maktaba al-Sham in Mosul's Old City. Shopping for books on Najafi Street is a tradition that dates back more than a century.
bookstores

The Only Bookstore on Najafi Street

Four years after the Iraqi city of Mosul was liberated from ISIS, Daud Salim is the first—and the only—bookseller to return to the storied street.
Pesha Magid August 26, 2021
Chamblin Bookmine
Jacksonville, Florida

Chamblin Bookmine

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
death

Podcast: The Danse Macabre

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.
The Podcast Team June 28, 2021
Exterior of Bart's Books.
Ojai, California

Bart's Books

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
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shells

Poe's Best-Selling Book During His Lifetime Was a Guide to Seashells

"The Conchologist’s First Book" was good enough to elevate the entire field.
John Tresch May 27, 2021
libraries

Podcast: Library of Mistakes

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 26, 2021
libraries

Podcast: Mafra Palace Library Bats

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team May 19, 2021
Housing and buildings in North Kensington, London, in 1975, with Trellick Tower in the background.
architecture

Harnessing the Dystopian Dread of the Brutalist Tower Block

The real-life British buildings behind J.G. Ballard's harrowing "High-Rise."
Phyllis Richardson May 17, 2021
We love books.
clubs

Introducing: The Atlas Obscura Book Club With Literati

Finding Wonder is for explorers of places and ideas around the world and across history.
Samir S. Patel May 13, 2021
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Kansas City, Missouri

Prospero's Books

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.
Victor Dragunsky's tales about the antics of a boy named Dennis were translated into Marathi.
soviet history

How Soviet Children's Books Became Collectors' Items in India

Thanks to nostalgia, the literary legacy of the USSR has a long afterlife.
Divya Sreedharan April 14, 2021
native americans

Podcast: Merrymount

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange stories.
The Podcast Team March 30, 2021