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These Autograph Albums Are Filled With Ghostly Inkblots

Can you decipher the signatures within these splattered, ambigious shapes?

Lauren Young September 20, 2016

The 'Atlas Obscura' Book Is Out Now!

The world's wonders, in a convenient hardcover format.

Ella Morton September 20, 2016

6 New Entries Added to Oxford English Dictionary in Honor of Roald Dahl

Scrumdiddlyumptious.

Erik Shilling September 13, 2016

The Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park.

New York, New York

Alice in Wonderland Statue

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

We're Hitting the Road for a 12-City Book Tour Across America

Come celebrate the release of our very first book!

Atlas Obscura September 7, 2016

Original headstone with various offerings

Lowell, Massachusetts

Jack Kerouac's Grave

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

A Brief History of the College Textbook Pricing Racket

Its past, present, and future.

Ernie Smith August 29, 2016

A page from the Zibaldone da Venice, a 14th-century hodgepodge.

How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century's Answer to Tumblr

After their invention by Venetian merchants, forms of these books were kept by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Thomas Jefferson.

Cara Giaimo August 29, 2016

Duke Humfrey's Library reading room, the oldest at Oxford.

Get Lost in the Stacks of These 10 Beautiful University Libraries

These stunning historic libraries will vanquish any academic dread.

Molly McBride Jacobson August 29, 2016

The New York Public Library is Moving 1.5 Million Books to an Underground Lair

The books will live highly organized lives underneath Bryant Park.

Sarah Laskow August 17, 2016

Ayn Rand’s One-Sided Love Affair With the FBI

Hoover shrugged.

JPat Brown August 3, 2016

Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station

6 Real-World Harry Potter Locations You Can Visit

Ready your broomsticks.

Meg Neal August 2, 2016

The Reference Room

New York, New York

New York Society Library

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Seattle, Washington

The Red Hall at Seattle’s Central Library

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

The exterior of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.

The U.S.-Canada Border Runs Through This Tiny Library

One of the only libraries in the world that operates in two countries at once.

Sarah Yahm July 7, 2016

East Lyme, Connecticut

Book Barn

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Handbound Books made by students at San Francisco Center for the Book

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Center for the Book

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Menie Muriel Dowie

The 1890 Version of 'Wild' Saw a 10-Week Slog Through the Carpathian Mountains

Feminist travel writer Menie Muriel Dowie was understandably irate about her book's reception.

Atlas Obscura June 30, 2016