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At a Festival in Bhutan, Some Dancers Bare All to Ward Off Evil Spirits

One of the many traditional dances at the annual Jambay Lhakhang Drup involves performers in masks—and nothing else.
Erika Fatland January 11, 2023
Empanadas are traditional across Latin America.
books

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2022

Learning to dine with the dead, eat well in Antarctica, and cook for the end of the world.
Diana Hubbell December 20, 2022
Unique gifts for everyone on your list.
art

Atlas Obscura's Weird and Wonderful 2022 Wishlist

A series of gift guides for the curiosity-seekers in your life.
Atlas Obscura December 5, 2022
Gifts for bibliophiles can be more than just books. But books are good, too.
holiday

Unusual Gifts for Book Lovers

A giving guide from the Atlas Obscura team.
Atlas Obscura November 28, 2022
New Zealand's challenging Hollyford Track—including a stretch known as the Demon Trail—follows a river valley past stunning views of the surrounding mountains.
books

Along New Zealand's Demon Trail, a Family Hunts for True 'Wildness'

A couple and their young daughter hike the South Island's Hollyford Track, enduring rough terrain and vicious sand flies for a glimpse of an untamed world.
Phillip and April Vannini November 28, 2022
Us surface dwellers don't usually have to think about what lurks below—even when we're responsible for it.
sewers

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters

What can we learn from wipes, oils, and fats when they overwhelm the arteries of the modern world?
Jessica Leigh Hester November 3, 2022
Robert the Doll has inspired a horror movie and regularly gets letters from those who fear they have offended the vindictive toy.
paintings

6 Cursed Objects, and the Legends Behind Them

Maybe it's best to just steer clear of white lighters, medieval books, and Robert the Doll.
April White October 26, 2022
Edward Gorey in 1977, on the set he designed for a stage production of <em>Dracula</em> on Broadway.
museums

Getting to Know Edward Gorey

A visit to the home museum of the famous oddball artist, 30 years after meeting him there for tea.
Paula Span October 18, 2022
Inquisitive cows near Derbyshire, UK.
food

This Man Wants You to Rethink Everything You Know About Cows

It's time to change our 10,000-year relationship with cattle.
Diana Hubbell September 30, 2022
Flateyri Bookstore
List

The Ultimate Guide to Wondrous Independent Bookstores

We think book havens are heaven.
Jonathan Carey September 30, 2022
The Book of Aneirin
Aberystwyth, Wales

The Ancient Books of Wales

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.
Art historians enlisted the help of Argonne National Laboratory to study artist Wolf Vostell's <em>Betonbuch</em> (<em>Concrete Book</em>).
libraries

Can Science Solve the Mystery of the Concrete Book?

When a sledgehammer isn't really an option.
April White September 22, 2022
This cookbook doubled as an advertisement for Planters peanut oil.
libraries

4 Library Collections Filled With Culinary Treasures

They're saving food history for the future.
Anne Ewbank September 19, 2022
<em>Hugh Johnson’s Pop-Up Wine Book</em> is both informative and artful.
food

The Treasures Within the World's Greatest Wine Library

This California collection is a trove of wine books and rarities.
Vittoria Traverso September 16, 2022
Atlanta, Georgia

For Keeps Bookstore

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.
Baldwin City, Kansas

Coal Creek Library

One of the oldest continually operated libraries in Kansas.
Suzzallo Library Reading Room
Seattle, Washington

Suzzallo Library Reading Room

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.
Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1888 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. This photo was taken in 1988, when she was elected the world's youngest prime minister at the age of 35.
books

Meet History’s Trailblazing ‘Only Women’

A new book features 100 striking photographs of lone women who broke barriers.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing August 26, 2022