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Exterior of the War Childhood Museum
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The War Childhood Musem

This unique museum focuses on the Siege of Sarajevo through children's eyes.
WIENXTRA-Spielebox
Vienna, Austria

WIENXTRA-Spielebox

Journey through a mesmerizing array of board games inside this museum.
victorian

Video: Reliving the 19th-Century Schooling Days

School is always in session at the West Bay Common School Children’s Museum, where the 1898 Schoolhouse Session is designed to showcase a day in the life of a turn-of-the-century student.
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Podcast: Concrete Animals of Mexico

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 1, 2022
Video

The Carousel of Happiness

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Foundling Wheel, Mâcon
Mâcon, France

Foundling Wheel, Mâcon

During the 17th-century, orphaned infants were placed in this barrel to be cared for by the hospital.
Blowing a mix of ochre and liquid on a hand pressed against the limestone created a stencil similar to those made more than 40,000 years ago in nearby caves.
science

Making Prehistoric Cave Art in Spain Was an All-Ages Activity

Children and even infants joined adults in making their marks, say archaeologists.
Blair Mastbaum April 29, 2022
"Mothers of Gynecology," a new statue in Montgomery, Alabama, honors three Black women— Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey—who were victims of experiments by J. Marion Sims, often called the "father of gynecology."
medicine

Meet the Pioneering Midwives Who Helped Birth the Gulf South

Marie Grissot and Aimée Potens are just two of the women finally being written back into the history of childbirth.
Sharon Lurye March 16, 2022
Fleming with the diary that made her posthumously famous.
Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Grave of Marjorie Fleming

A tribute to a child prodigy who died way too young.
Portland Puppet Museum
Portland, Oregon

Portland Puppet Museum

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.
The Stone Marker for Lost Children.
Tokyo, Japan

Ikkoku Bridge Stone Marker for Lost Children

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.
Safety City
Baltimore, Maryland

Safety City

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
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women

Remembering the London Refuge for South Asian Nannies Far From Home

Abandoned by their employers after a months-long sea voyage, countless women found shelter here.
Radhika Iyengar May 25, 2021
Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Bridgewater Seal Statue

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.
Providence, Rhode Island

Nori the Dragon

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
The penanggalan detaches from her body to approach mothers, pregnant women, and infants.
mythology

The Malaysian Penanggalan Haunts Pregnant Women and Newborns

These provincial specters are as gruesome as they are hungry.
Josh Levine October 29, 2020
Crossing the Q'eswachaka.
bridges

Lesson Plans: The Last Incan Bridge in Peru and Scotland's Electric Brae

Join Atlas Obscura for a globe-trotting learning adventure.
Dylan Thuras May 18, 2020
You don't need a stunning sunset to make amazing images, but it helps.
photography

Fun Ways to Get Kids Into Photography

"Invite them to capture the way they see the world."
Winnie Lee May 15, 2020