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All you need is a good tool, the right patch of dirt, and an internet connection.
archaeology

Dig This: An Online Field School for Junior Archaeologists

At-home lessons and pro tips could help quarantined kids hit pay dirt.
Isaac Schultz May 13, 2020
Good luck with the dense details on this 1746 map of London—the image at left is just one corner of the map—based on a survey by John Rocque.
maps

Cartographic Puzzles Are Poised for a Comeback

When nothing in the world seems to fit together, “dissected maps” offer a cognitive balm.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 5, 2020
We've got lots of ways to help your students' imaginations take flight as they wrap up the school year at home.
schools

Easy Ways for Teachers and Parents to Use Atlas Obscura at Home

"What 8th grader doesn’t want to look at the weird stuff?"
Atlas Obscura April 20, 2020
Many people don't know that classical statues were once painted with bright colors. The Acropolis Museum designed a game to help children imagine what they looked like.
museums

10 Cultural Craft Projects to Calm Your Cooped-Up Kids

Museums around the world have created new ways to play from home.
Claire Voon April 1, 2020
Hasbro Gameland
Springfield, Massachusetts

Hasbro Gameland

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.
weapons

In Oregon, Archaeologists Found Evidence of Children Learning to Hunt

More than a thousand years ago, coastal hunters started honing their skills early.
Isaac Schultz December 19, 2019
Bernd das Brot.
Erfurt, Germany

Kika Figures of Erfurt

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.
At fossil identification days, such as this one at the American Museum of Natural History in 2018, kids can bring in their finds for an expert opinion.
archaeology

Why Kids Find the Darndest Prehistoric Things

It helps to be curious, low to the ground, and not afraid to look a little silly.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 16, 2019
Faerie Village
Surrey, British Columbia

Faerie Village of Redwood Park

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.
The Old Fairy Bridge.
Douglas, Isle of Man

The Old Fairy Bridge

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.
The grave of Florence Irene Ford.
Natchez, Mississippi

Grave of Florence Irene Ford

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.
<em>Wunderpus photogenicus</em>: No two look alike.
art

Meet the World's Most Playfully Named Creatures

But giving them those crazy names isn't always fun and games.
Winnie Lee June 11, 2019
The carved tree trunk.
Bloomington, Illinois

Dorothy's Grave

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.
Abandoned concrete animal play sculptures.
Mexico City, Mexico

Concrete Animal Cemetery

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.
This 1920 Eagle toy stove by Hubley Manufacturing Company features a working damper and came with a waffle iron.
objects of intrigue

Before the Easy-Bake Oven, Toy Stoves Were Beautiful and Deadly

They burned real fuel and caused real damage.
Anne Ewbank April 10, 2019
Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.
food

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.
Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019
Two children behind the lens in Moscow, from the inaugral issue of <em>Sovetskoe foto</em> (<em>Soviet Photo</em>) magazine.
soviet history

The Soviet Union Encouraged Children to Take Pictures, But Rarely Showed Them

“Just as every forward-looking comrade must have a watch, so must he be able to handle a camera."
Noor Al-Samarrai February 26, 2019
Innocent kids' stories can be horror stories too.
books

24 Children's Stories That Still Give Us the Creeps

Atlas Obscura readers wrote in about the classic tales that taught them one thing—unease.
Eric Grundhauser January 25, 2019