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Rope making equipment in the cave mouth, looking out.
Castleton, England

Peak Cavern's Rope Factory

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.
William Beebe in the bathysphere.
exploration

The Hollow Steel Ball That Changed Ocean Exploration Forever

In the 1930s, the bathysphere propelled scientists deeper into the sea than they had ever been before.
Lida Tunesi August 16, 2017
Fruit cake found at Cape Adare thought to be from Scott's Northern Party (1911)
exploration

Almost Edible, 106-Year-Old Fruitcake Found in Antarctica

Even the original owners didn't want to eat it.
Natasha Frost August 11, 2017
Graves of Beechey Island in the snow
Nunavut

Graves of Beechey Island

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Mammoth skull donated to the Adventurer's Club in 1925 by club member Joseph Chilberg.
Los Angeles, California

The Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
Wilson's painting of a tree creeper.
exploration

Found: An Antarctic Explorer’s Painting, Hidden Among Penguin Poop And Mold

A conservator discovered the delicate watercolor in a dusty, dirty portfolio.
Sarah Laskow June 13, 2017
The entrance to the Story Museum
Oxford, England

The Story Museum

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Confident
Ponca City, Oklahoma

Pioneer Woman Statue

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.
exploration

Explore the Off-Centered Ale Trail with Dogfish Head and Atlas Obscura

The barge Marsden rode down the river Lena.
exploration

The Scandalous Life of Nurse and Adventurer Kate Marsden

She spent 11 months trekking to Siberia to find a cure for leprosy, but her love life overshadowed everything.
Sarah Laskow May 26, 2017
The excavation in the cave.
caves

Found: Earliest Evidence of Humans Living on the Australian Coast

An island cave held artifacts from 50,000 years ago.
Sarah Laskow May 19, 2017
The marble monument marking the geographic center of South America.
Cuiabá, Brazil

Geographic Center of South America

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.
Joan Blaeu, Archipelagus Orientalis sive Asiaticus
maps

Found: A Rare, 17th-Century Map of Australia

Created around 1659 by a Dutch cartographer, it's the first map to show Tasmania.
Sarah Laskow May 4, 2017
Sign at the entrance to Harvey's Lake.
Barnet, Vermont

Harvey's Lake: Home of Jacques Cousteau's First Dive

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.
Get ready.
exploration

Have You Made Your Obscura Day 2017 Plans Yet?

May 6 is coming up fast. Here's everything you need to know.
Sommer Mathis and Megan Roberts April 18, 2017
India as charted in the 19th and 20th centuries. Left: 1855 (American); Right: 1920 (British).
maps

The Spies Who Mapped Great Swathes of South Asia by Foot

Using secret tools, and under cover of night, Indian "pundits" charted land for the British.
Eleanor Cummins April 17, 2017
Blair Niles in 1910, then known as Mary Blair Beebe, on an expedition.
exploration

The Intrepid '20s Women Who Formed an All-Female Global Exploration Society

Excluded from the men-only Explorers Club, they established their own group for adventurers.
April White April 12, 2017
Marie Byrd Land.
Antarctica

Marie Byrd Land

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.