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Bologna, Italy

Antica Aguzzeria del Cavallo

Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.
A bottle of absinthe tucked away in the woods.
absinthe

The Absinthe Enthusiasts Hiding Bottles in the Swiss Woods

In the Val-de-Travers valley, people never stopped distilling the spirit.
Camille von Kaenel November 8, 2018
In Xinjiang, the cheese-making process has changed little in centuries.
food

The Life-Giving Properties of One of the World's Oldest Cheeses

In Xinjiang, the living process dairy the way 4,000-year-old mummies did.
Alice Levitt November 6, 2018
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Ambuyat

This gooey, starchy gel is Brunei's favorite flavor vehicle.
Cuban refugees wait for U.S. Immigration Service officials aboard the shrimp boat Big Babe at Key West, Florida.
cold war

When Georgia Shrimpers Hauled Cuban Refugees

How a standoff with Castro knocked a hole in the shrimping village of Thunderbolt.
Alexandra Marvar November 5, 2018
Hot sauce dominates Clinco's living room.
collections

The World's Largest Hot Sauce Collection Might Be in an Arizona Living Room

8,600 bottles and counting.
Anne Ewbank November 2, 2018
Dinner time.
food

Found: Teeth From a Medieval Sea Monster/Delicacy

Fancy a lamprey pie?
Matthew Taub November 1, 2018
This 15th-century banquet was likely BYOK (bring your own knife).
medieval

In Medieval Europe, No Outfit Was Complete Without a Personal Eating Knife

They were fashionable and functional, used for dining and self-defense.
Abbey Perreault November 1, 2018
Put a pumpkin on my grave.
cemeteries

We Asked, You Answered: The Foods You Want People to Leave on Your Grave

Atlas Obscura readers share their hungriest final wishes.
Eric Grundhauser October 31, 2018
A Columbarios Roman burial ground funerary inhumation exhibition pictured in Merida, Extremadura, Spain.
gravestones

The Ancient Roman Libation Tubes That Connected the Living to the Dead

Families poured offerings through vessels directly installed into graves.
Teresa Bitler October 31, 2018
A succesful dumb supper in action.
food

When ‘Dumb Suppers’ Were a Halloween Love Ritual

To see into the future, young women held mystical meals.
Anne Ewbank October 30, 2018
Vincenzo Campi painted the hectic activities of Medieval kitchens.
medieval

Medieval Europeans Didn't Have Tupperware, They Had Pastry Coffins

The barely edible container was the progenitor of pie.
Leigh Chavez-Bush October 29, 2018
The pub, pictured circa 1990.
cemeteries

How a Dublin Pub Became a Haunt for Gravediggers and Ghosts Alike

The watering hole sits next to a cemetery and has stories to match.
Valentina Valentini October 29, 2018
A charnel house at the Saints Innocents Cemetery, Paris.
cemeteries

In 1590, Starving Parisians Ground Human Bones Into Bread

During a siege, desperation drove people to disinter skeletons from cemeteries.
Emily Monaco October 29, 2018
Tatsuya Ezura's eggplant Cessna.
gravestones

The Cucumber Horses and Eggplant Cows That Welcome Back the Dead

During the Japanese summer festival Obon, ancestral spirits come home.
Ellen Freeman October 26, 2018
Women returning from the oyster parcs.
sailors

How Oysters Kept a King Satisfied and Women in Charge

In Cancale, the seasonal absence of men meant women ran the show.
Leigh Chavez-Bush October 26, 2018
A fabulous feast, much like this one would have been.
food

Decoding (Most of) an 18th-Century 'Riddle Menu'

Our readers offer up their answers and theories.
Anne Ewbank October 26, 2018
Navy curry and rice is both practical and delicious.
food

How Curry Became a Japanese Naval Tradition

Ships and submarines have their own unique recipes.
Anne Ewbank October 25, 2018