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Imaginary World

Citizens of <em>Mogdir</em> feast on insects like the <em>pitter</em>, a giant caterpillar that spins edible silk.

What's on the Menu in Your Fantasy World?

Meet three worldbuilders who bring their magical settings to life through food.

Andrew Coletti August 13, 2024

The Center of the Earth Has an Imaginary Island and One Floating Soul

Fact and fiction blend together at zero latitude and zero longitude.

Frank Jacobs September 8, 2023

One in a series of maps created by Linda-Marlena Ross that illustrate rising sea levels and the ships in the polar seas.

Art Challenge: Readers Show Us How They Map Their Worlds

Travel down the Road to Productivity, go on a bear hunt, and hope you get to see Super Island.

Michelle Cassidy May 21, 2020

Somewhere within the halls of the Strasbourg Zoological Museum, you might stumble upon a hoax.

natural history museums

Zoology’s Favorite Hoax Was an Island Rat That Hopped on Its Nose

Harald Strümpke didn’t just create a lost archipelago, he created a sensation.

Sabrina Imbler September 3, 2019

Ornamental Pond

Nottingham, England

The Arboretum

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

Brilej's original witch Čira Čara, who welcomes visitors and protects The Land of Fairy Tales and Imagination.

In a Slovenian Forest, Fairy Tales Come to Life

A winding path through the woods is lined with more than 60 scenes from fables, folk tales, and children's films.

Keren Landman March 16, 2018

A scene from Rocket Ship MDX, one of the films made in Rocaterrania.

One Artist's Lifelong Quest to Create a Hidden Kingdom Called Rocaterrania

Its full history, which is being told for the first time in a new book, doubles as autobiography.

Sarah Laskow October 19, 2017

And in 3-D.

Imagining What Houses Drawn by Kids Would Look Like in Real Life

A solar-powered pyramid, a house with legs, and titanium fortress.

Vittoria Traverso October 16, 2017

Hopefully this won't disappear or be destroyed.

Millburn, New Jersey

South Mountain Fairy Trail

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

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.

Watch Gene Wilder Behind the Scenes as the Original Willy Wonka

An on-set look at "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Atlas Obscura August 30, 2016

Navigating the Confusing Terrain of Love With a 350-Year-Old Map

This French map was a feminist take on the path to a woman's heart.

Urvija Banerji June 27, 2016