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Pensacola, Florida

Saenger Theatre Pensacola

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: An aerial view of graffiti spray painted by taggers on at least 27 stories of an unfinished skyscraper development located downtown, with Cryto.com Arena visible (LOWER R) on February 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Construction of the $1 billion Oceanwide Plaza luxury real estate development stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding leaving the three-tower project uncompleted. The project is located across the street from the Crypto.com Arena where the Grammy Awards will be held on February 4. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Wonder Is Everywhere: Vanilla Queens, an Ancient Arcade, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White February 16, 2024

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum

A hidden gem that highlights the life and innovations of Les Paul, the "Wizard of Waukesha."

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Listening Lab

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

Atlanta, Georgia

OutKast Mural

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

An 18th-century depiction of the <em>tsuchinoko</em>, also called <em>bachi hebi</em>, a snake-like Japanese cryptid.

Wonder Is Everywhere: A Jumping Japanese Cryptid, Ancient Amazonian Cities, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White February 2, 2024

San Diego, California

'The Girl in Red Shoes'

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

Matthias Meinharter plays the leek violin, his favorite vegetable instrument.

Vienna's Vegetable Orchestra Is a Feast for Your Ears

Inside a group that's spent 25 years turning beets into beats.

Kaja Seruga January 30, 2024

Vienna, Austria

Vienna Beethoven Museum

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

The call of the green frog is said to sound like the plunk of a banjo string.

The Many Lives of ‘Sounds of North American Frogs’

This metamorphic record is a teaching tool, a flirtation device, a college radio favorite, a nostalgic object, and more. BOOP!

Cara Giaimo January 23, 2024

Podcast: Slowjamastan

Grab your passport—we're going to get our groove on.

The Podcast Team January 23, 2024

The birth of jazz music can be traced all the way back to this unassuming New Orleans public square.

5 of Our Favorite Podcasts Exploring Surprising Bits of Human History

From a complaint logged on an ancient tablet to the birth of jazz in a tiny New Orleans public square.

The Podcast Team January 19, 2024

Wonder is coming (return engagement) on April 8, 2024.

Embrace the Looming Shadow of Atlas Obscura's Ecliptic Festival

Learning more about the upcoming April astronomical extravaganza with organizer Megan Roberts.

Atlas Obscura January 16, 2024

From September 2023 till August 4, 2024, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will have Velma Von Tussle's exploding wig from the 1988 <em>Hairspray</em> movie on display in a special exhibit commemorating the film's director, John Waters: Pope of Trash.

objects of intrigue

How John Waters Exploded Velma Von Tussle’s ‘Hairspray’ Wig

And what it took to save the iconic film prop for a new exhibit—hint: lots of steam.

Jennifer Byrne January 11, 2024

St. Louis, Missouri

National Saxophone Museum

Explore more than 175 years of saxophone history.

Swimmers on Coney Island prepare for a plunge on January 1, 1914.

7 Surprising Traditions to Celebrate the New Year

Welcome 2024 with a (lemon) pig or a polar bear (plunge).

April White December 29, 2023

Mother-daughter opera singers Givonna Joseph (left) and Aria Mason (right) founded OperaCreole in 2011 to stage the forgotten works of New Orleans’s Creole composers of color.

Meet the Black Divers, Bakers, and Truck Drivers Making History in 2023

From New Orleans's unappreciated musical genius to the search for a lost shipwreck off Florida, we highlight our favorite Black History stories of 2023.

Roxanne Hoorn December 26, 2023

Jacopo Guarana’s fresco ‘Concert of the Putte’ (1776-77).

The Lost Aria Rediscovered in Venice's Ospedaletto After 250 Years

A fresco at the historic refuge leads a musicologist to a composition not heard for centuries—and the determined young women who once performed it.

Marica S. Tacconi December 11, 2023