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Willie MacRae Memorial.
Greenfield, Scotland

Willie MacRae Memorial

The solitary cairn marks a mysterious death that's still controversial more than two decades later.
Just because.
trees

Redditors Are Stapling Bread to Trees in Sheffield, England

It's only the latest phase of a global phenomenon.
Matthew Taub July 19, 2019
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Grave of Caroline Walter

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
paintings

The Reunion of Two Halves of a Piece of Paper Ripped Apart by Paul Cézanne

They could help piece together his life and work.
Matthew Taub July 12, 2019
Elsie Wolff Van Sandau's medal in its original case, as it was found in the drawer.
mystery

Found: A British Suffragette's Protest Medal in a Bureau Drawer

No one knows how this piece of history ended up there.
Matthew Taub June 28, 2019
Mysterious ruins in Argentina.
Argentina

Mysterious Ruins

Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?
Montana Vortex and House of Mystery
Columbia Falls, Montana

Montana Vortex and House of Mystery

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
animals

To Decipher Peru’s Nazca Lines, Think Like an Ornithologist

Researchers believe the giant birds are more exotic than they seem.
Sabrina Imbler June 20, 2019
Getting to an answer involved collecting data with floating sensors that drifted beneath the ice.
science

What's Up With Those Deep Gashes in Antarctic Ice?

Researchers just got a closer look.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 13, 2019
The grave itself is overgrown with agave, poison ivy, and lots of other sharp pointy objects, so wear protective clothing!
Sanibel, Florida

Grave of Captain Oliver Bowen

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.
Jungfrau Park.
Interlaken, Switzerland

Jungfrau Park

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.
It's believed these jars once held bodies before burial.
mystery

Found: A New Plain of Massive Stone Jars in Laos, Used to Store the Dead

The society responsible for them remains a mystery.
Jonathan Carey May 21, 2019
The world is full of mysteries that will likely never get solved.
mystery

10 Must-Visit Spots for Mystery Lovers

Atlas Obscura readers recommend their favorite enigmatic objects and locales.
Eric Grundhauser May 15, 2019
This <em>Aplidium stellatum</em> came ashore near Destin, Florida.
beach

The Secret Life of 'Sea Pork,' The Organ-Like Blobs on Your Beach

Contains no actual pork.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 15, 2019
The mysterious rock, spotted in its natural habitat.
geology

A Village in France Will Pay You $2,240 to Decipher a Rock

We hope you like reading in all caps.
Sabrina Imbler May 14, 2019
The crystal ball on display in the Penn Museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 'Dowager Empress' Crystal Ball

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Closer view of some of the best visible symbols.
Krimulda Parish, Latvia

Virtaka Cliff

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

Penguins of Berwick

Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.