Explore 33 Panic week Collections - Atlas Obscura

A mirrored bunker at Leffrinckoucke's Fort des Dunes.

What to Do With a Cold War-Era Bunker

Seven nuclear bunkers transformed as expressions of creativity.

Molly McBride Jacobson November 3, 2016

A Votomatic machine used in Palm Beach County in the 2000 election.

You Can Buy Your Very Own Florida Voting Machine From the 2000 Election

There are a surprising number available on eBay.

Sarah Laskow November 3, 2016

RUN!

Did a Silent Film About a Train Really Cause Audiences to Stampede?

A closer look at an enduring tale of movie-induced panic.

Eric Grundhauser November 3, 2016

Edvard Munch's <i>Der Schrei der Natur</i>.

The 2016 Election Is Giving a Lot of People Night Terrors

Here are the panic dreams you sent us.

Atlas Obscura November 3, 2016

Corona was selling well in the U.S. before rumors started a panic.

In 1987, a Rival Beer Distributor Was Forced to Admit That Corona Doesn't Contain Urine

From the annals of persistent, totally false rumors.

Mariana Zapata November 3, 2016

New Bridge Road in Singapore, 1969, two years after the <em>koro</em> epidemic.

In the Late 1960s, Singapore Was Gripped by a Genital Panic

Of all the national panics, this might be the most bizarre.

Frank Bures November 3, 2016

Keep calm.

32 Things We Are Not Panicking About

But totally could be.

Sarah Laskow November 3, 2016

Robert Smith was not involved.

The FBI’s 2-Year Investigation Into a Fictional Anti-Goth Cult

It took awhile, but they finally got that it was a parody.

JPat Brown November 2, 2016

Watch the U.S. Government Test Biological Warfare Masks on Kids

A must have back-to-school item for 1960.

Molly McBride Jacobson November 2, 2016

Some of the 80 houses at Sugar Grove Station, now standing empty.

Inside the NSA’s For-Sale Spy Town

It can be yours for only a few million bucks.

Will Sommer November 2, 2016

A truly scaredy cat.

The Animal Kingdom's Oddest Ways of Handling Anxiety

From fainting goats to stackable toads, we all handle fear differently.

Cara Giaimo November 2, 2016

Please Tell Us About Your Panic Dreams

It's not your fault.

Atlas Obscura November 2, 2016

Via Negativa II by artist Lee Bul, at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, 2014.

Lose Yourself in 12 of the Most Extraordinary Labyrinths Ever Built

Step inside and try not to get lost.

Anika Burgess November 2, 2016

This $0.75 parody shinplaster is full of surprises.

objects of intrigue

The Best Political Cartoon In History Is This Fake Banknote from the Panic of 1837

This $.75 bill features a human-faced dung beetle, a donkey pooping money, and Andrew Jackson in flag drag.

Cara Giaimo November 1, 2016

Interior view of Tammany Hall decorated for the National Convention July 4th, 1868.

6 Infamous Places of Political Corruption

A crooked tour of American politics.

Meg Neal November 1, 2016