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Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 8 Presents for the Exterior Decorator

Cara Giaimo December 10, 2015

Mawson's Huts

Mawson's Huts

These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.

Base W

Base W

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

Why Exactly Did the Vikings Flee Greenland?

Cale Weissman December 4, 2015

100 Wonders: The Desertron

Dylan Thuras December 3, 2015

Can 'Cute Aggression' Inspire Actual Violence?

Eric Grundhauser December 2, 2015

The laboratory at the Thad Cochran Research Center

Oxford, Mississippi

University of Mississippi Marijuana Research Project

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

The Leaning Tower of Gingin

Yeal, Australia

The Leaning Tower of Gingin

The world's "leaniest" tower encourages you to test the gravity of its situation.

FOUND: A Silly Joke Stinking Up the Periodic Table of Elements

Sarah Laskow November 27, 2015

Salt-rising bread relies on bacteria to rise.

The Forgotten Baking Technique That Turns Bacteria Into Delicious, Cheesy Bread

Making salt-rising bread is a culinary science experiment dating back to the 1800s.

Natalie Zarrelli February 17, 2022

A Wild Male Turkey's mating dance.

How to Seduce a Turkey: The Bizarre Poultry Sex Experiments of the 1960s

Natalie Zarrelli November 24, 2015

Crows Are Smart, But Are They Smart Enough to Fall in Love?

Eric Grundhauser November 18, 2015

Termites

The Unexpected Origins of Fecal Transplants: Termites

Kaitlin Stack Whitney November 11, 2015

How 19th-Century Zombie Dogs Revealed the Workings of the Brain

Sarah Laskow October 27, 2015

Here's the Deal: Dirt is Amazing

Eric Grundhauser October 20, 2015

A political cartoon of Voronoff in performing an appendectomy in Egypt

The True Story of Dr. Voronoff's Plan to Use Monkey Testicles to Make Us Immortal

Eric Grundhauser October 13, 2015

pointing at fossil on ground

The Scrappy Female Paleontologist Whose Life Inspired a Tongue Twister

Tao Tao Holmes October 7, 2015

objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: The Falcon Feather on the Moon

Ella Morton October 6, 2015