Snow

Pack your snowshoes and see the Centennial State like never before. We hand-picked a collection of unique Colorado destinations transformed by glistening frost and white snow.

How to appreciate ice without getting all that cold, with the Atlas Obscura Places Team.

No one was sure about the size of these almost-mythical wildlife events—until we got it all on camera.

Heikki Lunta even has his own song.

But did they create the famous one with a starring role in Citizen Kane?

For me as a singer-songwriter, there’s just something alluring about that frigid, seasonal darkness.

A snowstorm that slammed into Western New York left more than six feet of snow in places. Blame the Great Lakes.

For more than a century, their stories were ignored—until now.

Alaska’s Great Sitkin has been grumbling for nearly a year.

When a winter storm wallops a region, an army of volunteers springs into action—but exact totals can be tricky.

A nature photographer uses clever camera work to turn his own neighborhood into a visual wonderland.

A different process than evaporation, sublimation turns snow and ice directly into a gas.

They're actually scientists. And in Bozeman, they're trying to keep people safe.

James Niehues has spent decades painting finicky trails.

Wilson Bentley was the first to claim that each snowflake is unique—and provided evidence.

Astrophysicist Robert Schwarz has spent more winters at the southern tip of the world than any human in history.