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Time

Saint Andrews, Scotland

Gregory's Meridian Line

Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.

Berlin, Germany

Weltzeituhr

Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.

World’s largest time capsule

Cracking Open the World’s Largest Time Capsule

One man’s community project from the ’70s reveals heartfelt artifacts and memories.

The Podcast Team September 15, 2025

The Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley is covered in murals.

Atlas Obscura Podcast Mailbag: Long Lines, Budgeting With Friends, and Accidental Adventures

How do you plan a trip with friends who have more (or less) money to spend? The AO Podcast crew has some thoughts.

The Podcast Team June 1, 2025

Dar al-Magana

The thirteen wooden beams protruding from this historical building were once part of a hydraulic clock.

London, England

The World Time Today

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

Victoria, Malta

Clocks of St. George’s Basilica

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

Stockport, England

Winter's Clock

Three mechanical figures—a soldier, a sailor, and Father Time—announce the time on this local landmark.

Wemding, Germany

'Zeitpyramide' ('Time Pyramid')

An abstract sculpture that will be a work in progress for the next 1,000 years.

Wolji Pond, South Korea

10 Places That Feel Like Journeying Back in Time

Who needs a time machine?

Atlas Obscura November 12, 2024

Kathmandu, Nepal

Ghantaghar

This legendary clock tower has dominated Kathmandu’s skyline since it was built in 1894.

Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Sandia Medallion Trees

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.

Ciudad Real, Spain

Chime Clock at Casa del Arco

Ciudad Real's former town hall found new life in 2005 when the chime clock with automatons was installed.

The Moon now has, essentially, its own time zone, which will allow for precise navigation in the years and decades to come.

space exploration

Moon Time Is a Thing Now—Here's Why It Matters

Physicists recently created Coordinated Lunar Time, a time zone for our Moon.

Rebecca Boyle August 28, 2024

Horloge Charvet

After decades of damage, this feat of timekeeping and automaton art has been given a new lease on life.

The Four-Faced Liar

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

Lebanon, Indiana's eclipse time capsule features the town's 2024 solar eclipse slogan, "Get Mooned In Boone."

The Solar Eclipse Time Capsules of Small Town America

Mementos of the sky, sealed in the ground.

Jennifer Byrne April 10, 2024

Tacoma Public Sundial

15 Places to Fall in Love With Sundials

From a sundial in the shape of a giant leg to a bridge that doubles as a solar clock.

Jonathan Carey April 5, 2024