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national parks

An Illustrated Guide to Mean Things People Say About National Parks

Do you really want to spend your vacation at the "very, very large hole" that is the Grand Canyon?
Jessica Leigh Hester March 6, 2020
Hotel New York
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Hotel New York

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.
The McGurk Effect shows just how weird the relationship between sound and image are in speech perception.
science

What Is the Hardest Language in the World to Lipread?

There's a whole lot we don't know about vision and speech perception.
Dan Nosowitz February 18, 2020
Rocchetta Mattei in Grizzana Morandi, Italy.
holidays

Looking for Inspiration to Explore the World in 2020?

Atlas Obscura staff highlighted their must-sees for the coming year (and we'd love to see your lists, too).
Samir S. Patel January 3, 2020
To Sua Ocean Trench in Samoa.
holidays

As the Year Winds Down, Let Us Help You Dream About Your Next Adventure

Through the new year, Atlas Obscura will highlight our staff’s favorite places of the moment.
Samir S. Patel December 20, 2019
The Black Arch from far away.
Larne, Northern Ireland

Blackcave Tunnel and the Devil's Churn

The "Black Arch" guards the entrance to the picturesque Glens of Antrim.
A visitor pays her respects at Assin Manso.
slavery

Retracing Ghana's Old Slave Trail

The story of slavery does not begin with the Middle Passage.
Chiké Frankie Edozien November 27, 2019
Annie Brassey on the deck of <em>Sunbeam</em>. She wrote a famed account of her time at sea.
sailors

The Adventurous Seafaring Women of the Age of Sail, in Their Own Words

Answering the call of the sea.
Kyle Hoekstra November 25, 2019
A little clever engineering turned a tiny house into a roving bookstore.
architecture

What It's Like to Build and Operate a Tiny Traveling Bookshop

A French theater director crowdsourced his dream.
Emily Monaco October 22, 2019
Qaqortoq, Greenland. The town's helipad can be seen on the far left.
Qaqortoq, Greenland

Qaqortoq Road

In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.
Sauschwänzlebahn.
Blumberg, Germany

Sauschwänzlebahn

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento (including the more contemporary "fallen" Icarus statue by the Polish artist Igor Mitoraj) is just one of the world's incredible ruin sites.
ruins

14 Lesser-Known Ancient Sites Worth Building a Trip Around

Check out Atlas Obscura readers' favorite archaeological wonders.
Eric Grundhauser September 16, 2019
Vittangi Snaps Pine.
Kiruna, Sweden

Vittangi Snaps Pine

Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.
Keswick, Australia

Queen Adelaide Restaurant

Dine aboard the historic Ghan train while retracing early explorers' journey through the Outback.
The Coldfoot Post Office, where your bartender might be the postmaster.
Coldfoot, Alaska

Coldfoot Camp

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.
Some motels, like this one with a big yucca plant on its sign, referenced desert sights.
roadside attractions

The Neon Motel Signs of Las Vegas Aren't Dead Yet

A photographer captured their flickers of life.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 22, 2019
The Ferris wheel in Pripyat’s Luna Park was intended for a grand opening on May 1, 1986. That ceremony never came, and now fresh trees have broken through the surrounding tarmac.
nuclear

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.
Darmon Richter May 3, 2019
Wanderlust seems desirable today, but it was once considered a disease.
hospitals

When Doctors Thought ‘Wanderlust’ Was a Psychological Condition

For decades, "pathological tourists" ended up in asylums or worse.
Sabrina Imbler April 15, 2019