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Utopia Week

My Mom Grew Up in a Utopian Colony in Iowa

Amana is the tech-savvy religious group that gave us the freezer.

Ellie Gordon-Moershel September 18, 2016

Bristol, Florida

Garden of Eden Trail

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

Standing guard on the approaches to Government House

Reids Flat, Australia

Empire of Atlantium

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

Was Your Salad Fork Made in a Former Utopia?

From your fridge to your silverware, you've probably benefited from a utopia.

Eric Grundhauser September 16, 2016

In 2016, the 'First Legal Ayahuasca Church' Got Shut Down. Was It a Scam—or a New Religion?

A Canadian and a Brit had a vision to serve mind-expanding drugs in America.

Sarah Laskow September 16, 2016

Photographing the 'Lost Utopias' of the Remaining World's Fairs

A new book looks at the sites which once promised to be the future.

Anika Burgess September 16, 2016

The view from Mount Sunflower, Kansas's highest elevation.

The Battle Over How Flat Kansas Is

How flat is it? And should we make it even flatter?

Cara Giaimo September 16, 2016

science fiction

One of the Earliest Science Fiction Books Was Written in the 1600s by a Duchess

Meet Lady Margaret Cavendish.

Natalie Zarrelli September 16, 2016

Hartford, Connecticut

Coltsville

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Akhzivland museum

Nahariya, Israel

Akhzivland

The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.

The Fascinating '80s Public Access Films Produced by a California UFO Cult

This love-filled collective and its compelling leader had quite the creative output.

Ella Morton September 15, 2016

Why the Soviets Sponsored a Doomed Expedition to a Hollow Earth Kingdom

How a search for the hidden land of Shambhala turned into a geopolitical power play.

Dimitra Nikolaidou September 15, 2016

Habitat 67

Montreal, Québec

Habitat 67

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Heyri Art Valley

Paju, South Korea

Heyri Art Valley

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

Exploring the Strange Pleasures of Cockaigne, a Medieval Peasant's Dream World

The birds fly right into your mouth, and there isn't animal poop everywhere!

Eric Grundhauser September 15, 2016

Dymaxion House

Dearborn, Michigan

Dymaxion House

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Edward Bellamy House

Chicopee, Massachusetts

Edward Bellamy House

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

Joseph Smith's Vermont Hometown Is Being Transformed Into a Modern Mormon Utopia

And the area residents are not thrilled.

Jaimie Seaton September 15, 2016