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12 Cryptic Inscriptions to See Around the World

What does it all mean?
Allegra Rosenberg November 19, 2025
West Side Highway Bike Path, 2009
culture

Zach Stafford on Places That Spark Wonder

From Tennessee to L.A., Zach Stafford talks about the magic of folding into the fabric of a new place.
The Podcast Team October 27, 2025
Hanamaki, Japan

‘Future City Galactic Earth Railway’

A fantastical glow-in-the-dark mural inspired by the city’s most famous writer, Kenji Miyazawa.
Haworth, England

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Some of the most enduring novels in English literature were written within the walls of this Georgian-era building.
Citizens of <em>Mogdir</em> feast on insects like the <em>pitter</em>, a giant caterpillar that spins edible silk.
food

What's on the Menu in Your Fantasy World?

Meet three worldbuilders who bring their magical settings to life through food.
Andrew Coletti August 13, 2024
Fans often enjoy imagining how fictional characters would cook and eat.
food

How Sharing Recipes Brings Fans Together

Making fictional food can be both a creative and communal activity.
Elizabeth Minkel August 8, 2024
Researchers are rushing to document carvings made by Basque herders, before they're gone.
trees

The Disappearing Arborglyphs Carved by Sheepherders Across the American West

Basque immigrants inscribed jokes, names, and historical happenings on aspen trees.
Iñaki Arrieta Baro July 15, 2024
Observing, reflecting upon, and writing about nature can be a powerful experience that awakens our wonder and curiosity.
nature

How to Reconnect With Nature Through Writing

Whether you're in the wilderness or a city park, being present with other beings can be deeply fulfilling.
Vanessa Chakour June 28, 2024
trees

Podcast: Tree Week Love Letters

Can trees write back?
The Podcast Team April 23, 2024
Amman, Jordan

Old Signs of Amman Museum

Home to over 1,000 street signs, this museum offers visitors an opportunity to travel over 70 years back in time.
In March 2024, author and poet Christopher Cokinos joined three other artists in a simulated lunar mission named Imagination 1.
space exploration

A Poet’s Guide to the Moon and Eclipse

Author Christopher Cokinos can’t get enough of the moon.
Jonathan Feakins April 5, 2024
Butterfingers Binding's latest project is a collaboration between three or four makers, and a gift for a friend. It is mostly made form reclaimed materials.
books

The Emerging Art of 'Fanbinding'

Fanfiction enthusiasts are learning “1,000 hobbies in a trench coat” to make gorgeous physical artifacts of their passions.
Elizabeth Minkel March 1, 2024
The Rongorongo tablets may be older than previously thought.
islands

Mysterious Writing System From Easter Island May Be Completely Unique

New radiocarbon dating reveals astonishing insights.
Colleen Kelly February 15, 2024
Singapore

The Singapore Stone

An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.
Seoul, South Korea

National Hangeul Museum

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (left), Aéropostale pilot and author of <em>The Little Prince</em>, stands in front of a plane in 1929.
deserts

The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’

And the modern pilots retracing their pioneering airmail flights.
Cat Rainsford July 12, 2023
Sepp Kipfstuhl of the East Greenland Ice-Core Project examines a sample taken from where fast-moving and slow-moving ice meet in the Greenland Ice Sheet.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: The New Tornado Alley, the Coolest Library in the World, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White June 23, 2023
manuscripts

Podcast: Manuscript Writing Cafe

Calling all procrastinators.
The Podcast Team March 15, 2023