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Some theorize that ghost stories give women a chance to get justice that escaped them in their life.
haunted

Our Favorite Ghost Stories of 2023

From haunted grocery stores to ancient demons on TikTok, it was a great year for supernatural exploration.
Sam O'Brien January 4, 2024
No one has ever solved the mystery of the Bell Witch.
witchcraft

2023 Was a Year Full of Mysteries

Our favorite tales of puzzles and perplexities.
Diana Hubbell December 29, 2023
Despite the rumors, Björk does not live here.
architecture

Our Favorite New Places of 2023

We added more than 2,000 places to the Atlas this year—these are 23 of our favorites.
Atlas Obscura December 29, 2023
Anna Sorokina for Atlas Obscura
ghosts

In 2023, We Illustrated the Darkest Corners of the Human Imagination

Sometimes, especially for unusual subjects, photos just don't get the job done.
Winnie Lee December 28, 2023
Ros's book features royal Cambodian recipes such as this appetizer served with fresh greens.
food

Our Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2023

Make some room on your bookshelf.
Andrew Coletti December 28, 2023
Behold, the bucolic marvel that is Welsh sheep-shearing cake.
food

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Recipes of 2023

Feast on real-life zombie fungus and tiger tail ice cream.
Diana Hubbell December 28, 2023
"The delicate siphonophores and their long tentacles trailing behind painted a picture of delicate grace," says Helynn Ospina. "I loved how these turned out and my special glimpse into the mysteries of the deep ocean."
festivals

A Year of Ethereal and Illuminating Photographs

Places and cultures glow and shine around the world in some of our favorite Atlas Obscura shots.
Danielle Hallock December 28, 2023
The Simón Bolívar School is one of many traces of Cuba in Western Sahara.
cultures

A Year-Long Trip Around the World, Through Atlas Obscura Stories

From Greenland to Western Sahara to Nepal and beyond, here are some of our best cultural stories from 2023.
April White December 28, 2023
The pink fairy armadillo is so rarely spotted that scientists know very little about the Argentinian species.
science

A Year of Spectacular, Adorable, Sometimes a Little Scary Animals

From cute death omens to post-nuclear-disaster predators, these animals captivated us in 2023.
Danielle Hallock December 27, 2023
There are 72 bridges and other living root structures in the Indian state of Meghalaya, some of which date back 500 years. Among the best known is this double-decker bridge in Nongriat village.
art

Living Bridges, Mechanical Dragons, and the Smell of Rain

The year in amazing arts and wondrous crafts.
April White December 27, 2023
Over time water has a way of turning wrecks into otherworldly archaeological sites.
ships

The Year in Wrecks, Lost Ships, and Underwater Discoveries

From unexpected treasure in Ukraine to a unique relic of the American Revolution, Captain Santa’s lost ship to digital dugouts.
Gemma Tarlach December 27, 2023
Mother-daughter opera singers Givonna Joseph (left) and Aria Mason (right) founded OperaCreole in 2011 to stage the forgotten works of New Orleans’s Creole composers of color.
pirates

Meet the Black Divers, Bakers, and Truck Drivers Making History in 2023

From New Orleans's unappreciated musical genius to the search for a lost shipwreck off Florida, we highlight our favorite Black History stories of 2023.
Roxanne Hoorn December 26, 2023
Every night across the U.S., local horror hosts, such as Cleveland's Janet Decay (left) and Grimm Gorri (right), introduce classic horror films with humor and kitsch.
horror

The Year in Movies, TV, and Gremlins

Exploring Patricia Arquette's desert obsession, how Elvira became the queen of late night horror, and other behind-the-screen stories.
Sarah Durn December 26, 2023
These mulberries were foraged in downtown Boulder, Colorado, with help from Falling Fruit's database.
food

The Year in Fruit

This was a fruitful year for Gastro Obscura.
Andrew Coletti December 22, 2023
Costumes and cheap beer are staples of most weird sports, says photographer Sol Neelman, but no one takes dressing up quite as seriously as contestants in one of his all-time favorite sports events: Kaiju Live Monster Wrestling (formally known as the Kaiju Big Battel) in Queens, New York.
space exploration

The Year in Weird and Wonderful Sports

From carriage racing to winter surfing to mashed potato wrestling, these competitions captured our imaginations in 2023.
Roxanne Hoorn December 21, 2023