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Berlin’s Secret Cold War-Era Vineyard

This tiny, hidden vineyard planted at the birthplace of the first computer produces only 350 bottles of wine each year.

Jordan Todorov, Atlas Obscura

January 4, 2017

Watch Hot Maple Syrup Freeze into Toffee on Packed Snow

Delectable lollipops, sourced from trees.

Lauren Young, Atlas Obscura

January 4, 2017

fleeting wonders

This Chocolate Festival in Scotland Went Very Wrong in a Lot of Ways

Organizers cancelled after the first day.

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

December 21, 2016

Watch Salvador Dali in the Greatest Chocolate Commercial Ever

The sweet stuff was apparently his hidden weakness.

Mariana Zapata, Atlas Obscura

December 21, 2016

Found: An Egg With No Yolk

Otherwise known as a "fart egg."

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

December 21, 2016

Take a Virtual Tour of One of the World's Largest Gingerbread Cities

There's a lake, a Ferris wheel, and an operating train.

Lauren Young, Atlas Obscura

December 19, 2016

From Bordeaux to Brie, This Map Plots the Origin of Your Favorite French Food

This 1809 food map sought to prove that France was the culinary leader of the world.

Mariana Zapata, Atlas Obscura

December 19, 2016

How Phallic Cakes Became the Mascot of a Conservative Portuguese Town

Every baker in Amarante is in on the action.

Tania Braukamper, Atlas Obscura

December 14, 2016

The Incompatible Food Triad Is The Most Delicious Philosophical Problem Of Our Time

Academics have been trying to solve it for decades.

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

December 14, 2016

So There's a 53-Year-Old Burger Sitting in the Alberta Legislature Building

The limp sandwich has since become a fixture.

Michael Hingston, Atlas Obscura

October 4, 2022

The Futuristic Utensils Designed to Help You Eat Bugs

How to eat a scorpion in style.

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

December 12, 2016

Why Are People Seeing Red Over Spaghetti Bolognese?

A long war over the dish's authenticity may be reaching its peak.

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

December 6, 2016

Watch Anti-Hitler Vegetable Propaganda

During World War II, American cannery workers were urged to "beet Hitler."

Molly McBride Jacobson, Atlas Obscura

November 23, 2016

Back When Your Thanksgiving Dinner Walked Hundreds of Miles to Market

The forgotten history of turkey drives.

Andy Wright, Atlas Obscura

November 23, 2016

Add a Surrealist Touch to Your Thanksgiving With These Dali Recipes

Turkey, crayfish, and vikings—now that's a solid meal.

Mariana Zapata, Atlas Obscura

November 23, 2016

The Father of Modern French Cuisine Wrote a Very Misguided Thanksgiving Cookbook

Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

November 22, 2016

Resurrecting America's Great Old Diners, By Moving Them Across State Lines

Steve Harwin has made it his life's work to bring old diners back from the dead.

Natalie Daher, Atlas Obscura

November 21, 2016

A Brief History of the Cheese Curl, Junk Food’s Happiest Accident

It's more or less repurposed horse feed.

Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura

November 14, 2016