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The Feminist Lunch That Broke Boundaries 150 Years Ago

For women, dining in public without men was revolutionary.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

The Historic Pub That Holds Its Own Olympics

Rohman's Inn is the last relic of a buried-and-gone amusement park.

Shaun Raviv, Atlas Obscura

The Artist Who Plays With Her Food

"Red" Hong Yi's plated creations are entirely edible.

Rachel Rummel, Atlas Obscura

The Day Americans Drank Breweries Dry

Eight months before Prohibition officially ended, the country celebrated "New Beer's Eve."

Daniel Crown, Atlas Obscura

A Highway Pickle Mystery Is Preserved in Missouri

The jar of cukes has survived time, construction, and foul weather. But can it survive fame?

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

The Strange History of Royals Testing Food for Poison With Unicorn Horn

It was actually narwhal tusk.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

These Fortune-Telling Tea Cups Made Divination Easy

"Many Curious Things I See, When Telling Fortunes In Your Tea."

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

The ‘Six O’Clock Swill’ Was an Hour of Drunken Anarchy

How Australia and New Zealand’s restrictive alcohol laws fostered a culture of binge drinking.

Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura

How a 1960s Cookbook Became a Window Into the Secret Lives of Ballet Icons

The out-of-print book became a ballerina’s second act.

Trina Mannino, Atlas Obscura

The Art Show That's All Potatoes

It's courtesy of the tuber's biggest hype man.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

How Climate Change Could Swallow Louisiana's Tabasco Island

With thousands of square miles of land already lost along the coast, Avery Island faces being marooned.

Oliver Milman, Atlas Obscura

Why Eating Insects Is an American Tradition

Both Native Americans and colonists enjoyed fried cicadas, grasshopper flour, and insect fruitcakes.

Mark Hay, Atlas Obscura

forgotten foods

Remembering the Tansy, the Forgotten Easter Pancake of Centuries Past

Green, herbal, and slightly toxic.

Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura

How This London Pub Got Its Buns Back

Hot cross buns, that is.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

Every Easter, a Sicilian Town Builds a Cathedral Out of Bread

It's a competitive team sport.

Vittoria Traverso, Atlas Obscura

How Famine Under the Nazis Revealed the Cause of Celiac Disease

A food shortage helped one doctor prove his theory.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura

How Bootleg Fast Food Conquered Iran

Mash Donalds, Sheak Shack, and Pizza Hat are very popular.

Sarra Sedghi, Atlas Obscura

The Hoax That Claimed Thomas Edison Could Turn Dirt Into Food

Newspapers worldwide printed that he'd invented a miraculous machine.

Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura