Allison Meier

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2010

Allison is a former Senior Editor at Atlas Obscura, and their ongoing cemetery tour guide and aficionado. She works as a writer on art and overlooked history, and is an avid cemetery explorer. Originally from an Oklahoma oil town, she's now based in Brooklyn after living for a time in France. She likes monumental art installations of ephemeral beauty and minuscule cemeteries hidden in the city sprawl.

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Articles by Allison Meier

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Now Open to Intrepid Travelers: The World's Largest Cave

Now Open to Intrepid Travelers: The World's Largest Cave

The Most Beautiful Dead: Photographs of Europe's Jeweled Skeletons

The Most Beautiful Dead: Photographs of Europe's Jeweled Skeletons

Curious Fact of the Week: The Mud Volcanos of Azerbaijan

Curious Fact of the Week: The Mud Volcanos of Azerbaijan

Celebrating 200 Curious Facts!

Celebrating 200 Curious Facts!

Curious Fact of the Week: World's Smallest Park

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Curious Fact of the Week: World's Smallest Park

Ocular Horror: A Giant Eye is Watching Over Dallas

Ocular Horror: A Giant Eye is Watching Over Dallas

25 Animal-Shaped Buildings from Around the World

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25 Animal-Shaped Buildings from Around the World

One-Line Adventures [August 28]

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One-Line Adventures [August 28]

Society Adventures: Moonlight in the Cemetery

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Society Adventures: Moonlight in the Cemetery

Celebrate the Singularity: Robotmas is Invading the American Visionary Art Museum

Celebrate the Singularity: Robotmas is Invading the American Visionary Art Museum

Curious Fact of the Week: Food, Drinks, and Albino Crabs in an Underwater Volcanic Tunnel

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Curious Fact of the Week: Food, Drinks, and Albino Crabs in an Underwater Volcanic Tunnel

Rust is Beautiful: A Tour Through Seven of Europe's Awe-Inspiring Industrial Sites

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Rust is Beautiful: A Tour Through Seven of Europe's Awe-Inspiring Industrial Sites

Behold as a Sinkhole Consumes Part of Louisiana

Behold as a Sinkhole Consumes Part of Louisiana

For the Centennial of Kenzo Tange, A Look at His Most Futuristic Architecture

For the Centennial of Kenzo Tange, A Look at His Most Futuristic Architecture

The Derelict Days of Summer: Abandoned Water Slides Around the World

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The Derelict Days of Summer: Abandoned Water Slides Around the World

Capturing the Ephemeral and Enduring Spaces That Make Brooklyn Weird

Capturing the Ephemeral and Enduring Spaces That Make Brooklyn Weird

Curious Fact of the Week: The Tree That is a Forest

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Curious Fact of the Week: The Tree That is a Forest

The Divine Felines of Ancient Egypt

The Divine Felines of Ancient Egypt

Rococo Monstrosities: Too Much is Never Enough

Rococo Monstrosities: Too Much is Never Enough

Inside the Tower of David, the Tallest Slum in the World

Inside the Tower of David, the Tallest Slum in the World

Everything is in China: The World's Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns

Everything is in China: The World's Architecture Replicated in Chinese Copy Towns

Society Adventures: A Visit to the Gatsby-Era Gold Coast

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Society Adventures: A Visit to the Gatsby-Era Gold Coast

Curious Fact of the Week: Take a Swim in Beer

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Curious Fact of the Week: Take a Swim in Beer

A World Most Strange and Beautiful: Five Stunning New UNESCO Sites

A World Most Strange and Beautiful: Five Stunning New UNESCO Sites