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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Curious Fact of the Week: Angola Prison Rodeo

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: Angola Prison Rodeo

Society Adventures: A Lantern-Lit Tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

cemeteries

Society Adventures: A Lantern-Lit Tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

A Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de Lafayette

american revolution

A Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de Lafayette

Curious Fact of the Week: The Whistle Language

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Whistle Language

Sergeant Stubby at the Smithsonian

taxidermy

Essential Guide: Taxidermy Heroic Animals

Test of Atomic Annie at Frenchman's Flat in Nevada, May 25, 1953.

objects of intrigue

'Atomic Annie' Was the World's First and Only Nuclear Gun

Twenty were made, but only one fired a nuclear shot.

Curious Fact of the Week: Where Miniature Soldiers Outnumber a Town

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: Where Miniature Soldiers Outnumber a Town

Mickey Mouse Gas Mask at the 45th Infantry Museum in Oklahoma.

disasters

When Mickey Mouse Was Used to Get Children to Wear Gas Masks

The use of chemical warfare during World War II made for creative solutions back on the homefront.

Hidden City Philadelphia: A Citywide Festival to Explore Overlooked Spaces

Hidden City Philadelphia: A Citywide Festival to Explore Overlooked Spaces

Under God's Big Top: Photos from the Circus Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma

cemeteries

Under God's Big Top: Photos from the Circus Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma

Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Shortest International Bridge

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Shortest International Bridge

Lost Wonders: The Cathedral Of Erotic Misery

lost wonders

Lost Wonders: The Cathedral Of Erotic Misery

From Nelson's Flag to Astronaut Moon Dust: Revealing the Hidden Objects of Museums

From Nelson's Flag to Astronaut Moon Dust: Revealing the Hidden Objects of Museums

A Mobile Reading Room Pops-Up on an NYC Island

A Mobile Reading Room Pops-Up on an NYC Island

Curious Fact of the Week: The Slowest Song

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Slowest Song

Vintage postcard showing Sweeney Observatory atop Strawberry Hill

Wish You Were Here: Vintage Postcards From Some Of Our Favorite Curious Places

Photographs Give a Rare Look at the Desert Shrines of Uyghur China

Photographs Give a Rare Look at the Desert Shrines of Uyghur China

Heracleion.

Lost Underwater Egyptian City and Its Colossal Gods Revealed

Death Masks of the Soviet Union Congregate at Lenin's Estate

Death Masks of the Soviet Union Congregate at Lenin's Estate

Curious Fact of the Week: Pablo Escobar's Hippos

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: Pablo Escobar's Hippos

The Mary Rose

ships

Raised from the Depths, a 16th Century Ship and Her Crew Return to Public View

A Beautiful Way to Go: An Exhibition Examines the Elegance of the Victorian Death

cemeteries

A Beautiful Way to Go: An Exhibition Examines the Elegance of the Victorian Death

60 Years Since the Summit, A Look Back at the First Everest Ascent

60 Years Since the Summit, A Look Back at the First Everest Ascent

Imbibing American History Through Its Cocktails

Imbibing American History Through Its Cocktails