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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Welcome to Magic Week!

magic

Welcome to Magic Week!

Objects of Intrigue: 16th Century Rocket Cats

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: 16th Century Rocket Cats

The First Museum for the History of Exploration Opens in Ireland

castles

The First Museum for the History of Exploration Opens in Ireland

The Battle between Boston and New York to Take Transportation Underground

subterranean

The Battle between Boston and New York to Take Transportation Underground

Photographing a World without People

abandoned

Photographing a World without People

Bury My Heart Apart from Me: The History of Heart Burial

tombs

Bury My Heart Apart from Me: The History of Heart Burial

A First Look at the Stunning Restoration of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn

society adventures

A First Look at the Stunning Restoration of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn

Curious Fact of the Week: Saint Valentine, Patron Saint of Lovers, Bee Keepers, Plague, and Epilepsy

relics

Curious Fact of the Week: Saint Valentine, Patron Saint of Lovers, Bee Keepers, Plague, and Epilepsy

The Frost Fair: When the River Thames Froze Over Into London's Most Debaucherous Party

festivals

The Frost Fair: When the River Thames Froze Over Into London's Most Debaucherous Party

The Plight of Preservation: Why Historic Listing Doesn't Mean a Place Is Saved

sports

The Plight of Preservation: Why Historic Listing Doesn't Mean a Place Is Saved

Curious Fact of the Week: The Macabre Humor of Romania's Merry Cemetery

cemeteries

Curious Fact of the Week: The Macabre Humor of Romania's Merry Cemetery

Andrée Balloon Crash: A Photographic Journey through the Most Surreal Arctic Disaster

exploration

Andrée Balloon Crash: A Photographic Journey through the Most Surreal Arctic Disaster

Journey to the End of the Earth with These Digital Explorations of Antarctica

exploration

Journey to the End of the Earth with These Digital Explorations of Antarctica

The Architecture of Antarctica: Designing for the Extremes of Our Planet and Beyond

architecture

The Architecture of Antarctica: Designing for the Extremes of Our Planet and Beyond

Welcome to Polar Week 2014 at Atlas Obscura

polar week

Welcome to Polar Week 2014 at Atlas Obscura

Five of the Greatest Art Saves of World War II

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Five of the Greatest Art Saves of World War II

Help Protect Bannerman Castle, New York's Island Castle Ruins

ruins

Help Protect Bannerman Castle, New York's Island Castle Ruins

Three Thrill Rides Battle to the Top in a Race to Be the Tallest and Most Terrifying

amusement parks

Three Thrill Rides Battle to the Top in a Race to Be the Tallest and Most Terrifying

Curious Fact of the Week: How Scotland Won the Sports Scene of San Francisco

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: How Scotland Won the Sports Scene of San Francisco

Photographs from Our First Road Trip to Philadelphia

society adventures

Photographs from Our First Road Trip to Philadelphia

95 Years Later: Remembering the Sticky Horror of the Boston Molasses Flood

disasters

95 Years Later: Remembering the Sticky Horror of the Boston Molasses Flood

19th Century Celestial Charts That Illuminated the Heavens in Your Home

objects of intrigue

19th Century Celestial Charts That Illuminated the Heavens in Your Home

Why America's Largest Potter's Field Should Be a Public Park

cemeteries

Why America's Largest Potter's Field Should Be a Public Park

Curious Fact of the Week: When Dental Work Came With Song, Dance, and Cocaine

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: When Dental Work Came With Song, Dance, and Cocaine