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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Three Sound Installations Making the World a More Magical Place

art

Three Sound Installations Making the World a More Magical Place

Objects of Intrigue: A Horse Made of Cheese

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: A Horse Made of Cheese

Blue Holes: A Descent into the World's Hidden Waters

blue holes

Blue Holes: A Descent into the World's Hidden Waters

Curious Fact of the Week: How to Make a Bone Chandelier

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: How to Make a Bone Chandelier

The Modest Victorian Proposal to Electroplate Corpses Into Beautiful Statues

cemeteries

The Modest Victorian Proposal to Electroplate Corpses Into Beautiful Statues

11 Lost Wonders of 2013

lost wonders

11 Lost Wonders of 2013

Spongebob in Flames: The New Year's Eve Effigy Burning in Ecuador

festivals

Spongebob in Flames: The New Year's Eve Effigy Burning in Ecuador

Curious Fact of the Week: The Remarkable Reason Algae Grows on Sloths

sloths

Curious Fact of the Week: The Remarkable Reason Algae Grows on Sloths

The Cast Iron Coffin That Was Too Creepy Even for the Victorians

morbid monday

The Cast Iron Coffin That Was Too Creepy Even for the Victorians

Five Flower Fields that Transform Spring into a Surreal Wonderland

flora

Five Flower Fields that Transform Spring into a Surreal Wonderland

Explore the Most Dazzling Palaces of Ice, Handmade from Thousands of Icicles

ice castles

Explore the Most Dazzling Palaces of Ice, Handmade from Thousands of Icicles

Curious Fact of the Week: The Sistine Chapel of the Glass World

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Sistine Chapel of the Glass World

Objects of Intrigue: The Golf Club Swung on the Moon

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: The Golf Club Swung on the Moon

Primal Rhythm: Six Continents, Six New Sacred Sites for the Future

art

Primal Rhythm: Six Continents, Six New Sacred Sites for the Future

Run Run Rudolph: The World of Reindeer Racing

animals

Run Run Rudolph: The World of Reindeer Racing

Curious Fact of the Week: Monkey Island Is Real

monkeys

Curious Fact of the Week: Monkey Island Is Real

Will the Gavle Goat Burn?

holidays

Will the Gavle Goat Burn?

Objects of Intrigue: A Baby Beluga, in a Clear Glass Jar

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: A Baby Beluga, in a Clear Glass Jar

Deep Freeze: Six Astonishing Ice Caves

caves

Deep Freeze: Six Astonishing Ice Caves

Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Most Inspirational Cave

caves

Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Most Inspirational Cave

An Invitation to a Hanging

morbid monday

An Invitation to a Hanging

Objects of Intrigue: A Woman's Anatomy in Wax

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: A Woman's Anatomy in Wax

Curious Fact of the Week: Stone Forest Torch Festival

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: Stone Forest Torch Festival

Edible Architecture: 20 Buildings Shaped Like Food

roadside attractions

Edible Architecture: 20 Buildings Shaped Like Food