Articles by Allison Meier

cemeteries

Society Adventures: Cryptic Symbolism After Dark in Green-Wood Cemetery

taxidermy

Curious Fact of the Week: The Restaurant Where 300 Animal Heads Watch You Eat

cryptozoology

The Lake Monsters of America

automata

Five Astounding Animal Automata

animals

Animal Locomotion: Reanimating Muybridge's 19th Century Illustrations with GIFs

essential guide

Animal Islands: Seven Islands Ruled by Creatures Great and Small

animals

Introducing Atlas Obscura's Animal Week

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: George Washington's Sawfish

world's oldest

Five of the World's Oldest Organisms

churches

Five Submerged Towers: The Only Survivors of Their Flooded Towns

islands

Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Most Disputed Archipelago

space exploration

Extraterrestrial Analogues: Seven Places That Really Are Like Being on the Moon and Mars

abandoned

Rudolph and Ruins: Photographs of Abandoned Santa Parks

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: Quietest Place in the World

cemeteries

Morbid Monday: Woeful Tales of Dying for Strangers Collected on a London Wall

The Complete Guide to our 31 Days of Halloween

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Fine Felines of the Cat House

cemeteries

The Hanging Coffins on the Cliffs

churches

20 Churches That Look Like Spaceships

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: The Collyer Brothers, the Most Infamous of Hoarders

objects of intrigue

Objects of Intrigue: A Pocket Watch Swallowed by a Catfish

10 of the World's Amazing Cultural Sites That We Are in Danger of Losing

31 days of halloween

Death Cuts the Life-Thread

31 days of halloween

The Corpse of a Cave Explorer That Became a Tourist Attraction