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Stories

Stories shared by this traveler.

Ponyhenge, Lincoln, Massachusetts.

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25 Places to Celebrate 25,000 Places

To celebrate our landmark 25,000th place, here are some favorite deep cuts from Atlas Obscura staffers.

Visit California - Childhood Rules in California - Atlas Obscura

Visit California - Childhood Rules in California - Atlas Obscura

Enter to win a family trip to California! Submit your child's drawing of their dream destination in the Golden State. Let their creativity shine!

How Many States Have You Explored?

How Many States Have You Explored?

Create an account or log in to track where you’ve been.

The Stories Behind 'A Taste of Gastro Obscura'

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The Stories Behind 'A Taste of Gastro Obscura'

Feed your curiosity.

Tharp working on an early map of the seafloor.

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The Woman Who Changed the Way We See the Seafloor

Marie Tharp's historic maps of underwater topography reimagined two-thirds of the Earth.

Early photograph (c. 1930) of high officials in Tibet, a region rarely seen and uncharted by western cartographers prior to the pundit program.

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The Spies Who Mapped Great Swathes of South Asia by Foot

Using secret tools, and under cover of night, Indian "pundits" charted land for the British.

Photochrom image of the interior of St. Joseph’s Chapel, c. 1900.

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Psychic Archeology, Or How to Dig Up the Dead With Their Own Advice