Articles by Sarah Durn

Here’s how to experience witch tourism that isn’t all pointy hats.

You next adventure might be right outside your door.

Adventure awaits at any age.

The essential gear and safety precautions for visiting the world’s forgotten wonders.

We find scary stories pair well with brighter days.

From Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song” to Hans Zimmer’s “Time.”

From bow-wielding Amazons to the trash-talking, 18th-century “Mother of Boxing.”

Exploring Patricia Arquette's desert obsession, how Elvira became the queen of late night horror, and other behind-the-screen stories.

From a homemade Harry Potter garden gnome to a vintage scary clown ornament, readers share their favorites.

A giving guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Rugby and exploring the cosmos have more in common than you might think.

I find myself increasingly drawn to the abstract, and nothing inspires me more than dance.

Some experts estimate as many as 3,000 people were accused and executed for witchcraft in Scotland.

From The Exorcist's "Tubular Bells" to a murder ballad by Tom Waits.

And wearing them onstage adds another tale to each timepiece.

From encountering a manhunt for escaped criminals to visiting a ‘time machine’ in Southern California.

From Mary Roach’s hilarious look at space travel to astronaut Scott Kelly’s photos documenting a year off planet.

For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying its dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder.

From playing tag with sea lions to holding hands with an orangutan.

From David Grann’s trek into the Amazon rainforest to explorer Craig Childs’ tour through Ice Age America.

From seeing the northern lights aboard a Navy ship in Norway to braving the cold for a glimpse of a blood moon.

What started as a late-night chat transformed into millions of dollars of funding for a Mars lander.

From a hilarious dive into animal lawbreakers to a harrowing true crime tale in the Shenandoah Valley.

From trying a pawpaw fruit to attending Minnesota’s gopher count.