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Winnie Lee

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Stories shared by this traveler.

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ghosts

In 2023, We Illustrated the Darkest Corners of the Human Imagination

Sometimes, especially for unusual subjects, photos just don't get the job done.

By Winnie Lee
Our first place winner is Drew Babineau's photograph of a barber chair inside of a cell at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

haunted

Our Spooky Snaps Photo Contest Winners

A collection of atmospheric images from our readers, to explore if you dare.

By Winnie Lee
Inside the abandoned and ruined structure of Torrevieja Relaxation Park in Alicante, Spain.

photography

Spine Chilled? Share Your Favorite Spooky Pic and Win!

A trip to Dracula’s Castle in Romania could be in your future, when you enter Atlas Obscura’s Spooky Snaps photo contest.

By Winnie Lee
Our first place winner is Mark Yuan's photograph of an Allen's hummingbird drinking water droplets in Fremont, California.

animals

Our Final Summer Snaps Photo Contest Winners: Wildlife

For the last days of summer, we're going au naturel!

By Winnie Lee
An Indian eagle owl in the French Pyrenees.

animals

Go Wild! Share Your Favorite Animal Pictures and Win!

We want to see your wildlife encounters, for Atlas Obscura’s next Summer Snaps photo contest.

By Winnie Lee
Our first place winner is Abdul Dremali's photograph of the Milky Way with moai figures on Easter Island, Chile!

photography

Our Second Summer Snaps Photo Contest Winners: Night Views

These magical images from our readers will inspire you to appreciate night vision.

By Winnie Lee
First place: Gary Schatan's photograph of huge alligator and gramophone in San Francisco Bay, California.

roadside attractions

Our First Summer Snaps Photo Contest Winners: Roadside Attractions

May these amazing shots inspire you to hit the road!

By Winnie Lee
Long exposures can be key to capturing the grandeur of the Milky Way, seen here at Hollow Rock in Lake Superior off the coast of Minnesota.

photography

Seeing Stars? Share Your Favorite Shot of a Summer Night and Win!

Show us your best shots from after darkness falls, for Atlas Obscura’s next Summer Snaps photo contest.

By Winnie Lee
One of the roadside Cabazon Dinosaurs off Highway 10, near Palm Springs, California.

roadside attractions

On the Road? Share Your Pics of Roadside Attractions and Win!

We want to see your road trip wonders for Atlas Obscura’s first photo contest—Summer Snaps.

By Winnie Lee
It's one thing to see a bird of prey soaring on a thermal. It's another thing entirely to get this close to one.

amusement parks

Our Favorite Photos of 2022 Are a Feast for the Eyes and the Imagination

Wondrous portraits of feathered friends, lowriders, a handmade amusement park, and more.

By Winnie Lee
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art

Our Favorite Illustrations of the Mysteries, Histories, and Heroines of 2022

Bringing a visual spark to some of our most unusual stories of the year.

By Winnie Lee
Silky sharks just below the surface near Darwin Island.

islands

Marine Life in the Galápagos Gets a New Protected 'Ocean Highway'

More room to roam for the islands' unique fauna.

By Winnie Lee
Steamed bread in the shape of tigers is displayed at a stall ahead of the Lunar New Year in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, China.  (January 16, 2022)

food

The Magic Behind the Lunar New Year Is Lots of Hard Work

Colorful scenes from behind-the-scenes.

By Winnie Lee
Men called noboriko—more than 1,500 of them—run down the 538 stone steps of the Kumano Hayatama Taisha Shrine during the Oto Fire Festival in Shingu, Wakayama, Japan, to celebrate the end of winter. (2020)

festivals

Winter Fire Festivals Around the World That Don't Disappoint

What better way to push back against a long, cold winter?

By Winnie Lee
A satellite image from May 2021 shows Lake Menindee, the largest of a nine-lake system in Australia, refilling after years of drought. By late August, the lake had reached nearly 90 percent capacity.

nature

Our Year's Favorite Scenes Where Nature Gets Abstract

Every one of these pretty pictures holds a complex story about the world we live in.

By Winnie Lee
Monsieur Bonheur’s dozens of tattoos suggest a well-traveled life, but much of him is a mystery.

visual

Our Year's Illustrated Journeys Through Mysterious Tattoos, Hell Banquets, and More

Let our artists draw you in.

By Winnie Lee
Instant winter magic happens when a woman throws hot water into the air. The water immediately condenses into ice crystals at temperatures -16 degrees Fahrenheit, in Shenyang in northeastern China, on January 8, 2021.

photography

Divers, Fireworks, and a Big Floating Violin Highlight Our Year in Wondrous Photos

Peculiar moments worthy of a double-take.

By Winnie Lee
"What would it feel like to live on this earth 1,200 years ago? How better to contemplate the life span of an ancient tree than by looking up at the stars in a very dark sky? I feel a sense of wonder and marvel at the idea of eternity, a concept I don’t think I will ever understand."

trees

A Photographer's Journey With the Ancient Baobabs of Madagascar

The death of a sacred tree led to the discovery of other wonders.

By Winnie Lee
La Segua, from Costa Rica.

collections

An Artist's Journey Through a Thousand Mythical Creatures

Dive into Iman Joy El Shami-Mader's collection of disembodied limbs, chimerical monstrosities, and unicorn cats.

By Winnie Lee
Tree Planter Russell Robertson, 2017.

forests

Up Close and On the Ground With Canada's Intrepid Tree Planters

Photographer and filmmaker Rita Leistner was a planter herself for years, before returning to document the grueling seasonal profession.

By Winnie Lee
Mogao Cave 158. Middle Tang (781–848) Reclining Buddha, Parinirvāṇa scene. West wall. Lo Archive photograph, 1943–44. Princeton University (Lo 158-10).

caves

The Adventurous Quest to Capture Remote Buddhist Caves in the 1940s

Innovative photographers James and Lucy Lo created a time capsule of a sacred space at a vulnerable time.

By Winnie Lee
 An Australian galah, also known as the pink and grey cockatoo, is examined in the mobile hospital.

disasters

How a Vet Hospital on Wheels Rescued Australian Wildlife During Floods

Injured birds, bats, echidnas, and more got some TLC during a disaster.

By Winnie Lee
The World Is Going Upside Down, orangutan in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, by Thomas Vijayan.

nature

Get Wild With These Award-Winning Nature Photos

The winners of the 2020 World Nature Photography Awards have an eye for the sublime.

By Winnie Lee
Dawoud Bey, Untitled #20 (Farmhouse and Picket Fence I), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase.

underground railroad

The Photographer Who Reimagined the Darkness of the Underground Railroad

How acclaimed artist Dawoud Bey used the landscape to tell the story of the unseen.

By Winnie Lee
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