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Fishing

Yokohama, Japan

Urashima-Kannon Temple

Associated with one of Japan's most famous fairy tales, this temple is home to a statue purportedly brought from the undersea palace of the Dragon God.

Molos di Pesca of the Canale Destra Reno

These structures hanging over the water's surface are traditional fishing machines.

Green Island, Taiwan

Youzihu

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

Smoke In Chimneys sells rainbow trout to about 250 restaurants.

Inside One Family's Mission to Revive an Abandoned Appalachian Trout Farm

The Walkers' hatchery now provides rainbow and brook trout to Michelin-starred restaurants across the East Coast.

Eric J. Wallace May 16, 2024

Isle of Wight, England

Longshoreman's Museum

An unusual seafront museum hides behind an unassuming Ventnor giftshop.

Green Island, Taiwan

Guanyin Cave

Hidden in a cave on a small Taiwanese island, a stalagmite reported to look like the bodhisattva Guanyin.

'The River Merchants'

These bronze statues depict the early days of trading in Singapore.

"Allow me to address to you / With my deepest tenderness / This beautiful fish, fresh and discreet / To which I have confided my secret," says this April Fish card in French.

Why April Fools Day in France Involves Fish Pranks

It's a long and fishy history.

Amelia Parenteau March 31, 2024

Podcast: Mr. Kaor’s Letters

For the last 40 years, Hotel Spaander in the Dutch fishing village of Volendam received almost daily letters from a mysterious man in Japan.

The Podcast Team March 6, 2024

Old Alresford, England

Alresford Eel House

A rare example of a building constructed specifically for catching eels.

'A High Tide In Short Wellies'

A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.

Abu Haider, a famed Marsh Arab guide, and his wife, Um Haider, in the Central Marshes of Iraq.

In Iraq, the Marsh Arabs of Hawizeh Persevere in a Changing Landscape

Linked to the biblical Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian marshes—and their people—have endured decades of environmental destruction.

Leon McCarron November 8, 2023

Otaru Herring Palace

Otaru Herring Palace

A nouveau-riche hilltop “palace” that once provided lodging to more than a hundred fishermen.

Traverse City, Michigan

Bassett Island

This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

Hvalfjarðarvegur, Iceland

Beached Whalers

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

Anchorage, Alaska

Grandma Olga Statue

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

Serve your fish with potatoes "roasted in the ashes" and eat off the plank.

The 19th-Century Recipe That Created a Fish-Cookout Craze

Recreate the heyday of shad bakes with this plank-roasting technique.

Paula Marcoux July 10, 2023

All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

Puzzle Monday: Go Fish Crossword

AO Puzzles July 3, 2023