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31 days of halloween

H.G. Wells Hid A Sick Burn Inside 'The War of The Worlds'

Thankfully, the Martians can't read English.

Eric Grundhauser October 4, 2016

The Battle Over Where 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' Was Written

Everyone thought the matter was settled. Then a $3 million house hit the market in Brunswick, Maine.

Atlas Obscura September 30, 2016

science fiction

Places You Can No Longer Go: Ray Bradbury's House

The developers who tore down the iconic house called the public response "a bummer."

Lucas Adams September 22, 2016

The "Green Gables" at Canadian World.

Ashibetsu, Japan

Canadian World

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

Maison d'Ailleurs

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

Maison d'Ailleurs

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

science fiction

One of the Earliest Science Fiction Books Was Written in the 1600s by a Duchess

Meet Lady Margaret Cavendish.

Natalie Zarrelli September 16, 2016

Exploring the Strange Pleasures of Cockaigne, a Medieval Peasant's Dream World

The birds fly right into your mouth, and there isn't animal poop everywhere!

Eric Grundhauser September 15, 2016

Edward Bellamy House

Chicopee, Massachusetts

Edward Bellamy House

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

6 New Entries Added to Oxford English Dictionary in Honor of Roald Dahl

Scrumdiddlyumptious.

Erik Shilling September 13, 2016

The old print shop at Brook Farm

Boston, Massachusetts

Brook Farm

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

The Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park.

New York, New York

Alice in Wonderland Statue

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The cour des miracles as imagined in an illustration to The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

Cours des Miracles (Court of Miracles)

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Mausoleum of Rudaki in Panjrud, Sughd, Tajikistan. June 27, 2016.

Panjakent, Tajikistan

Tomb of Rudaki

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

Original headstone with various offerings

Lowell, Massachusetts

Jack Kerouac's Grave

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Hemingway's Family Is Getting Some Antlers Back 52 Years After Hunter S. Thompson Stole Them

A wrong will be righted.

Erik Shilling August 16, 2016

This James Bond Map Will Teach You How to Become a Spy

Where 007 drank, killed and shagged, mapped.

Sarah Durn August 15, 2016

Gellhorn and Hemingway in 1945.

After Lovers Hemingway and Gellhorn Faced Off on D-Day, They Filed for Divorce

It turns out battling for journalistic scoops during wartime is not great for a marriage.

Atlas Obscura August 12, 2016

Mark Twain Had a Lifelong Feud with the United States Postal Service

What made the celebrated author hate the mail service so much?

Tucker Leighty-Phillips August 10, 2016