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Design

Watch a Calligrapher Turn Shopping Lists Into Art

Groceries are now more grand.

Ella Morton April 19, 2016

The Man Who Began America's Yurt Craze

A Harvard-educated visionary who chose to live in remote New England and spread the gospel of yurts via mail.

Peter Andrey Smith April 11, 2016

The carousel - minus the usual middle pole

New York, New York

The SeaGlass Carousel

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

crime and punishment

The Rise of Police Tape, And Why We Ignore Warning Signs

From cigarette packaging to wet-floor cautions, warnings have become pervasive.

Ernie Smith March 14, 2016

Trump Tower Was Never Actually That Tacky

One critic called its atrium the "most pleasant interior public space" built in New York City in years.

Sarah Laskow March 11, 2016

Breuer's least-known masterpiece?

St. Joseph, Minnesota

Saint John's Abbey Church

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

Harpa at night

Reykjavik, Iceland

Harpa

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Introducing Atlas Obscura's New Look

We've had some work done.

David Plotz March 1, 2016

The Unlikely Nightlife Hotspot at United Nations Headquarters

A.M. Brune February 10, 2016

What's a 1956 General Motors Ad Doing in 'The Stepford Wives' And Super Mario?

Rose Eveleth February 9, 2016

Who Has the Time to Use All 24 Clock Emojis?

Sarah Laskow February 1, 2016

Wildwood's Doo Wop Beach Hotels Are Desperate for Your Love

A.M. Brune January 26, 2016

The Subversive Design of America's Suburban Churches

Jane Yong Kim December 31, 2015

Meet a Master Tarot Card Designer From Milan, Birthplace of Tarot

Lakshmi Ramgopal December 22, 2015

Is this cabin a portal?

Tubakuba

Stay overnight in the world's most sleekly designed rabbit hole, free of charge.

The only known depiction of Oliver Pollock, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign by Accident

Dan Hess November 23, 2015

Fifth-place entry "Metempsychosis," by Yi Ye, is a sane home for fish.

Aquascapers Are Creating Miniature Atlantean Fantasy Worlds

Cara Giaimo November 16, 2015

Inside the Lamson ball, from a 1912 Lamson catalogue.

The Rise and Fall of the Cash Railway

Tony Wolf September 29, 2015