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Kalsoy, Faroe Islands

Kallur Lighthouse

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
Lord Howe Island is one of the surviving landmasses of the lost continent of Zealandia.
islands

Amazing Ways to Visit Zealandia, Earth's Lost Eighth Continent

Eight places where you can explore the sunken landmass above water.
Kerry Wolfe October 9, 2017
Do you feel less lonely yet?
hotels

Business Travel Got You Down? Rent a Goldfish to Keep You Company

Wait, does the restaurant also serve fish?
Vittoria Traverso September 8, 2017
This temporary American passport was issued to a family traveling to occupied Germany to visit their father, who was in the Air Force.
immigration

The History of Passport Photos, From 'Anything Goes' to Today's Mugshots

People have always hated how they look in them.
Natasha Frost September 8, 2017
The bus platforms that are still in use.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
Paris is just one city that's often described with inherently feminine language.
literature

Why Do We Love to Think of Places as People?

"Paris, I am in you" is just the latest manifestation of a long tradition.
Natasha Frost August 23, 2017
Permanently Closed
A helicopter landing on the roof of the Pan Am building (now Met Life building), 1966.
New York, New York

Site of the Pan Am Helipad

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
A moving man took the spider home in a lunchbox to meet his six-year-old son before it was picked up by authorities.
spiders

A Giant Spider Traveled 10,000 Miles in a Swing Set

He saw the world, with all eight eyes.
Natasha Frost July 24, 2017
Historically important diesel locomotive
Sacramento, California

Sacramento Locomotive Works

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.
First Honeybees in California
San Jose, California

First Honey Bees in California

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.
Notice the Congressional license plate in the windsheild
Arlington, Virginia

VIP Congressional Parking Lot at Reagan National Airport

Right next to departures—how convenient!
Baggage claim at Sacramento Airport
Sacramento, California

Samson Luggage Sculpture

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.
exploration

Explore the Off-Centered Ale Trail with Dogfish Head and Atlas Obscura

animals

Europeans Are Losing Their Minds Over This Boring Bird

Fame is contextual.
Cara Giaimo May 9, 2017
Lift off
Washington, D.C.

White House Helipad

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.
Ruth Hale as a university student c. 1900 (she entered college at the age of 13). Hale co-founded the Lucy Stone League to support a woman's right to use her maiden name after marriage.
women

The 1920s Women Who Fought For the Right to Travel Under Their Own Names

Being listed as "and wife" in a joint passport was just not going to fly.
Sandra Knisely March 27, 2017
A close-up on a passport from the German Empire.
borders

Six Stories of Stunning Passports From Countries That No Longer Exist

Yesterday's bureaucracy is today's curiosity.
Cara Giaimo February 24, 2017
rites and rituals

The Surreal British Clone Towns Taking Over the Turkish Coast

Inside the town that brought the fake British high street to Turkey.
Atlas Obscura October 14, 2016