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Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tale Writing With Anca Szilágyi

Starts Sat, Jan 8
4 Sessions
$225 per person
+ 1 other date
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Trick-or-Treat: A Pick Your Path Adventure at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Tue, Oct 26
$20 per device
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The Table as Canvas: Designing a Bizarro Dinner Party With Jen Monroe

Starts Tue, Oct 26
4 Sessions
$75 per person
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3D Paper Art: Pop-Ups and Paper Engineering With Yoojin Kim

Starts Tue, Oct 26
4 Sessions
$245 per person
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Monster of the Month w/ Colin Dickey: Bunnyman

Tue, Oct 26
$12 per device
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Nina Nightingale's Charm School: Vintage Hallowe’en Decorations

Tue, Oct 26
$15 per device
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School of Rot: Decomposition & Composting With Annie Novak

Starts Wed, Oct 27
3 Sessions
$205 per person
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Stories in the Stones: How to Read a Gravestone With Dr. Elise M. Ciregna

Starts Wed, Oct 27
4 Sessions
$265 per person
In this four-part course, learn how to decode the stories in gravestones and deepen your understanding of America’s cemeteries.
+ 2 other dates
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Atlas Obscura Trivia Night

Wed, Oct 27
$10 per device
Gather your team and compete in a weekly contest of wits and educated-guessing.
+ 4 other dates
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Inside the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Collections

Wed, Oct 27
$20 per device
Unpack stories of global Black history, arts, and culture through some of the 11 million unique items housed in this research library!
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Learning the Language of Art w/ Art Muse L.A.: Ghosts and the Occult in Art

Thu, Oct 28
$15 per device
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Art & Evolution w/ Megan McGrath: Drawing the Haunted Forest

Thu, Oct 28
$15 per device
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wildlife & nature

Searching for Russia’s Northern Lights

Russia
Nov 22–28, 2021
From $3,830 USD
Bear witness to the ethereal glow of the Northern Lights, explore Arctic Russia, and see life in the Polar Circle up close.
+ 1 other date
history

Turkmenistan and the Gates of Hell

Turkmenistan
Mar 18–27, 2022
From $3,475 USD
On this sweeping, eclectic adventure through Turkmenistan, marvel at the towering white-marble structures of Ashgabat, roam through barren deserts and a world-class canyon, and spend the night camped out beside the flaming Gates of Hell.
+ 2 other dates
history

Pyramids and Petroglyphs of Sudan

Sudan
Mar 22–Apr 1, 2022
From $5,680 USD
Journey along the Nile, across the Sudanese desert, and discover the pyramids and archaeological treasures of ancient civilizations.
+ 1 other date
food & drink

The Culinary Crossroads of Marseille

France
Jun 6–12, 2022
From $5,130 USD
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The Historian of Hell and the Undead Takes on Dragons

Medieval expert Scott Bruce delves into the darker—and sometimes more hopeful—corners of human imagination.
Gemma Tarlach October 20, 2021
ghosts

Meet the Ghosts Behind a Japanese City's 'Haunted' Coffee

These yokai make a scary good brew.
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caves

Podcast: The Great Stalacpipe Organ

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alcohol

Ancient Drinking Games Ended With Wine Stains and Stabbing

Inebriated play, from ancient Rome to Tang Dynasty China.
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The Ultimate Guide to Scattered Body Parts

One way or another, these heads, shoulders, hands, and toes have lost their bodies.
Michelle Cassidy October 19, 2021
forests

Is This a Forest or Ghostly Hands From the Great Beyond?

Bad weather and dazzling white poplars helped create this spooky shot.
Gemma Tarlach October 19, 2021
farms

Podcast: Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 19, 2021
anatomy museums

The Eventful Afterlife of a Crowd of 19th-Century Skulls

Philadelphia’s famed anatomy showplace, the Mütter Museum, gets a facelift.
April White October 18, 2021
List

Trek for Treats to 11 of the World’s Most Unique Candy Stores

Eat your heart out, Willy Wonka.
Diana Hubbell October 18, 2021
vampires

Disease, Demons, and Discord—How the Vampire Myth Was Born

Modern vampires may be dashing, but that's not how the legendary bloodsuckers started out.
Stanley Stepanic October 18, 2021
science

Podcast: The World’s Quietest Room

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 18, 2021
cemeteries

Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries

For a time, eating and relaxing among the dead was a national pastime.
Jonathan Kendall October 18, 2021
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