Stories - Atlas Obscura

Where Those Big-Headed Statues in Smoky ‘80s Bars Came From

December 11, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: A Sweet Potato Silo That Has Been On Fire Since Thanksgiving

December 11, 2015

What Does it Take to Become Best in Show?

December 11, 2015

Here's Every Living or Extinct Creature Named After David Attenborough

The most recent addition is a tiny fossilized crustacean.

December 11, 2015

Photos From The Lost Penn Station, Where Commuting Was Infinitely More Beautiful

December 11, 2015

From Gift-Giving Koalas to Surfing Santa, How Christmas Imagery Gets Australianized

December 11, 2015

places you can no longer go

Places You Can No Longer Go: Michael Bird's House

December 10, 2015

How the Universal Symbols for Escalators, Restrooms, and Transport Were Designed

December 10, 2015

fleeting wonders

Fleeting Wonders: Cemetery WiFi in Moscow

December 10, 2015

FOUND: Suleiman the Magnificent's Tomb

December 10, 2015

The Hygiene and the History: We Investigate Post-Pooping Protocol

December 10, 2015

secret passages

100 Wonders: The Temple of Damanhur

December 10, 2015

Photos of a Road Trip Home, With Pit Stops in the Abandoned Past

The 2015 Atlas Obscura Gift Guide

December 10, 2015

The Ghost Forests of Christmas Past: How A Fungus Stole Roasted Chestnuts

December 10, 2015

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 9 Gifts for the Passport Stamp Collector

December 10, 2015

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 7 Tech Presents for the Gadgeteer

December 10, 2015

conspiracy theories

Atlas Obscura Gift Guide: 8 Presents for the Conspiracy Theorist

December 10, 2015