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The James Caird at Elephant Island, preparing to set off for South Georgia Island.
exploration

Remembering a Little-Known Chapter in the Famed Endurance Expedition to Antarctica

The epic survival story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew included a harrowing journey to Elephant Island.
Ranulph Fiennes January 18, 2022
Parque Rivadavia open air book market
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Parque Rivadavia Book Market

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.
In the challenging atmosphere of an underwater cave system, rescue operations are more complex—and far more risky.
caves

The Surprise Rescue-Within-a-Rescue in a Flooded Thai Cave

In 2018, before divers could reach a famously stranded junior football team, they first had to save other lives.
Rick Stanton with Karen Dealy January 5, 2022
Anne Bonny and Mary Read were both "convicted of piracy at a Court of Vice Admiralty [and] held at St. Jago de la Vega on the Island of Jamaica, 28th November 1720," according to the inscription accompanying this 1724 Benjamin Cole engraving from <em>A General History of the Pyrates</em>, by Daniel Defoe and Charles Johnson.
pirates

Women Plundered and Swashbuckled With the Best (and Worst) of Them

The new book "Pirate Women" uncovers the stories of the women who sailed their way into history, cutlass in hand.
Sarah Durn January 4, 2022
Banteay Srei, a 10th-century Hindu temple near Angkor.
books

From Killer Clams to Roman Emperor-Detectives, Atlas Obscura's Year in Books

Our excerpts are great reads and invitations to new worlds.
Samir S. Patel December 17, 2021
Zora Neale Hurston was an author, filmmaker, anthropologist, and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance.
art

Keeping the Memory of Zora Neale Hurston Alive in a Small Florida City

The preservation of a heritage trail, where the author and anthropologist spent the last years of her life, takes a whole community.
Tunika Onnekikami December 6, 2021
“I’ve always thought they are kind of cooler than a lot of people think,” says author and illustrator Rosemary Mosco.
nature

The Case for Pigeon-Watching

A new book is part ornithology guide, part ode to the misunderstood urban birds.
Jessica Leigh Hester November 29, 2021
Sulfurous springs in the Danakil Depression discharge brine and acidic liquid.
volcanoes

Searching for the Limits of Life in Earth’s Most Extreme Environment

In Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, a continent is tearing itself apart, and volcanic chemicals fuel ecosystems unlike anything else on the planet.
Robin George Andrews November 22, 2021
Soriano and Beto, one of his two burros, set out into the Magdalena countryside with books for children who live on isolated farmsteads.
libraries

Luis Soriano Had a Dream, Two Donkeys, and a Lot of Books

The schoolteacher’s long-running Biblioburro program delivers reading materials to children in Colombia.
Jordan Salama November 17, 2021
The buzz on Broughton
Savannah, Georgia

Jen Library Bee

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.
The dense display wall in the gallery.
New Orleans, Louisiana

The Art of Dr. Seuss

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.
(detail) The cover of the first paperback edition of <em>Dracula</em>, published in 1901, from the Rosenbach's collection.
vampires

Dracula Lives! (in Philadelphia)

The Rosenbach museum is home to Bram Stoker’s original notes on vampires and a growing collection of undead literature.
April White October 27, 2021
What a dragon is, and how it interacts with humans, varies widely by culture and era.
dragons

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
Yaguchi Bookstore.
Tokyo, Japan

Jimbōchō Book Town

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.
She's a beaut.
food

Behind the Scenes of the New Gastro Obscura Book

It's out today!
Alex Mayyasi October 12, 2021
The National Museum of Stockholm's <em>Ride of the Valkyries</em> was painted during the Victorian period, which saw renewed interest in Vikings.
vikings

Unearthing the Secret Life of a Viking Warrior Woman

Nancy Marie Brown’s new book, "The Real Valkyrie," explores what we have learned about a woman buried in a spectacular grave in Sweden.
Sarah Durn September 27, 2021
Permanent Exhibition
Porto, Portugal

Museu Nacional da Imprensa (National Press Museum)

This museum is home to one of the biggest collections of printing press technology—plus a river view.
Kearney, Nebraska

Morris Press Cookbook Store

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.