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Inside the shop

Morganton, North Carolina

Green Eggs and Jam

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

Does This Silly-Looking Animal Have a Solution to Climate Change?

Beavers can reshape the North American ecosystem—if we let them.

Shoshi Parks January 31, 2023

Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir

Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir

The oldest library in Pune.

At a Festival in Bhutan, Some Dancers Bare All to Ward Off Evil Spirits

One of the many traditional dances at the annual Jambay Lhakhang Drup involves performers in masks—and nothing else.

Erika Fatland January 11, 2023

Empanadas are traditional across Latin America.

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2022

Learning to dine with the dead, eat well in Antarctica, and cook for the end of the world.

Diana Hubbell December 20, 2022

Unique gifts for everyone on your list.

Atlas Obscura's Weird and Wonderful 2022 Wishlist

A series of gift guides for the curiosity-seekers in your life.

Atlas Obscura December 5, 2022

Gifts for bibliophiles can be more than just books. But books are good, too.

Unusual Gifts for Book Lovers

A giving guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Atlas Obscura November 28, 2022

New Zealand's challenging Hollyford Track—including a stretch known as the Demon Trail—follows a river valley past stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Along New Zealand's Demon Trail, a Family Hunts for True 'Wildness'

A couple and their young daughter hike the South Island's Hollyford Track, enduring rough terrain and vicious sand flies for a glimpse of an untamed world.

Phillip and April Vannini November 28, 2022

Us surface dwellers don't usually have to think about what lurks below—even when we're responsible for it.

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters

What can we learn from wipes, oils, and fats when they overwhelm the arteries of the modern world?

Jessica Leigh Hester November 3, 2022

Robert the Doll has inspired a horror movie and regularly gets letters from those who fear they have offended the vindictive toy.

6 Cursed Objects, and the Legends Behind Them

Maybe it's best to just steer clear of white lighters, medieval books, and Robert the Doll.

April White October 26, 2022

Edward Gorey in 1977, on the set he designed for a stage production of <em>Dracula</em> on Broadway.

Getting to Know Edward Gorey

A visit to the home museum of the famous oddball artist, 30 years after meeting him there for tea.

Paula Span October 18, 2022

Inquisitive cows near Derbyshire, UK.

This Man Wants You to Rethink Everything You Know About Cows

It's time to change our 10,000-year relationship with cattle.

Diana Hubbell September 30, 2022

Flateyri Bookstore

The Ultimate Guide to Wondrous Independent Bookstores

We think book havens are heaven.

Jonathan Carey September 30, 2022

The Book of Aneirin

Aberystwyth, Wales

The Ancient Books of Wales

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

Art historians enlisted the help of Argonne National Laboratory to study artist Wolf Vostell's <em>Betonbuch</em> (<em>Concrete Book</em>).

Can Science Solve the Mystery of the Concrete Book?

When a sledgehammer isn't really an option.

April White September 22, 2022

This cookbook doubled as an advertisement for Planters peanut oil.

4 Library Collections Filled With Culinary Treasures

They're saving food history for the future.

Anne Ewbank September 19, 2022

<em>Hugh Johnson’s Pop-Up Wine Book</em> is both informative and artful.

The Treasures Within the World's Greatest Wine Library

This California collection is a trove of wine books and rarities.

Vittoria Traverso September 16, 2022

Atlanta, Georgia

For Keeps Bookstore

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.