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Art Challenge: Readers Show Us How They Map Their Worlds

Travel down the Road to Productivity, go on a bear hunt, and hope you get to see Super Island.
Michelle Cassidy May 21, 2020
natural history museums

Zoology’s Favorite Hoax Was an Island Rat That Hopped on Its Nose

Harald Strümpke didn’t just create a lost archipelago, he created a sensation.
Sabrina Imbler September 3, 2019
Nottingham, England

The Arboretum

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.
forests

In a Slovenian Forest, Fairy Tales Come to Life

A winding path through the woods is lined with more than 60 scenes from fables, folk tales, and children's films.
Keren Landman March 16, 2018
outsider art

One Artist's Lifelong Quest to Create a Hidden Kingdom Called Rocaterrania

Its full history, which is being told for the first time in a new book, doubles as autobiography.
Sarah Laskow October 19, 2017
architecture

Imagining What Houses Drawn by Kids Would Look Like in Real Life

A solar-powered pyramid, a house with legs, and titanium fortress.
Vittoria Traverso October 16, 2017
Millburn, New Jersey

South Mountain Fairy Trail

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.
Oxford, England

The Story Museum

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
film locations

Watch Gene Wilder Behind the Scenes as the Original Willy Wonka

An on-set look at "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
Atlas Obscura August 30, 2016
map monday

Navigating the Confusing Terrain of Love With a 350-Year-Old Map

This French map was a feminist take on the path to a woman's heart.
Urvija Banerji June 27, 2016