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architecture

What It's Like to Build and Operate a Tiny Traveling Bookshop

A French theater director crowdsourced his dream.
Emily Monaco October 22, 2019
Qaqortoq, Greenland

Qaqortoq Road

In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.
Blumberg, Germany

Sauschwänzlebahn

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.
ruins

14 Lesser-Known Ancient Sites Worth Building a Trip Around

Check out Atlas Obscura readers' favorite archaeological wonders.
Eric Grundhauser September 16, 2019
Kiruna, Sweden

Vittangi Snaps Pine

Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.
Keswick, Australia

Queen Adelaide Restaurant

Dine aboard the historic Ghan train while retracing early explorers' journey through the Outback.
Coldfoot, Alaska

Coldfoot Camp

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.
roadside attractions

The Neon Motel Signs of Las Vegas Aren't Dead Yet

A photographer captured their flickers of life.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 22, 2019
nuclear

The City the Chernobyl Disaster Left Behind, Then and Now

Archival images of Pripyat before the accident offer a stunning contrast to what visitors will find today.
Darmon Richter May 3, 2019
hospitals

When Doctors Thought ‘Wanderlust’ Was a Psychological Condition

For decades, "pathological tourists" ended up in asylums or worse.
Sabrina Imbler April 15, 2019
atlas obscura

My First Journey: Atlas Obscura Co-Founder Dylan Thuras's Eastern European Adventure

"That context, that deeper understanding, it stays with you."
Sommer Mathis April 3, 2019
atlas obscura

My First Journey: Atlas Obscura Co-Founder Josh Foer's Great American Road Trip

"The most important experience of my life in terms of shaping who I am."
Sommer Mathis April 3, 2019
Okemos, Michigan

No. 2 Plank Road Tollgate House

The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
literature

How to Take a Literary Pilgrimage in the Real World

First get lost in the pages, then get lost in the places.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 12, 2019
science

The Tiny Sticker That Traveled More Than a Thousand Miles on the Wing of a Butterfly

Tracking these insects takes a little adhesive and a lot of luck.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 7, 2019
gardens

How an Italian Writer’s Imaginary Garden Became a Place of Literary Pilgrimage

Soon, the Garden of the Finzi-Continis may no longer be a fiction.
Diego Courchay February 18, 2019
instagram

15 Instagram Feeds That Help Make the World More Wondrous

Atlas Obscura readers (and staff!) praise the Instagrammers who are truly blowing them away in 2019.
Eric Grundhauser February 8, 2019
Wiesloch, Germany

Stadtapotheke Wiesloch

This inconspicuous pharmacy went down in history as the first gas station in the world after fueling the first road trip ever taken.