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Introducing Atlas Obscura Adventures x Intrepid Travel!

From staring into the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan to delighting your tastebuds in Vietnam, our 2024 journey lineup is full of adventure.
September 6, 2023
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The 2024 Wanderlist Awards

Partners welcome—come wander with us.
September 1, 2023
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Summer of Wonder

Our season-long event will celebrate road trips, dark skies, wildlife encounters, and more.
May 26, 2023
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summer of wonder 2023

Welcome to Atlas Obscura's Summer of Wonder!

Our season-long event will celebrate road trips, dark skies, wildlife encounters, and more.
May 26, 2023
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atlas obscura

25 Places to Celebrate 25,000 Places

To celebrate our landmark 25,000th place, here are some favorite deep cuts from Atlas Obscura staffers.
May 16, 2023
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Visit California - Childhood Rules in California - Atlas Obscura

Enter to win a family trip to California! Submit your child's drawing of their dream destination in the Golden State. Let their creativity shine!
Sponsored by Visit California
Gastro Obscura
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The Stories Behind 'A Taste of Gastro Obscura'

Feed your curiosity.
November 1, 2021
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deep sea

The Woman Who Changed the Way We See the Seafloor

Marie Tharp's historic maps of underwater topography reimagined two-thirds of the Earth.
July 30, 2020
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cartography

The Spies Who Mapped Great Swathes of South Asia by Foot

Using secret tools, and under cover of night, Indian "pundits" charted land for the British.
April 17, 2017
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Psychic Archeology, Or How to Dig Up the Dead With Their Own Advice

February 22, 2016