Children

First described in Texas in the mid-90s, what are these disturbing figures—and what do they want?

The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.

Pick up a tip whether you’re about to make your first or 10th trip with littles this summer.

It’s a tradition that goes back centuries.

A series of gift guides for the inquisitive individuals in your life.

A giving guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Even though we know better.

A Wilmington garden invites kids to drop screens and rules and just play.

The surprising story of how Spanish, baseball, and arroz cubano came to permeate some desert camps in Africa.

Stay up way past bedtime with us to explore new worlds of wonder with a child's-eye view.

How hand-painted signs known as Tobita-kun became beloved local mascots.

School is always in session at the West Bay Common School Children’s Museum, where the 1898 Schoolhouse Session is designed to showcase a day in the life of a turn-of-the-century student.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.