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Follow in Raskolnikov's footsteps.

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

Millions of monarchs descend on the El Rosario butterfly preserve each year.

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

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

What do you mean you're not following Atlas Obscura on 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

The pharmacy

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.

Volo dell'Angelo.

Pietrapertosa, Italy

Volo dell'Angelo

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Here's how to shake up your perspective.

8 Tips for Seeing a Familiar Place in a Totally New Way

Get ready to fall in love all over again.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 18, 2018

The Barra Airport is one of the only airports in the world where planes use the beach as a runway.

9 Airports More Interesting Than the One You're Stuck In

These unusual runways put the wonder back in flying.

Kerry Wolfe November 21, 2018

A view of Medellín, Colombia, from a landing on the public escalator that climbs into the Comuna 13 neighborhood.

Medellín's Bright Future Is Tangled Up With Its Dark Past

Decades after the end of the narco era, a Colombian city wonders if it is better to forget.

Elizabeth Svoboda October 10, 2018

"He gave us each a copy of a hand-drawn map of the mound and the village as he imagined it looked in the 5th century."

The Most Memorable Strangers You’ve Met While Traveling

Atlas Obscura readers share their best tales of chance encounters.

Eric Grundhauser October 8, 2018

Some places just always call you back.

Tell Us About That One Place You'll Never Tire of Visiting

You tried to travel elsewhere, but they just keep pulling you back in.

Eric Grundhauser October 3, 2018

Worth the trip.

Inspiration for Your Next Food-Related Adventure

Atlas Obscura readers share their most memorable experiences of traveling for the sake of eating.

Eric Grundhauser October 2, 2018

Tell us about the fascinating strangers that have impacted your travels.

Tell Us About the Most Incredible Strangers You've Met While Traveling

It's not about the journey or the destination, it's about the people you meet along the way.

Eric Grundhauser August 28, 2018

Vacation cheese can be kept outside the fridge.

Vakantiekaas

Dutch travelers who want the taste of home can always pack “vacation cheese.”

Workers spinning the ferry.

Isle of Skye, Scotland

MV Glenachulish, Glenelg Skye Ferry

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

Looking for wonder on the left coast.

roadside attractions

Atlas Obscura Is Going on a Summer Radio Road Trip and We Need Your Help

We're heading up the U.S. West Coast with NPR's All Things Considered. Leave us a voicemail to tell us where you think we should go!

Eric Grundhauser May 14, 2018

Olive Wetzel Dennis in 1947, making some suggestions on how to improve a new Baltimore and Ohio Railroad buffet car.

The 'Lady Engineer' Who Took the Pain Out of the Train

Olive Wetzel Dennis spent years test-riding railways, improving everything from climate control to dining-car china along the way.

Cara Giaimo April 9, 2018

I've never been here, but it feels like home.

Have You Ever Felt Homesick for a Place You've Never Been?

Real or fictional, near or far, describe the unvisited places you long for most!

Eric Grundhauser February 27, 2018