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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

Mi Teleférico.

La Paz, Bolivia

Mi Teleférico

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

A global isochrone map, showing how long it takes to travel from a given spot to the nearest city.

Why Isochrone Maps Are Enjoying a Renaissance

As data sources keep improving, mapmakers keep finding more uses for the 19th-century invention.

Cara Giaimo February 12, 2018

Yasui Kompira-gu Shrine.

Yasui Kompira-gu Shrine

Crawl through the hole in the middle of this stone to break off a bad relationship or initiate a good one.

Taiyo Park

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

A pig by Le Chateau de la Roche, in France's Loire Valley.

Toys Are Taking Vacations and Seeing the World (Without Their Owners)

A social media trend has spawned travel agencies and even passports—just for stuffies.

Vittoria Traverso November 3, 2017