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dear atlas

Dear Atlas: What Parts of Route 66 Are Worth the Drive?

A curated guide to the stretches and stops that truly deserve your time.
March 18, 2025
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celebration

A Perfect Eclipse Takes Center Stage at Atlas Obscura’s Ecliptic Festival

Our Hot Springs eclipse hub transformed into a magical celebration of music, art, science, and the cosmos. See for yourself.
April 10, 2024
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countdown to the eclipse 2024

Next Time, Travel to Another Beautiful Country to See the Future Eclipse

Watch the moon’s shadow from an Icelandic cliff or the Great Wall of China.
April 9, 2024
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murder mystery

The Archaeology Journalist Whose Adventures Are Stranger Than Fiction

From venom that can bubble human skin to a sealed Egyptian tomb, Douglas Preston's got an Indiana Jones thing going on.
February 13, 2024
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sustainable

Why NASA Is Watching Where Idaho’s Parachuting Beavers Landed

The mini-paratroopers have a new role to play today.
January 25, 2024
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year in wonder 2023

A Year of Ethereal and Illuminating Photographs

Places and cultures glow and shine around the world in some of our favorite Atlas Obscura shots.
December 28, 2023
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year in wonder 2023

A Year of Spectacular, Adorable, Sometimes a Little Scary Animals

From cute death omens to post-nuclear-disaster predators, these animals captivated us in 2023.
December 27, 2023
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wishlist

Last-Minute Gifts for Curious People

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.
December 7, 2023
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jewelry

A Curious Collection of Weird Gift Ideas

May your holidays dazzle and bewilder.
December 1, 2023