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A Map of Which States People Want...

January 5, 2024

“Rather pleased with this map,” said Erin when she tweeted it on February 2, 2022. This is quite the understatement: Her map went viral almost immediately. Why? Because the map is an infographic that does a stellar job of answering its own question: Where are Americans born? The graph packs a lot of info, yet it is easy to decipher and can be read in a variety of ways. Its colorful combination of structure and variation is also pleasing...

The Hidden Worlds of Monopoly

January 5, 2024

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Monopoly, patented on December 31, 1935 by Charles B. Darrow, is not a game: It’s a world. The basic template: a multiplayer economics game, in which players roll two six-sided dice, move around the periphery of a square board, buy properties, collect rent when opponents land on their spaces, and buy up or trade for connected properties to build houses and hotels on. You win when everyone else goes bust. Played the...

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes Celebrating...

January 5, 2024

Everywhere we look in the world, there’s something awe-inspiring, and we love exploring natural phenomena wherever they happen. Take a look back at some our favorite wild wonders through this collection of classic episodes of The Atlas Obscura Podcast. From a toxic Andean lake that is a window into the dawn of life to an exploration of mass extinctions and much more, these episodes are sure to inspire both awe and reflection. Relampago del Catatumbo In northwestern Venezuela, a...

El Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California

January 5, 2024

For centuries, the banks of San Francisquito Creek, in Northern California, were part of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s homeland. In 1769, explorer Gaspar de Portolá passed through, later establishing Spanish missions in the area. A road connecting the missions was built over the creek, which, in the mid-1800s became a highway. A railroad followed, and a town developed on one side of the tracks grew into a city. On the other side, the railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and his...

Bankya Residence in Bankya, Bulgaria

January 5, 2024

Communist leaders were known to enjoy high-end luxury, and Bulgaria’s Todor Zhivkov, the prime minister from 1962 to 1971, was no exception. One such opulent display of power was the Bankya Residence, which sported a sauna, indoor swimming pool, and landscaped park, among other features. Built in the 1970s as a sanatorial complex, the Residence took advantage of the thermal properties of Bankya, whose mineral waters and mountain air had made the town a health destination for centuries. But...

Wonder Is Everywhere: Silk Dress Secret, the...

January 5, 2024

Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications. Laughter Is Universal, but LOL Is Not by Amy Thorpe and Ravi Hiranand, Rest of World In person it’s easy to recognize laughter, no matter what language you speak. But online, different cultures express amusement differently, in...

Kilmuir Cemetery in Kilmuir, Scotland

January 4, 2024

Most visitors to the Kilmuir Cemetery are there for Flora MacDonald, and the Celtic cross on her memorial fittingly dominates the view. Dubbed the “Heroine of the Highlands,” she was responsible for assisting Bonnie Prince Charles in his escape from Scotland after the second Jacobite uprising failed. But dig deeper and you’ll find several other surprising stories resting within this cemetery. Behind the ruins of a chapel in the old section of the cemetery lies a knight with a...

Half a Billion Years Ago, These ‘Terror...

January 4, 2024

Take a ride on the way, way, way back machine to about 520 million years ago. The Cambrian Explosion—Earth’s biggest bang of biodiversity, when the variety of living things increased exponentially—was just wrapping up. Terrestrial plants and animals had not yet evolved so the land was still barren, but oceans teemed with life. Early arthropods, invertebrates with tough exoskeletons, were becoming fierce predators. Now meet the terror beasts who ate arthropods for breakfast (and lunch and dinner). Paleontologists working...

Ghost Chimney Monument in Tokyo, Japan

January 4, 2024

The Senju Thermal Power Station was established in 1926 by the Tokyo Electric Power Company as a replacement for the Asakusa power plant that was driven into shutdown following the catastrophic earthquake of 1923. The new plant was situated by the Sumida River so that it was easy to transport coal. Initially, the thermal power station was equipped with three chimneys handed down from the Asakusa plant, originally installed in 1905. They were joined by another chimney in 1926, forming a...

Libušín a Maměnka in Pustevny, Czechia

January 4, 2024

At first sight, these picturesque buildings seem like they could be home to Ježibaba, a Czech folklore character similar to Baba Yaga. In truth, they are carefully restored architectural treasures that still offer cozy rooms and warm food to alpine guests and visitors. Built in 1899 by the Czech architect Dušan Jurkovič, known as “the poet of timber” for his woodwork, the cottage and hotel are a lively combination of Czech-Slavic heritage and the Art Nouveau style of the...

Panagia Kanakaria in Boltaşlı, Cyprus

January 4, 2024

In remote northeastern Cyprus, among palm trees outside the tiny village of Boltaşlı, travelers can find the well-preserved Byzantine basilica Panagia Kanakaria. Externally beautiful yet architecturally modest, the church reveals its rich history only upon entering. The skeletal structure of the church, which does not serve a congregation, is a blend of somber, mysterious, and unusually alive: Madonna images hang on bare walls in deteriorating frames, small candles occasionally flicker, wax figures sit quietly on windowsills, and partially preserved...

Great Salt Plains in Jet, Oklahoma

January 4, 2024

Millennia ago, a shallow sea covered this area in Oklahoma. Its legacy is the Great Salt Plains, a salt lake and 11,000 acres of salt flats atop a saltwater aquifer in the middle of the Great Plains. The area is now a state park and a wildlife refuge. More than 300 protected species of birds call the region home or stop by during seasonal migrations, and large game animals seek out the salt plains for nutrients, which historically made...

Percorso Verde Ex Guidovia (Former Tramway Greenway)...

January 4, 2024

In 1490, a farmer told his wife that he’d had a miraculous encounter while grazing his flock: the Madonna appeared to him and instructed him to build a chapel. The simple wooden structure that he constructed evolved over the years into an ornate complex and basilica, now known as the Shrine of Nostra Signora della Guardia. The name, Guardia or “guardian,” references the area’s history: The basilica is built atop an old lookout point that was used to observe...

Burnham Minefield Control Tower in Burnham-on-Crouch, England

January 4, 2024

During World War II, as the Nazis seized power over Europe, it dawned on the British War Office that an invasion was looking increasingly likely, and the coastline of the United Kingdom was nowhere near ready to defend against it, particularly around the River Crouch Estuary. The War Office set out to arm the undefended area with the quick construction of pillboxes as well as laying mines and booms in the estuary. But that seemingly wasn’t enough; In 1941,...

Our Favorite Ghost Stories of 2023

January 4, 2024

Last year, we peeled back the layers of hauntings, spirits, and demons to explore what lurks behind the legends. From scientific explanations for eerie sights and sounds at a haunted penitentiary to a psychoanalyst’s unconventional theory for one man’s belief in a supernatural mongoose, our stories examined the why behind each bump in the night and whisper in the rafters. We met the Bell Witch, the Dybbuk, and the Donkey Lady, and along the way learned that sharing and...

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