Atlas Obscura

Apfelweibla in Bamberg, Germany

Before rising to fame as the author of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Germa...

Maultaschen

The origins of Germany’s Maultaschen are deliciously devious. Legend has it tha...

Tiquira

Indigenous Brazilians have fermented alcoholic beverages from the cassava root ...

Nectar Soda

Though Cincinnati is best known for breweries, another effervescent beverage ha...

How Danish Cookies Became Hong Kong’s Favorite Lunar Ne...

This Lunar New Year in Hong Kong the likes of wu ha (taro fritter balls), yau go...

The Magic of Moldovan Black Cake

It’s a gloomy Saturday morning in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, and the stre...

Atlas Obscura’s Juiciest Pope Drama

In the 2024 film Conclave, which received eight Oscar nominations including Best...

Snake Stories: Our Favorite Reads

On January 29, communities around the world rang in the Lunar New Year. In the C...

Why Sarasota Is an Ideal Destination for Nature Lovers

BY JENNIFER FRANKLIN With its white-sugar sand and turquoise gulf waters, it’s ...

As Cities Get Warmer, Rat Populations Are on the Rise

This story was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of the C...

The Quest to Save the World’s Rarest Pasta

This article is adapted from the February 1, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s...

Ask Us Your Burning Travel Questions

Have you ever found yourself wondering how to visit the Gates of Hell, the manma...

Blood-Powered Toes Give ‘Skydiving’ Salamanders a Boost

Up in the canopy of Northern California’s old-growth coast redwoods, about 100 f...

How a UC Davis Research Center Is Changing the World of...

On a recent frosty morning, I stood outside a small building on the University o...

Qinngua Valley in Greenland

Greenland is ice and Iceland is green, or so the saying goes. In reality, Icela...

'Die Räuberköpfe' ('The Robbers' Heads') in Kiel, Germany

On an exterior wall of a convent in Kiel, northern Germany, two stone medallion...

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