Atlas Obscura

Showmen’s Rest in Forest Park, Illinois

Showmen’s Rest is a plot of graves located in the corner of the Woodlawn Cemete...

From Twisting Architecture to Ancient Wine: 7 Hidden Ge...

BY LAURA KINIRY The mighty Rhine River has served as a link between northern an...

Silverball Retro Arcade in Delray Beach, Florida

This pinball-focused spot brings machines from the 1920s through today with ful...

Miniature Railroad & Village in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The display was first constructed by a Brookville, Pennsylvania resident named ...

David Bowie Mural in Phoenix, Arizona

On a slump block wall along 7th Street, Phoenix artist Maggie Keane has immorta...

Hosoya’s Sandwich in Sendai, Japan

Hosoya’s Sandwich (Hosoya no Sando) was founded in 1950, 21 years prior to the ...

Found in the Seine: DNA from a Nearly Extinct Mussel

This story was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part o...

Pyramids of Plaine Magnien in Mauritius

In the southeastern corner of Mauritius, a stone’s throw from the country’s pri...

‘K-S 14’ Infantry Bunker in Králíky, Czechia

Hidden away in the Czech border regions, the Králíky fortification complex had ...

Farren’s Bar in County Donegal, Ireland

Located in Malin Head, County Donegal, Farren’s Bar is Ireland’s northernmost p...

Australia’s Dazzling Native Ingredients

This article is adapted from the February 8, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s...

World’s Tallest Uncle Sam Statue in Danbury, Connecticut

In 1965, the construction of this colossal Uncle Sam statue took place, specifi...

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...

Nectar Soda

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

Tiquira

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

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