An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore... more
We’re bringing you stories about places that you can no longer visit – this time we have stories about a hometown... more
We go inside a place that some paranormal investigators call the most active haunted location in the world. Before it... more
The City Hall in Lincoln, Illinois has an unusual architectural appendage with a curious history.
Traveling as a wheelchair user comes with some unique accessibility challenges, but Cory Lee has managed to visit 48 countries... more
The small mountain town of Spruce Pine provides nearly all of the ultra-pure quartz used to make the world’s semiconductors.... more
A group of seagull lovers in Belgium wants you to sympathize with these birds… by sounding just like them.
After experiencing burn out, South Korean artist WoopsYang decides to take a rest and create an environment for others to... more
We want to know about places that give you the creeps. Places that get under your skin, give you that... more
In Myrtle Beach, mini-golf is not so mini. They’re hosting the Mini-Golf Masters, where titans of the tiny game will... more
We head to the cliffs of Balneario El Condor in Argentina to visit a parrot city… and the parrot suburbs.... more