Take your next trip with Atlas Obscura! Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's most fascinating places, the stories behind them, and the people who bring them to life. Visit Adventures
Take your next trip with Atlas Obscura! Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's most fascinating places, the stories behind them, and the people who bring them to life. Visit Adventures
Gas Trapped in Antarctic Ice Recorded the Mass Death of 56 Million People
How Students Built a 16th-Century Engineer's Book-Reading Machine
This Museum Is Full of Hundreds of Rare, Antique Typewriters
Does Anyone Know What These Knobbly Orbs Are For?
Watch a Book Being Made the Old-Fashioned Way
The Macaroni in 'Yankee Doodle' Is Not What You Think
