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Our Favorite Illustrations of the Mysteries, Histories,...

December 28, 2022

We tell a lot of unusual stories at Atlas Obscura, and some of them present a unique challenge: How do you make a story about blood jam, radioactive cats, or a lanky, bird-like mountain monster come alive visually? Well, we called upon the imaginative skills of artists around the world to bring these subjects to life. They bring a wide variety of styles to our work, but never fail to deliver on something arresting and evocative. Here are some...

Our Behind-the-Scenes Peeks at Some of the...

December 27, 2022

Museums are more than just the curated artifacts in glass cases or framed artwork on white walls. There’s so much visitors don’t get to see. That’s why Atlas Obscura has a series called “Secret Lives of Museums,” to highlight the people of these amazing places and the sometimes unusual stuff they have to do. This year we peeked into the rooms where conservators painstakingly restored ancient glass vessels shattered in the 2020 Beirut explosion and explored a Spanish village...

Our Favorite Science Stories of 2022

December 27, 2022

Science is a journey, not a destination. It’s an endless process of collecting data, devising a hypothesis, and then testing it from every angle like a velociraptor probing its enclosure fence. And it can get messy. Just ask the paleontologists who had to push their stuck truck out of the mud on the way to a remote dig where finding fossilized poop would be their greatest success. Or the intrepid team that followed monkeys through the forest canopy as...

'Creations from Mufflers' in Cortez, Colorado

December 27, 2022

Off the side of a dusty dirt road in Cortez, Colorado, lies a most unusual little neighborhood. Its residents are composed entirely of spare metal parts, painted completely white, and performing a variety of little tasks. One plows the land in a little tractor, another tugs at the reins of a stubborn ox. Some even fish next to a small pond. This is “Creations from Mufflers,” a roadside art project 30 years in the making. Contrary to the site’s...

Through an Artist’s Eye, Scientific Tools Help...

December 27, 2022

This story was originally published on Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Perhaps one of the most salient marks of human ingenuity is our ability to peer into places our eyes were never designed to see. We can now glimpse the birth of distant galaxies with the Webb telescope, or spot structures hidden deep inside the human cell through electron cryomicroscopy. And for decades, scientists have been using remote sensing technologies to monitor the...

Remember Flanders in Ottawa, Ontario

December 26, 2022

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae served during World War I in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a surgeon, although he is best known for his poem In Flanders Fields. The poem’s symbolism of the poppy would lead to its use as a sign of remembrance. Born in 1872, McCrae graduated from medical school in 1898. He later served as a professor of pathology, and a pathologist at several Canadian Hospitals. He was also a member of the Royal College of Physicians. ...

Alcove From Old London Bridge in London,...

December 26, 2022

In the shadow of The Shard, in the southern borough of London’s Southwark, lies Guy’s Hospital. Nestled deep within all the various departments is a small green oasis of calm. Here, one will find a memorial to John Keats, a 19th-century poet and contemporary of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. What makes this monument unusual is both the statue and its structural encasement. Why would a writer of poetry from the early 1800s be honored on the grounds...

Massachusetts Beirut Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts

December 26, 2022

At the edge of Columbus Park in Boston’s North End is a unique memorial to a nearly forgotten group of servicemen. The memorial was built in 1992 to honor nine U.S. Marines from Massachusetts who died in the Beirut bombing on October 23, 1983, when two suicide bombers using truck bombs struck targets in Beirut, Lebanon. The buildings housed American and French peacekeepers working during the Lebanese Civil War. In total, the attack killed 241 U.S. citizens, 58 French military personnel, the two...

The Rise and Fall of Alaska's 'Reindeer...

December 23, 2022

“Man will go anywhere for treasure.” So Gudbrand “G.J.” Lomen told his 19-year-old son Carl in the summer of 1900, as the two caught their first glimpse of Alaska Territory from the deck of the S.S. Garonne. The flat, treeless expanse in front of them was punctuated by snow-capped mountains, tent-packed mining camps, and rusted heavy machinery. The sounds of ship whistles and jangling dogsleds pierced the icy air. The scene was worlds away from G.J. Lomen’s law practice...

How a Black-Jewish Historian Crafts a Hanukkah...

December 23, 2022

Legend has it that in the second century B.C., just after Jewish rebels reclaimed their temple from Greek-Syrian oppressors in Jerusalem, a miniscule amount of olive oil kept the temple’s sacred flame burning for eight days until they could find more fuel. Today, Jews across the world commemorate this miracle on the winter holiday of Hanukkah by heating up oil to fry myriad foods, each reflecting the cook’s heritage, such as Sephardic bumuelos or Ashkenazi latkes. Michael Twitty, a...

Robert Burns Memorial Shelter in Prestonpans, Scotland

December 23, 2022

Should one find themselves along the coastal walk of Prestonpans, a quaint seaside village a few miles southeast of Edinburgh, they may encounter a small stone structure consisting of two windows and a door, all of which are barred. On closer inspection, they will be treated to a colorful painting consisting of all manner of fantastical and bizarre imagery. Though this coastal town is known for its murals. This work was authorized by a unique society blending together the...

German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love...

December 23, 2022

In 1296, in the city of Ulm on the Danube River, Franconian monks invented a culinary wonder. Thanks to the Old Salt Road, a trading route through Germany out to the Far East, the monks had access to cinnamon, cloves, and anise. They didn’t have much in the way of butter, flour, or sugar, but they had nuts from the forest and honey from the monastery’s apiaries. One day, a clever friar had the idea to knead the spoils...

Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts

December 23, 2022

On the twilight morning hours of April 19, 1775, members of the Massachusetts Militia received word that British Army regulars were marching out of Boston heading west to seize and destroy military supplies. Men like William Dawes, Paul Revere, and Samuel Prescott learned of the impending attack and were able to offer warnings to their fellow colonists during their famed midnight rides. Just as dawn approached, British troops arrived in Lexington. A small skirmish ensued but the colonial provincial...

Castello Aragonese Calvi Risorta in Pignataro Maggiore,...

December 23, 2022

In a country where castles dot coastlines and hilltops, the Aragon Castle of Calvi Risorta seems a bit out of place. Instead of commanding an ocean or valley view, the medieval castle sits right off the roadway miles from the coast, in a relatively flat area of Campania, Italy. The castle is in fact strategically located along the route from southern Italy to Rome. Just as the nearby modern highway (the A1) now directly connects Naples to Rome, the...

Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts

December 22, 2022

A short walk from the Peabody Essex Museum and Witch City Mall on busy Essex Street, you can find Salem’s solemn memorial to the 20 victims of their 1692 witch trials. Granite walls surround three sides of the space; the fourth side is an open stone threshold and a blue plaque on one corner. The Salem Witch Trials Memorial was dedicated in 1992, three centuries after the infamous witch trials took place. Within the walls, there are simple stone slabs,...

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