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20 Cola Museum in Kragujevac, Serbia

April 1, 2025

In the central Serbian city of Kragujevac, a pop culture and bicycle museum, the 20 Cola Museum or Muzej Bicikala i Pop Kulture “20 Cola,” takes visitors back to a time when bicycles were a beloved mode of transportation, especially for young Serbians in the 20th century. In addition to many unique bicycles, the museum also exhibits toys, magazines, vinyl records, cassette tapes, comics, VHS tapes, video games, consoles, posters, and other memorabilia mainly from the 1980s. The museum offers...

Jesse James’ Grave in Kearney, Missouri

April 1, 2025

Jesse James didn’t find his resting place easily. After being shot dead by Bob Ford, James’ body was buried three times and exhumed twice. Today, his final resting place is in a cemetery down the road from his birthplace in Missouri. He is buried next to his wife, first cousin Zerelda, as well as his mother, stepfather, and half brother. On the run and without many former members of his gang, time was running out for Jesse. A hefty...

Dear Atlas: How Can I Turn My...

April 1, 2025

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a question for our experts? Submit it here. * * * Dear Atlas, If I’m gonna take a long-haul trip, I want to make the most out of the actual journey. Are there any major international airport hubs that have fun activities outside of the fancy business lounges? Maybe it’s just us, but we at Atlas Obscura enjoy the idea of...

Luz de Luna in Oaxaca, Mexico

March 31, 2025

A long weekend lunch in the countryside is a hallowed tradition for residents of Oaxaca City, and Luz de Luna makes an ideal escape. Located in the village of San Andrés Huayapam about 20 minutes east of the city, this charming indoor-outdoor restaurant with views of Oaxacan foothills started life in 2012 as a traditional comedor famed for its hearty breakfasts. A few years ago, though, its matriarch and chef, Micaela Ruiz Martinez, and her son, Pavel Nieto, decided...

On the Road in a Giant Almond

March 31, 2025

This article is adapted from the March 29, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. Since the advent of the car, food companies have used them to advertise. Some simply painted their logos onto delivery trucks, while others created spectacles on wheels to get people talking, like the time that Moxie, the old-school soda company, put fake horses on top of cars that could be steered by a rider perched on the animal’s...

Zine Archives Preserve Trans Survival and Storytelling

March 31, 2025

On an August night in 1991, Nancy Jean Burkholder was kicked out of the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. It wasn’t because she was disrupting the event—it was because she was transgender. The lesbian feminist women’s music festival, which had been an annual event in Oceana County since 1976, claimed that they had a “womyn-born-womyn” policy that excluded trans women from attending. Nancy left the festival grounds, devastated, and returned to her home in New England. When the festival rolled...

The Shambles in Manchester, England

March 31, 2025

Most buildings in Manchester’s city center date after 1800, when the city was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. However, at the city’s northern edge, near the River Irwell, stand notably older structures. Among these are two timber-framed buildings, collectively known as the Shambles, located in what’s now called Shambles Square. Both buildings currently function as pubs. The Old Wellington, erected in 1552, originally severed as a draper’s shop starting in 1554 and only became a pub in 1830. The...

Meet Pennsylvania's Apple-Snatching 'Little Bigfoot'

March 31, 2025

Early one February morning in 2002, Rick Fisher was driving down Route 23 toward Marietta, Pennsylvania, when he saw what he thought was a child standing in the middle of the road. He slowed, planning to help—until he got close enough to see this was no child, or at least not a human one. The figure was about five feet tall, stick thin, and covered in dark hair. Fisher turned on his high beams to get a better look....

A Friendlier Form of Bullfighting in the...

March 28, 2025

A dusty arena in the French village of Marsillargues seems like an improbable setting for Carmen. The crowd is dressed in patterned shirts and denim—Provençal rancher wear—instead of opera attire. Yet, when Bizet’s rousing song booms over the loudspeaker, the cheers aren’t for a robust tenor taking center stage, but rather a brawny black bull. This beast is the star of a centuries-old tradition in the southern region known as the Wild West of France. Straddling sport and spectacle,...

Raise a Toast to L.A.'s Century-Old Breakfast...

March 27, 2025

Shannon King’s first experience with the Los Angeles Breakfast Club was a presentation by Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr. Unlike most educational presentations, however, this one took place at the crack of dawn. Nevertheless, “I knew by the end of that first breakfast that I wanted to become a member,” she says. Nestled at the base of Griffith Park sits the Friendship Auditorium, home to the Los Angeles Breakfast Club. Every Wednesday, beginning at 6:45 in the morning, attendees are...

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Memorial in...

March 27, 2025

The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry (RGLI) were the only French-speaking British battalion in World War I. It was also believed to be the last of the so-called “pals battalions” to be raised. The RGLI battalion came from the island of Guernsey, a self-governing dependency of the British crown located in the Channel Islands. Historically, Guernsey didn’t have conscription. When the island’s government created the unit in 1916, it did not accept conscientious objection as a reason to avoid being...

The Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho

March 27, 2025

In 1922, the discovery of King Tutankhamun‘s tomb captured imaginations all over the world and fueled a revival of architecture inspired by ancient Egypt. Even the potato farmers in Idaho got swept up in the excitement, as evidenced by the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho. Opened in 1927, this theater features a detailed bas relief, columns covered in hieroglyphics, and Egyptian-style murals. A century later, the building remains examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in the United States. By the...

Ancient City of Magnesia in Turkey

March 27, 2025

The reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) marked a golden age for the city of Magnesia. Located in the middle of the triangle of Ephesus, Prynne, and Tralleis in Ionia, this site was a significant commercial and strategic location on the roads that connected these three major cities. Back then, the city was famous for its production of grains and figs, exports for which the area continues to be known even now. The ancient ruins of Magnesia are...

Tacos del Carmen in Oaxaca, Mexico

March 26, 2025

The pair of earthenware comal griddles fueled by smoldering oak coals at Tacos del Carmen are beautiful things, weathered by use and white from curing with lime powder. They impart a unique earthy smokiness to this street stand’s quesadillas, empanadas, and tacos. That primeval flavor of clay might be one reason why even in this city of endless street stands this one is always surrounded by crowds—including some of Oaxaca’s top chefs waiting their turn. Open from 7 a.m....

Brow Well in Brow Burn, Scotland

March 26, 2025

Since early history spring water was considered to have healing properties, with many locations in Scotland becoming famous for their healing or holy wells. Brow Well is a chalybeate spring that flows with naturally iron-salt-rich water. This water was believed to cure a whole host of illnesses. During the 17th century it became fashionable to visit spas with mineral springs in the pursuit of health and beauty. When Scottish poet Robert Burns’ health began to decline in 1796, he...

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