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Atlas Obscura Trivia Night

Fri, Dec 4
$7 per person
Gather your team and compete in a weekly contest of wits and educated-guessing.
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Backstage with a Magician

Fri, Dec 4
$25 per device
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Dino 101

Fri, Dec 4
$10 per device
Who says dinosaurs are just for kids?
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Members Only: Atlas Obscura Trivia Night

Tue, Dec 8
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A special night of curious trivia just for Atlas Obscura members!
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Radical Spirits: How the Occult Shaped Progressive Politics

Tue, Dec 8
$10 per device
Join PEN Award-winning historian and occult scholar Mitch Horowitz as he explores the spiritual roots of radical politics.
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Accidental Discoveries

Fri, Dec 11
$10 per device
Join Dr. Kelly Reidy as she digs into history's most surprising (and oddly productive) mishaps, accidents, and blunders.
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hidden cities

City of Secrets: Underground in Los Angeles

Los Angeles
Apr 30–May 2, 2021
From $830 USD
On this an insider’s journey into the City of Angeles, we'll discover the murals and art of the famous Arts district with a resident artist, clink glasses at an underground speakeasy, and hike through hidden ruins with a suspicious past, all in pursuit of the less angelic side of the City of Angels.
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City of Blooms: Floriculture in Paris

Paris
Jun 18–20, 2021
From $1,230 USD
Join Atlas Obscura and Tastemade for a journey through the botanical side of Paris, from hidden flower farms to one of France's oldest fragrance houses.
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wildlife & nature

Rewilding: Tracking Wolves in the Forests of Sweden

Sweden
Jul 5–11, 2021
From $3,100 USD
Explore Sweden’s boreal forests by day and hear the howling of wild wolves by night.
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Swim with the Singing Whales of Tonga

Tonga
Sep 2–9, 2021
From $6,330 USD
Accompanied by conservation experts, you’ll spend five full days swimming alongside humpback whales as their song fills the ocean.
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chickens

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medieval

India’s Sati Stones Commemorate a Macabre Historical Practice

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hunting

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farms

Celebrate the Farm Workers Behind Your Favorite Thanksgiving Sides

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art

Zooming in on the Microbiome of Some da Vinci Masterpieces

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Matthew Taub November 25, 2020
insects

A Massive Collection of Dead Insects Lives Inside Filing Cabinets in a Canadian Office

Growing since 1886, this taxonomic library is among the largest insect repositories in the world.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson November 25, 2020
objects of intrigue

A Tale of Survival, Wrapped in a 19th-Century Reindeer-Skin Sleeping Bag

Twenty-five travelers departed for the Arctic. Six made it home.
Betsy Golden Kellem November 24, 2020
national parks

In Rwanda, Learning Whether a ‘Smart Park’ Can Help Both Wildlife and Tourism

It’s taken a lot of outside help, but a national park has come back from the brink.
Amy Yee November 24, 2020
farms

The Small Goat Breed That’s a Star of Urban Farms

“If you’re thinking about getting a dog, maybe get a goat instead.”
Chris Malloy November 24, 2020
food

My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe

Veteran line-cooks, experts, and die-hard fans tell the story of the fries that birthed an empire, then disappeared—until now.
Luke Fater November 23, 2020
libraries

How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief

For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.
Jeffrey Arlo Brown November 23, 2020
libraries

There Are Way More Copies of Newton's Masterwork Than Anyone Thought

A new global census doubles the number of known copies of the scientist's treatise on gravity and more.
Luna Shyr November 23, 2020
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