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Covering the world's most wondrous food and drink.
Ritual & Medicinal

Guimaras Mango Festival

Themed buffets, parades, performances, and competitions dominate this Philippines island every May.
Jezebel sauce over cream cheese.
Ingredients & Condiments

Jezebel Sauce

Cooks in the Southern United States still whip up this spicy, seductively sweet condiment from the 1950s.
This sticky residue is used by Belizeans as an adhesive, and is often compared to glue.
Ritual & Medicinal

Cojones de Caballo

Belizeans use this bulbous fruit to kill mosquito-borne parasites.
Sweets

Antwerp Chocolate Hands

These sweet hands come with stories of triumph and brutality.
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Upcoming Events
Join Atlas Obscura's co-founder and creative director for a night of wonder.
Oct 23
Corte Madera, California

An Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid

Don't miss this rare chance to meet Atlas Obscura's co-founder Dylan Thuras.
Ravenmaster book cover.
Oct 23
New York, NY

The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

History, adventures, and tales of intrigue from the Ravenmaster of the Tower of London.
Sleeping Beauty's castle, in Disneyland. Anaheim, CA
Oct 24
Anaheim, California

The Secret Life of Disneyland

Discover the hidden world inside the Magic Kingdom.
Sludge return.
Oct 24
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

Water, Water Everywhere

Get a behind-the-scenes look of D.C. Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, the largest plant of its kind in the world.
Join Atlas Obscura's co-founder and creative director for a night of wonder.
Oct 24
Austin, Texas

An Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid

Don't miss this rare chance to meet Atlas Obscura's co-founder Dylan Thuras.
Oct 24
Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Peek Behind the Crown Hill Cemetery Curtain

Visit with Crown Hill's funeral director to ask all of your burning questions about the business of death.
Stargazing at our future home, with telescopes provided by B&H Photo.
Oct 25
Brooklyn, New York

Watery Worlds with Scientific American

Where in the universe is the next home for our species? Join SciAm's experts for a night of stargazing and celestial debating in the fields of The Evergreens Cemetery, with telescopes provided by B&H.
Philosophical Research Society headquarters, exterior.
Oct 25
Los Angeles, California

Wisdom Literature and Esoterica at the Philosophical Research Society

Visit a repository of everything you're not supposed to know.
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waves

Prehistoric Sand Is Full of Secrets

Petrified wave ripples can tell us about the weather that dinosaurs saw.
October 18, 2018
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conservation

Mule Deer Are Eating Away at the Most Massive Living Thing in the World

A special aspen grove needs the chance to regenerate.
October 18, 2018
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music

L.A.'s Most Derided Piece of Public Art Is About to Light Up Again

Reviving the Triforium.
October 18, 2018
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cloistered comestibles

Monastery and Temple Foods Around the World

A Guide to Heavenly Cuisine
October 17, 2018
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