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Sweets

Trappist Mango Treats

At Our Lady of the Philippines Trappist Abbey, monks turn local fruit into sinfully delicious goodies.
A bottle of Washington's whiskey.
Drinks

George Washington’s Whiskey

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed at Mount Vernon.
Ingredients & Condiments

Mountain Maid Ube Jam

In the mountains of the Philippines, a convent raises funds with a sweet spread made from purple yams.
Sweets

Yemas de San Leandro

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.
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Cooking with Critters

Los Angeles
$40 per person
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Guided Bug & Wine Pairing

Los Angeles
$50 per person
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Exploring a Secret Fort

Washington
$25 per person
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Atlas Obscura - Goats in the Hood

Philadelphia
$12 per person
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Bunk Up On the Battleship Iowa

Los Angeles
$175 per person
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It Doesn't Want to Sound Good

Los Angeles
$35 per person
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Flirting with Love

City of Industry
$35 per person
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Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous Explorers

Brooklyn, New York
$10 per person
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Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous Explorers

Los Angeles, California
Free
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islands

The Many Pleasures of Sardinian Throat Singing

A fiercely unusual musical style from a fiercely independent island.
Dan Nosowitz October 8, 2019
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botanical illustration

These Stunning Botanical Images Are Blueprints of the Past

Two 90-year-old albums document what a 12-year-old photographer did on her summer vacation.
Anna Soper October 8, 2019
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science

Belize's Maya Drained Their Swamps to Make Farmland

Their wide-reaching wetland agriculture helped support the civilization.
Isaac Schultz October 8, 2019
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maps

The 19th-Century Charts That Put the World's Waterfalls on One Impossible Landscape

Imagine the roar.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 8, 2019
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prisons

Australia's First Published Dictionary Was Dedicated to 'Convict Slang'

The "flash" language reflected the makeup of the British penal colony at the time.
Matthew Taub October 7, 2019
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lenin

Russia's Retro Lenin Museum Still Runs on Decades-Old Apple II Computers

The same machine that popularized "The Oregon Trail" was secretly imported just a few years before the USSR collapsed.
Yuri Litvinenko October 7, 2019
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gum

How a Mexican General's Exile in Staten Island Led to Modern Chewing Gum

He captured the Alamo, lost Texas, and helped invent Tutti Frutti.
Will Conant October 7, 2019
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roadside attractions

Meet California's Nerds of Neon

These photo-taking, model-making obsessives are documenting the state’s vintage signs before they vanish.
Jody Amable October 4, 2019
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caves

Eurasia's Oldest Tiny Tools Were Essential for Living in the Rain Forest

And perfectly sized for small, Sri Lankan jungle prey.
Isaac Schultz October 4, 2019
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