Atlas Obscura - Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations
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Gastro Obscura
Covering the world's most wondrous food and drink.
A bottle of amaro, with other monastery snacks.
Drinks

Amaro di Sant'Antimo

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.
Drinks

Hot Springs Beer at Superior Bathhouse Brewery

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.
Prepared Foods

Our Lady of Lourdes French Meat Pie

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.
A Whirla-Whip creation, flavored with with Nutella.
Sweets

Whirla-Whip Ice Cream at Dakota Drug Co.

One of the last operational versions of this retro ice-cream mixer still makes flavors in Stanley, North Dakota.
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Upcoming Experiences
Experience

Entertainment & Movie Palaces in Uptown

Chicago, Illinois
$35 per person
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Inside the Holographer's Laboratory

New York, New York
$35 per person
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Strange and Haunted History River Cruise

Chicago, Illinois
$33 per person
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Hidden Stories at Rosehill Cemetery

Chicago, Illinois
$25 per person
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The Abandoned Zoo Ruins of Griffith Park

Holllywood, Los Angeles, California
$28 per person
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White House Tales of Scandal & Intrigue

Washington, D.C.
$25 per person
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Experience

Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous Explorers

Corte Madera, California
Free
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Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous Explorers

Brookline, Massachusetts
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Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous Explorers

Los Angeles, California
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More Stories
names

How to Name a Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda

Start with an ancestral ceremony for human babies. Then add 30,000 people who want to save the endangered, majestic primates.
Chloe Berge October 18, 2019
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genetics

Scientists Are Learning More About Scandinavia's Battle Axe Culture

The genetics of a Stone Age family with a metal name.
Isaac Schultz October 18, 2019
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maps

The 19th-Century French Frenzy for Species Swapping, in a Single Chart

Quaggas, ibises, and tapirs, oh my!
Jessica Leigh Hester October 17, 2019
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shipwrecks

Virtually Tour a Dutch Smuggler's Shipwreck in Iceland

Without jumping in the frigid North Atlantic.
Isaac Schultz October 17, 2019
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food

Italy's Only Malaysian Food Truck Draws an Unlikely Crowd: Italians

Justin Yip's satay is winning over nationalistic eaters.
Luke Fater October 17, 2019
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paintings

A Nun's 450-Year-Old 'Last Supper' Makes Its Museum Debut in Florence

Plautilla Nelli was likely the first woman in history to paint the iconic biblical scene.
Karen Chernick October 17, 2019
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natural history museums

A Dead, Decomposing Whale Once Toured the United Kingdom

The Tay Whale brought together science, spectacle, and hucksterism in the quest to turn a buck.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 16, 2019
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literature

For Sale: Jane Austen’s Wince-Inducing Descriptions of 19th-Century Dentistry

In a letter to her sister, the novelist politely recounts a grisly scene.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 16, 2019
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food

The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

A tourism bureau's embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and peril.
Namrata Kolachalam October 16, 2019
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