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Rocks

From an interactive journal about protecting the Earth to an at-home Egyptian pyramid dig, these aren’t your typical kids gifts.

Kids Gifts For the Young and Young at Heart

A giving guide from the Atlas Obscura team.

Sarah Durn November 28, 2023

Mount Ida, Arkansas

Avant Mining at Fisher Mountain

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

Stretching between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Scottish witch trials were among Europe’s longest and most deadly.

Isobel Gowdie and the Untold History of the Scottish Witch Trials

Some experts estimate as many as 3,000 people were accused and executed for witchcraft in Scotland.

Sarah Durn October 31, 2023

Nye County, Nevada

Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

There are so many reasons to take stone skimming seriously.

Stone Skimming Is a World Champion Sport—And a Model for Spaceships

What to know if you want to skip a rock over 200 feet. Or fly to space.

Ella Benson Easton October 19, 2023

Yamanashi, Japan

Kanibōzu Claw Marks

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.

Dolores, Colorado

Memorial Rock

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

The Cailleach shrine can determine if locals have a good year or not.

Moving Stones Has a Magical Effect at This Secret Shrine in Scotland

Don't let the Cailleach curse your autumn.

Daniela Castillo Gómez October 17, 2023

The Story Behind This Giant Rock in the Middle of a Field | Untold Earth

Geneva, Switzerland

Repère Pierre du Niton

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

McLouth, Kansas

Rock in Road

A rock that was too big to move, so the town just paved around it.

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Sudbury Grinding Stone

Once an integral part of Native American life, very few of these communal New England stones have survived to the present day.

Circleville, West Virginia

Nelson Rocks Via Ferrata

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Grainau, Germany

Höllentalklamm

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

Mochrum, Scotland

Drumtroddan Rock Art

Carved between 3500 and 1000 B.C., the distinctive carvings at this site are poorly understood.

Fackler, Alabama

The Rock Zoo

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Potash Rd Rock Art Site

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 BCE.

Hamburg, New Jersey

Hamburg Stromatolites

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.