Think of it as the Great Indoors.

With advice and recipes from a renowned expert.

We want to help you find people, places, and projects that capture the spirit of discovery and community.

With 2.8 million new artifacts on view, there should be plenty to choose from.

Your living room is the perfect place to see the world.

NASA's Earth Observatory wants your help finding hidden gems in its vast archives.

Traces from the ancient past are hidden in photographs from the Cold War.

Inside a historian’s collection of endearing, goofy early 20th-century portraits.

North America's largest-known Mexican cookbook collection inspires both tears and restaurant dishes.

If you're the lone caretaker of Brooks Island, not going crazy is job one.

The mountain range offers a wealth of gorgeous, unexpected textures.

A photographer set out to document single-story buildings—the anti-skyscrapers.

One of the world's most hazardous jobs is known for its intense pressure.

Without jumping in the frigid North Atlantic.

These photo-taking, model-making obsessives are documenting the state’s vintage signs before they vanish.

Researchers squeeze into an underwater habitat off Florida to help prepare for missions to the Moon and beyond.

Blighted, century-old produce goes back on display for the first time in decades.

A cookbook devoted to morning meals showcases chocolate-fish porridge, ice-cream brioche, and more.

Shah Jahan developed one of the most famous cuisines of India.

Glimpses of a century of everyday life.

A digital reconstruction revives a medieval seat of power.

Without the training, equipment, and utter terror.

You'll find that churches offer little sanctuary.

His name was Barry Gfeller, and he left behind an astonishing 50,000 previously unseen images.

A collection of photos from the 1960s tried to show why locomotives need two people in the cab.

Step inside the hidden green spaces of cities around the world.

The secret trove of film and negatives, stashed in a Russian attic.

When black-and-white images can be hard to relate to, adding color evokes empathy.

Tiny islands, great archives.

If you're going to practice writing cuneiform, why not do it on a cookie?

To better understand the distant past, it can help to taste and smell it.

They go viral roughly every 50 years.

Thousands of priceless images, books, documents, and more are now at your fingertips.

The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum was the Middle Ages' most famous health manual. How does it hold up?

Your world might have shrunk—but you can still meet manatees, jellies, bears, and more.

If you're cooped-up and curious, use your free time to decipher handwriting, tag images, and more.

We asked which places gave you "fernweh," and you gave us poetry!

Artists are bringing back Amabie, a 'yōkai' associated with protection from disease.

Gaze out the window or at your computer, in the name of data.

The power of seeing and being seen, hearing and being heard.

"Obey the f***ing law and do what public health authorities tell you to do."

Feast your eyes or sharpen your brain, from a distance.

For Brian Yazzie, the COVID-19 pandemic evokes a history of smallpox, European colonization, and indigenous resilience.

Around the world and back in time from the comfort of your couch.

Use every last crumb with these feats of culinary creativity.

Well, she might be now, at least.

Satisfy your urge to roam and while away some time with these picks from cartographic collectors, curators, and scholars.

And don't forget to cast your vote in "Tournament Earth."

Once, it was considered fit for the emperor.

You can invite them over by planting some native plants on your deck or fire escape.

The Museum of Portable Sound normally resides on an iPhone 4S. Now, you can hear it via video chat.

Painted during the Great Depression, they're lingering expressions of civic pride.

Get inspired by these imaginative cooks from around the world.

As long as we're all cooped-up, here are six digital projects that could use your curiosity.

There are 1.9 million objects to explore. What are you waiting for?

Unsung workers around the world on the front lines of the pandemic fight.

His collection of scary-looking headgear from the past is sure to get into your head.

"I really think it’s gonna help the drive-ins. Will it last? Only time will tell."

When the real world feels unbearable, why not chart a course through lands that are literally unreal?

Today phones have grown critical for making personal connections. The first phone companies probably wouldn't have been thrilled.

There's a wide world of recipes that don’t require buying yeast.

Nonnas of the world, unite!

They're filled with handpicked books and a bag of tea or coffee beans.

Learn to draw, craft up a storm, or boogie like it's 1979.

"It is, in a word, quiet."

Branch out, dine in, and save your city.

Messages of respect, hope, and frustration have appeared in our largely empty public spaces.

In an age of distance, we can still connect in the kitchen to mourn, memorialize, and heal.

The smoky, creamy Hot Ale Flip is a testament to crude ingenuity.

Masks, ventilators, and Zoom recordings may one day be the artifacts of our time.

You can almost smell the old books.

Beat the rush by turning to small, local suppliers—and your neighbors.

Watering and weeding can't wait until the pandemic has passed.

There’s never been a better time for this forgotten frugal classic.

Japan’s feudal fighters were plenty tough. But they didn’t ditch their day jobs.

For every crisis, a recipe.

While locals shelter in place, stuffed toys are popping up by the hundreds on porches and windowsills.

Visual artists are working from home—with help from FaceTime and Zoom.

Atlas Obscura staff recommend immersive and inspiring international series that you can stream now.

The writer was concerned about the rise of binge-drinking bros.

Gaze into the depths of the ocean—from space.

While you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, you can judge a pundit by his books.

When nothing in the world seems to fit together, “dissected maps” offer a cognitive balm.

Your awkward, rebellious stage, it turns out, is history.

A strict lockdown has meant a spike in homebrewing.

You can't travel, but you could probably use a drink.

In the march toward equality, these were among the first (dainty) steps.

Calling into work from the Gates of Hell has never been easier.

Raku Inoue is now finding inspiration for his precise, ephemeral works in his backyard.

The fearsome fighters of Greek mythology have a very real, very fit regimen to share.

From crispy popovers to artful bird cakes, take a carb cruise around the world.

A time-lapse shows that, before they unleash storms, the clouds look pretty soothing. (At least from space.)

Patience and the right resources are key.

The social-distancing era is the perfect time to build a Rube Goldberg machine.

Highlights from an era of convenience, creativity, and Cool Whip.

Being fit and chivalric is as much a mental state as a physical one.

When the going got tough, the tough left recipes.

It's a movement made for the moment.

All you need is an idea, an envelope, and a stamp.

Age-old cuisine, from soup to sweets.

A little "library" that's literally for the birds.

Turns out there’s a lot of running involved in running an empire.

The complicated lineage of our ubiquitous decks.

Joe Froggers tell a story of Black business ownership, slavery, and seafaring in Massachusetts.

When anxiety set boundaries on her life, this adventurer found solace and excitement in Google Street View.

"People wanted so much for there to be dolphins in the canals in Venice."

By making pizza approved by the Communist Party.

Stay in and chill out with recipes for a historic Indian noodle dessert, Japanese fruit sandwiches, and more.

It took Barbara Ketcham Wheaton more than 50 years to compile The Sifter.

It may not be just like grandma’s, but with observation and a little research, it’ll be pretty darn close.

Get New Orleans pralines, Jersey Shore sea salt, and other iconic treats delivered to your door.

The true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2. Premiering May 8th.