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Atlas Obscura's 2021 Gift Guide

Racking your brain for the perfect present this year? Fear not! Atlas Obscura staff and friends have curated our 2021 gift guide, filled with ideas to inspire all ages and interests. The real question is whether or not you're able to resist buying some of these for yourself. (Don't worry—we won't tell.)

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Each pre-order comes with a set of brand-stamped cookie cutters when you fill out this form with your pre-order receipt information. Click here to submit after pre-ordering to receive your cookie cutters. This offer is only valid in the U.S. “Like a great tapas meal, Gastro Obscura is deep yet snackable,...

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide

$43
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With a bit of time and patience, you can have your own miniature wind-powered robot just like the large scale ones made by Dutch artist Theo Jansen.

Larissa Hayden
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Strandbeest Model Kit

$13
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Our online courses inspire wonder about the world, all from the comfort of home. Whether your interest is gravestones, cheese, ancient recipes, building miniatures, or composing experimental music, we have something unique for everyone. Give your friends or loved ones a way to explore their obsessions and curiosities today. *Valid...

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Horror. Adventure. Noir. For the first time, your life can actually smell like the genre you wish it was!

Eric Grundhauser Senior Producer
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Movie Genre Candles

$48
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Science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt’s poetic, inspiring quest to unravel the mysteries within the color blue is about so much more than color alone. Weaving together art and chemistry, biology and physics, Kai travels the world to find out why blue pigment is so elusive in the natural world.

Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color

$16
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Groundbreaking natural navigator Tristan Gooley turns his keen senses to the weather in this perfect gift for the outdoorsperson. By “reading” nature as he does, you’ll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict what’s coming), you’ll unlock a secret wonderland of sights and clues you’ve never noticed...

The Secret World of Weather

$19
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Celebrate Carl Sagan's audacious and mind-bending attempt to explain human life to civilizations outside our galaxy with this enamel pin reproduction of the golden record carried aboard the Voyager space probes.

Tyler Cole VP, Community
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Voyager Golden Record Pin

$8
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Adapted from the #1 New York Times bestselling book, the Atlas Obscura page-a-day calendar captures the sensation of wanderlust in 365 days of stunning color photographs, unique facts, and unexpected adventures.

Atlas Obscura Page-A-Day Calendar 2022

$6
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This stainless steel cocktail set from Cocktail Kingdom contains: one Seamless Mixing Glass, one Hoffman® Barspoon, one Japanese Style Jigger, one set of Koriko® Weighted Shaking Tins, and one Koriko® Hawthorne Strainer.

Cocktail Kingdom Essential Cocktail Set

$130
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If there’s nothing more terrifying to you than a blank page, and plain old horizontal lines feel more like prison than prompt, try this notebook of unusual graph paper. Guaranteed to shift your perspective with each new page.

Grids & Guides: A Notebook for Visual Thinkers

$12
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Color-changing, camouflaging, ink-cloud concealing cephalopods are basically the closest thing we have on earth to real-life shapeshifters. I loved learning all about these mysterious creatures from cephalopod expert—and AO trip leader—Sarah MacAnulty, all while calmly coloring the tentacles of a giant squid. 

Rachel Bouton Program Manager, Group and Co-Branded Experiences
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The Ink-credible Cephalopod Coloring Book

$15
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This instant bestseller showcases a trove of fresh wonders in 100 infographic maps. Discover surprising connections and fascinating insights hidden within North America’s geography, nature, politics, and culture, to see anew the continent—and those who call it home.

North American Maps for Curious Minds

$15
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For the inquisitive! The international bestseller Prisoners of Geography comes to life with eye-opening, colorful maps and hundreds of illustrations. See how rivers and mountains, local resources, and natural defenses direct the course of history—and our own lives—in this atlas for all ages.

Prisoners of Geography Illustrated Young Readers Ed.

$15
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Uncover more hidden wonders in the new edition of An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders. We've added 100 new places, 12 new city guides, and a fold-out map of a dream around-the-world journey to our bestselling book.

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders, 2nd Edition

$26
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From internet phenomenon to giant plush toy to a spot in your bedroom, this cuddly, stuffed crustacean is twenty-thousand leagues of cuteness.

Giant Isopod Stuffed Toy

$179
Why We Love It

I have this poster hanging above my desk and frequently find myself lost in it. Who knew Kazakhstan was so big? Or that Belgium was so tiny?

Tyler Cole VP, Community
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Poster of Countries Ordered by Area

$42
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Perfect for both kids and avian-inclined adults, this beautiful box set takes your standard memory game to the next level by highlighting the visual differences in 25 male and female bird pairs.

Tao Tao Holmes Director of Special Projects, Experiences
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Match a Pair of Birds: A Memory Game

$17

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