Plant Blindness: Exploring Plant Toxins & Safety
Toxicologist Liz Dauncey discusses 'plant blindness', plant toxins, myths, and safety precautions. Learn about plant defenses, poisoning incidents, and responsible plant handling.
Haunted Hotels: Ghostly Getaways & Paranormal Experiences
Discover haunted hotels & vacation rentals worldwide with documented paranormal activity. From murder sites to war hospitals, explore real ghost stories & macabre history for a unique travel experience.
Ginger’s Culinary World: Exploring Varieties & Uses
Discover the diverse world of gingers: from common ginger to fingerroot, lantern ginger, sand ginger and galangal. Learn about their unique flavors, uses in Southeast Asian cuisine, and availability.
The Cavalier Hotel: History, Art Deco, and Tarnished Truth Distillery
Explore the Cavalier Hotel's rich history: from luxury with seawater baths and celebrity guests, to its WWII service and recent restoration. Discover its art-deco architecture and Tarnished Truth distillery.
F60: World’s Largest Vehicle & Mining History
The F60, a massive overburden conveyor bridge, was built in East Germany for lignite mining. Decommissioned after reunification, it's now a visitor attraction showcasing mining history and hosting events.
True Survival: 10 Gripping Outdoor Movies Based on Real Events
Explore 10 amazing outdoor survival movies based on true stories of human resilience. From Everest to the Andes, witness extraordinary tales of courage against impossible odds. keywords: survival, movies, real stories, outdoor.
Shime Coal Mine Winding Tower: Japan’s Anti-Zombie Fortress
The Shime Coal Mine Winding Tower, Japan's last surviving tower, operated from 1889-1964. Known online as the 'Anti-Zombie Fortress' due to its Brutalist style, it's now a sports park and Concrete Cultural Property.
Plain Folk Live Music Cafe
Evidence of the local music scene is also abundant with posters, art, tapestries, stickers, instruments, and album covers adorning the walls.
How just 15 minutes in nature can boost your well-being
This is important for those without access to dense forests near their homes or workplaces, as a short walk in a city park can still have a meaningful impact on mental well-being.
Raising a Ghost Town From the Dead
But as I sat in the library, watching an old newsreel showing the heyday of Brownsville’s downtown when the sidewalks were crowded with shoppers and the future seemed bright and full of promise, the toll of Ernest Liggett’s failed pie-in-the-sky projects seemed unconscionably severe.
Oregon Co-Champion Juniper
Go 20.7 miles east on US 20 from its intersection with NE 3rd Street (US 97 Business) in downtown Bend to the junction (at about 43.90041 N, 120.98745 W) with USFS 23 and turn right (south).
Say Hello to Nature’s Fire Brigade
With so many animals willing to lend a helping claw, trunk, or foot, some scientists say land managers should start looking at boosting the populations of these and other species as part of their fire mitigation and restoration plans.
Dear Atlas: What’s the Best Way to Travel Solo at 60?
A former Atlas Obscura staff editor, she regularly contributes to the New York Times, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Wired, Gizmodo, Culture Trip, Mental Floss, and the AV Club, among others.
Passport To Patagonia
Believing that travel to Earth’s remote reaches presented “an incredible opportunity to expose people to the wonder of the world so that they might think differently about the planet and our role in protecting it,” Lindblad made history in 1966 by taking the first citizen tourists to Antarctica aboard a chartered Argentinian Navy ship.
Kam Wah Cafe
The menu today spans all the cha chaan teng staples—egg sandwiches served on white bread, egg tarts, dishes revolving around instant noodles—but everyone in Hong Kong knows that this is the place to get a pineapple bun, or bo lo bao.
On the Road in a Giant Almond
Some simply painted their logos onto delivery trucks, while others created spectacles on wheels to get people talking, like the time that Moxie, the old-school soda company, put fake horses on top of cars that could be steered by a rider perched on the animal’s back.
Abe’s Bar-B-Q
Pat Davis Sr., the current owner, likes to say that Robert Johnson may have been sitting on a crate under a Sycamore tree eating some of their barbecue when he made his pact with the Devil.