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SS Nomadic in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Commissioned in 1910 by the White Star Line, SS Nomadic was designed by Thomas Andrews (the designer of RMS Titanic) and built by Harland and Wolff (builders of Titanic and Olympic) in the Belfast...
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The Rare Stone Whose Markings Resemble City Skylines
Geology made this bleak cityscape. (Photo: Mirtio/Public Domain)Hiding deep within the Earth are the ruins of dead cities, complete with crumbling skylines and apocalyptic vistas. Or at least that’s...
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Cow Bay Moose in Cow Bay, Canada
When the Cow Bay Moose first appeared in 1959 along the beach in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, construction worker turned folk artist Winston Bronnum was 30 years old. He had long been a self-taught carver and...
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Here Are 17 Hidden Spots Inside America's National Parks and Forests
Boys admire redwoods in Sequoia National Park, California. (Photo: Stephanie/CC BY-ND 2.0)In the latter half of the 19th century, the West had been won. The frontier was closed, and America was feeling...
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Places You Can No Longer Go: The Colony on Cuttyhunk
Update, 8/26: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of the island. It is Cuttyhunk, not Cuttyunk. We regret the error.
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Underwater Post Office in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Say you're scuba diving, enjoying the natural wonders of a coral reef, and all of a sudden you realize you forgot to send an important piece of mail. Never fear; Vanuatu Post has you covered.The...
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A Hiker Was Found in a New Zealand Hut After Going Missing for a Month
Mount Aspiring National Park in New Zealand. (Photo: Public domain)Over a month ago, a young Czech couple hiking in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park went missing, and after several weeks had...
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Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial in Toronto, Canada
The Canadian Pacific Railway, built in the late 1800s, was the country’s first transcontinental railroad. Running from the Alberta westward through the Canadian Rockies, it helped unite the country and...
View ArticleMeet Our New Advice Columnist, Zardulu
Illustration by Matt Lubchansky.Good afternoon! For a while now, Atlas Obscura has been talking about an advice column—and now, we have the perfect Atlas Obscura advice columnist.Meet Zardulu,...
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Annie Oakley's Grave in Versailles, Ohio
Annie Oakley burst into the male-dominated profession of sharpshooting with guns blazing. She brought worldwide attention not only to her own talent, but to the abilities of women everywhere.Born to...
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In 1983, Staten Island Narrowly Escaped Becoming a Nuclear Stronghold
The USS Iowa firing her nine 16″/50 and six 5″/38 guns during a target exercise. [Photo: Public Domain] New York City’s waterfront isn’t short of piers, but one of those piers is truly unusual: it is...
View ArticleWatch This Gazelle Spring Across the African Savanna Like a Pogo Stick
Out in the open plains and savannas in Central Kalahari, Africa, this young springbok jumps between members of the herd, popping up high above the tall grass. This specific springing pattern often seen...
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The World's First Self-Driving Taxis Debut in Singapore
(Photo: nuTonomy)Self-driving cars are our future. And in a few decades, it's easy to imagine them as ubiquitous, dominating the streets with an efficiency that no human driver can claim to match. On...
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The Surprising Massachusetts Origins of Nearly Every American Sport
An early 20th century Smith College netball team. (Photo: WikiCommons/Public Domain)In 2004, a historian named John Thorn sent the librarians of Pittsfield, Massachusetts on a strange quest. Deep in...
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Inside the Budapest Escape Room That Started the Worldwide Craze
Harry Houdini before an escape. (Photo: Library of Congress/LC-USZ62-53798)In a crumbling basement in the gritty part of Budapest’s VIII District, the clock was already ticking. Various clues lay...
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Pyramidenkogel Observation Tower in Linden, Austria
There is a mountain in Austria called Pyramidenkogel, reaching 2,700 feet above sea level. That’s not very tall compared to the Alps, only about a quarter the size. But add the world’s tallest wooden...
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Found: A Nursery of Great White Sharks Off Long Island
Horror. (Photo: Discovery Times/Public Domain)Great white sharks are the ocean's top predators, and now, off Long Island, scientists have found one of the places where they are being born. According to...
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Kilmacduagh Round Tower in Galway, Ireland
There is a hush in Kilmacduagh, where the ruins of a monastery destroyed some 800 years ago still stand.The ruins are impressive enough, but the round tower—the tallest in Ireland at 34.5m, and in...
View ArticleLA's Shade Balls Are Still (Mostly) Going Strong
Whew! Remember that madness?August 2015's Great Shade Ball Rush was a full year ago, which means time flies faster than a horde of fist-sized spheres cascading down an incline. It also means we're...
View ArticleWatch These Albatrosses in Hawaii Have a Dance Off
Two Laysan Albatross stand beak-to-beak on a grassy patch of land on a tiny island in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii. The bird on the left quickly "dabs" before both wail and...
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