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The FBI Debunked These UFO Documents in the Most Childish Way Possible
Who's gonna clean this up? The Majestic 12. (Photo: SSSCCC/Shutterstock.com)Everyone knows the story of the alien craft that supposedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, but who was appointed to...
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Obama Just Created the Largest Marine Reserve in the World
Around 583,000 square miles of ocean off Hawaii are now protected, President Barack Obama announced on Friday, expanding a national monument first established by former president George W. Bush in...
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La Joya Honda in Barranca, Mexico
During the Mexican Revolution the country was ripe for bandits and gunmen, and loot was bountiful. As such, thieves needed a place to store all that money. Luckily for them there was this huge crater...
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The Fierce, Forgotten Library Wars of the Ancient World
An artistic interpretation of the Library of Alexandria based on archaeological evidence by O. Von Corven. (Photo: Public Domain)In the Hellenistic Era—that's 323 BC to 31 BC, for all you numbers...
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Charges Filed After Horsemeat Was Sold in Britain as Ground Beef
(Photo: Public domain)A few years ago, in Great Britain, there was a big scandal. People—humans, eaters, fellow denizens of this Earth—were disgusted: horsemeat had been found in some meat products...
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Dr. June McCarroll Monument in Indio, California
In the fall of 1917, Doctor June McCarroll was driving her Model T down a stretch of highway to her office in Indio, California when she was run off the road by a truck. “It did not take me long to...
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Kilometre Zero in Madrid, Spain
This small stone slab in Madrid’s city square marks the geographical center of Spain. The marker sets the Zero Kilometer point, the point from which distances are measured in Spain—specifically, it's...
View ArticleGet Your Tickets For Our Enchanting Cemetery Soirées in NYC and Philly
Back by popular demand, Atlas Obscura is hosting its signature autumn event, Into the Veil, not once but twice in the next two months.In this video from last year's inaugural event, you can catch a...
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Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory in Verona Island, Maine
While there are innumerable bridges and observation towers scattered around the planet, it’s considerably more rare to witness the combination of these two lovely structures.There are only a handful of...
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Fort Knox State Historic Site in Prospect, Maine
This stunning granite fortification in Maine, built between 1844 and 1869, was named after Henry Knox, a general in the Revolutionary War. However, decades before the fort was constructed, Maine...
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Lots of Ancient Pagodas and Temples Were Damaged in the Myanmar Earthquake
Bagan before the quake. (Photo: Corto Maltese 1999/CC BY 2.0)A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar Wednesday, killing at least four and damaging scores of structures, including several pagodas in the...
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Spitzhäuschen in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
Built in 1416, this distinctive building has been described as "the most photographed building in Bernkastel-Kues," and with good reason.The base of the house is extremely narrow, with the upper floors...
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9 Incredible Meteorite Craters That Look Straight Out of 'Deep Impact'
The human species may not (yet) have encountered extraterrestrial life, but our planet is pockmarked with the scars of alien visitors of a different sort: the giant rocks that have come hurling out of...
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The Trunk Murders and 'Sausage Ghost' of 1920s New Orleans
New Orleans' French Quarter, at the corner of Ursuline Avenue and Royal Street. (Photo: Ken Lund/CC BY-SA 2.0) Tucked between dog-eared title records and 19th-century floor plans were the dismembered...
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Get Lost in the Stacks of These 10 Beautiful University Libraries
Duke Humfrey's reading room at the Old Bodleian Library. (Photo: Diliff/CC BY-SA 3.0)Summer is nearly over; no more frolicking at music festivals and sleeping till afternoon. It's time to hit the books...
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Behold a Glorious Vintage Map of Yosemite National Park
Yosemite, 1931. (Photo: Joseph Mora/Part of the David Rumsey Map Collection)Yosemite National Park is almost impossible to visualize in its entirety, with its 747,956 acres of mountains, rivers,...
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Found: A Mysterious, Dangerous Hole In This Guy's Backyard
It wasn't quite this big, but you get the idea. (Photo: skitterphoto.com/Public Domain)After owning his home for over 25 years, a resident in Edmonton, Alberta recently discovered that a simple...
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Cape Cod Beach Closes Due To Seal Poop Overload
A harbor seal looking pleased with himself. (Photo: Andreas Trepte/CC BY-SA 2.5)Joy-seeking swimmers: were you hoping to catch some of the summer's waning rays at Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet,...
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Jumbo the Elephant in St. Thomas, Canada
On September 15, 1885 Jumbo the Elephant was in St. Thomas, Ontario on tour with the Barnum & Bailey Circus. One night after the show, the world-famous pachyderm was being brought back to the...
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Hundreds of Reindeer Killed by Lightning in Norway
(Photo: Norwegian Environment Agency)A ranger at Hardangervidda, in central Norway, was walking around Friday when he came upon a gruesome discovery: over 300 dead reindeer, killed, officials, think,...
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