Our News

​ Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a…

​ This article is adapted from the March 22, 2025, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign…

This post may contain affiliate links. We may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make…

This post may contain affiliate links. We may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make…

​ It’s no accident Freddy Krueger is the most famous monster of the last 50 years. He craves the spotlight….

​ AO Wants to Know is an ongoing interview series where we ask experts in extraordinary subjects to share their…

​ From the outside, Estudio Chuky looks like any of the unassuming warehouses that dot Carrer Camp Rodat, a street…

​ Henry S. Rosenthal stands beside the hand-painted curtain to his Two-Headed Calf MOOseum in San Francisco with an impish…

​ Think of the last time you had your feet in the ocean. While you were there, did you ever…

Dear Atlas: What Parts of Route 66 Are Worth the Drive?

​ Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a…

​ Jump to recipe This article is adapted from the March 15, 2025 edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter….

​ This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. St. Patrick’s Day…