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Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura is an US-based online publication and travel company that catalogs “unusual and obscure travel destinations via user-generated content”. The company was founded in 2009 by Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras.

A culinary-related offshoot called Gastro Obscura was launched in 2021.

Related tags: geography | Europe | USA | Japan

Atlas Obscura on Madagascar, the world's biggest vanilla grower

Food & DrinkMarch 30, 2025
Africa / Atlas Obscura / economics

Atlas Obscura on the ‘crying boy’ paintings from the ’80s

Art, History, SocietyDecember 5, 2024May 15
1980s / Atlas Obscura / paintings / UK / visual arts

Atlas Obscura on vampires and diseases

Culture, Pop Culture, SocietySeptember 5, 2024May 10
Atlas Obscura / Europe / monsters / Russia / the occult

Atlas Obscura's 14 best spots for tea lovers

Cool Links, Food & Drink, TravelJuly 19, 2024October 2
Asia / Atlas Obscura / California / Europe / geography / Germany / London / Portugal / Russia / Scotland / tea / Vietnam

Climate and spice around the world

Food & DrinkJune 27, 2024June 27
Africa / Asia / Atlas Obscura / Ethiopia / Europe / spicy food / USA

Atlas Obscura on Monopoly's cultural impact

Cool Links, Culture, Gaming, Pop Culture, SocietyJanuary 20, 2024October 2
Atlas Obscura / economics / money

Interesting map facts from Atlas Obscura

Cool Links, TravelJanuary 6, 2024October 2
Atlas Obscura / maps

Atlas Obscura on umami's historic culinary journey

Food & Drink, TravelNovember 30, 2023November 30
Atlas Obscura / geography / Japan

Norway's national snack is... the hot dog

Cool Links, Food & DrinkMay 27, 2023February 12
Atlas Obscura / Europe / Norway / sausages

Adorable Miffy traffic lights in Utrecht

Cool Links, TravelMay 23, 2023October 2
Atlas Obscura / The Netherlands

TIL: Hawaiian pizza is Greek-Canadian in origin

Cool Links, Food & Drink, HistoryMay 2, 2023December 31
Atlas Obscura / Canada / fruit / pizza

The colonialist origins of the Benin Bronzes

Art, Black Cultures, Cool Links, History, SocietyApril 23, 2023October 2
Africa / Atlas Obscura / enslavement / Germany / Nigeria / racism

Atlas Obscura's list of wild pizza places

Cool Links, Food & Drink, TravelApril 20, 2023October 2
Atlas Obscura / pizza

Donald Duck: the poster boy of Christmas in Sweden

Comedy, TelevisionDecember 25, 2022December 22
animation / Atlas Obscura / cartoons / Christmas / ducks / Sweden

Mele Kalikimaka: it's Hawaiian for Christmas nonsense

Culture, Language, MusicDecember 16, 2022January 29
Atlas Obscura / Christmas / phrases / USA
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