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One of the roadside Cabazon Dinosaurs off Highway 10, near Palm Springs, California.
roadside attractions

On the Road? Share Your Pics of Roadside Attractions and Win!

We want to see your road trip wonders for Atlas Obscura’s first photo contest—Summer Snaps.
Winnie Lee June 8, 2023
On the foggy morning of July 22, 1906, <em>King Cadwallon</em> struck rocks off the coast of St Martin's Island. A photographer from the Gibson family boarded a rowboat to get this image before the ship sank completely beneath the waves.
shipwrecks

One English Family Took Photos of Shipwrecks for More Than a Century

Now it's the negatives themselves that need to be saved from time and the elements.
April White June 2, 2023
Blue ghost fireflies (<em>Phausis reticulata</em>) zigzag through an Appalachian forest.
insects

Photographing Fireflies, a Love Story

An award-winning photographer shares what these bioluminescent insects have taught him—and how you can capture their beauty.
Emily Dieckman May 24, 2023
Pando, called simply The Tree by those who know it best—and love it most—is a single organism that covers an area larger than 100 football fields.
forests

Pando As You've Never Seen It Before

The Utah aspen grove is one of the world's oldest and largest living things. It's finally getting its close-up.
Amiee Maxwell May 16, 2023
Harris & Ewing Building
Washington, D.C.

Harris & Ewing Photographic Studio

Once home to the largest photo service in the United States.
<em>There is a Future</em>, 2020
collections

Reclaiming Georgia's Stone Mountain Through Haunting Landscape Images

Photographer Sheila Pree Bright wanted to find a new way of seeing the site and its connection to centuries of racism.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing April 21, 2023
In the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles archipelago, this aerial shot from April 2015 shows sargassum seaweed creeping toward a beach on Grande-Terre, which is part of the island of Guadeloupe, one of France's overseas <em>départements</em>.
beach

10 Photos of Seaweed Blobs That Will Blow Your Mind

As a supersized sargassum bloom heads toward Florida and the Caribbean, we take a closer look at past big blobs.
Sarah Durn April 5, 2023
In an undated photo, American artist Keith Haring works on the colorful carousel he designed for the original 1987 Luna Luna. The carousel features three-dimensional characters based on the line-drawn figures he became famous for.
amusement parks

The Once and Future Luna Luna Art Amusement Park

Basquiat’s Ferris wheel, Dalí’s fun house, and other wild and whimsical designs are now being restored thanks in part to rap superstar Drake.
Sarah Durn March 28, 2023
Coleman's shrimp (<em>Periclimenes colemani</em>) like these live on fire sea urchins. The shrimp are usually found in male/female pairs, where females are the larger of the two, and perch on sea urchins where they feed on plankton, algae, and parasites.
underwater

How the Best Underwater Photography Reveals a World of Wonder

Welcome to the home of pink coral-scapes and fluorescent lizardfish.
Sarah Durn March 23, 2023
science

8 Stories of Women Making History Right Now

This Women's History Month, we celebrate women doing extraordinary things all over the world.
April White March 17, 2023
Every year in the remote reaches of northeastern Georgia, shepherds drive hundreds of sheep along a dangerous mountain trail to seasonal pastures. In May and June, shepherds make the trek up to pristine summer pastures high in the Caucasus Mountains. Then, in September and October, they drive the sheep back down to the valleys below.
art

The Stark Beauty of Tushetian Shepherds’ Journey Across Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains

These stunning photographs reveal the determination and resilience of a centuries-old way of life.
Sarah Durn March 2, 2023
William Selig's 1898 short film <em>Something Good-Negro Kiss</em> is considered one of the earliest black films depicting black intimacy on screen.
murals

7 Unforgettable Stories for Black History Month

Meet some of the artists, archivists, students, and descendants rediscovering and preserving the past.
April White February 22, 2023
This 22-foot-long, papier-mâché rat known as Pantegana helps to kick off Carnival. For centuries, rats were blamed for carrying diseases to port cities, making the rodent an unlikely emblem for Venice, but Pantegana is beloved in the city where rats, which can be surprisingly strong swimmers, are one of the city’s most plentiful, non-human residents.
festivals

In Venice, Carnival Is a Visual Feast of 18th-Century Splendor

Every February, millions of people flock to Venice for Carnival, but few know the festival’s true origins.
Sarah Durn February 16, 2023
The Big Camera
Meckering, Australia

The Big Camera

Home to one man's collection detailing the history of photography.
Photographer Aakash Selvan used a drone to to capture this "Floating Islands" image of living <em>phumdis</em> on northeastern India's Loktak Lake.
islands

Can Loktak Lake's Wondrous Floating Islands Bounce Back?

A photographer's drone's-eye image of the famous phumdis of northeastern India shows a unique environment undergoing change.
Gemma Tarlach January 31, 2023
Nicknamed Nalangu, this leopard had just finished feeding her cub when she took a moment to stretch at the bottom of a river bed. Leopards can prove especially challenging to photograph because they're mostly active at night.
nature

Kenya’s Maasai Mara Wildlife Reserve Is a Photographer’s Playground

At least while the lions behave.
Sarah Durn February 6, 2023
science

Podcast: Songs of Ice

How to appreciate ice without getting all that cold, with the Atlas Obscura Places Team.
The Podcast Team January 17, 2023
Wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory became obsessed with going to Antarctica to capture the largest known whale gatherings in the world.
nature

Capturing the Mysterious Antarctic Whale Gathering on Film

No one was sure about the size of these almost-mythical wildlife events—until we got it all on camera.
Bertie Gregory January 12, 2023