Sea View Hospital and the Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
Today, Sea View Hospital on Staten Island is largely abandoned. But it was here, in this forgotten place, staffed by people who were shunned and segregated, where medical workers eventually found a cu...
1 Jan 20min
2025 in Review: Our Travel Reflections
The new year is just around the corner. And the Atlas Obscura staff look back on the lessons and experiences they learned this year throughout their travels. Plus, we want to hear about your New Year'...
31 Dec 202514min
The Pompeii of Nebraska
In 1971, a paleontologist discovered an animal graveyard in northeastern Nebraska. It was crammed with species that lived in North America millions of years ago: camels, rhinos, and three-toed horses…...
30 Dec 202516min
Minneapolis’s Giant Pencil
When a 180-year old bur oak tree collapsed during a rainstorm, a couple in Minnesota made a new life for it. Plus: How many U.S. states have you visited? Join the AO community and create your own U.S....
29 Dec 202512min
Maine’s Burning Blueberry Fields (Classic)
Travel to Penobscot, Maine, where one farmer maintains the tradition of burning his crop each year to rejuvenate it the next. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
26 Dec 202512min
Maine Week: All Lighthouses Have Ghosts (Classic)
Over the course of its 200 year history, the lighthouse on Wood Island in Maine has been home to a celebrity dog, a grisly murder, some mischievous ghosts, and a monster storm that may or may not have...
25 Dec 202517min
Maine Week: Chef Jason and The Well
A couple decades ago, Jason Williams was working at a local restaurant in Portland, Maine. One day he was driving around to farmers markets looking for ingredients, when he found a special place. And ...
24 Dec 202511min
Maine Week: Hanako Nakazato’s Pottery Studio
Since settling down in the small town of Union, Maine, the Japanese-born ceramicist Hanako Nakazato has shaped her pieces around her endlessly surprising, largely untouched environment. It's Maine Wee...
23 Dec 202510min
