It’s before dawn on a Saturday at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Youngstown, and the smell of red peppers hangs heavy in the air. For decades, a group of volunteers have worked here to keep a beloved tradition alive: making Brier Hill pizzas. The Brier Hill neighborhood, … | Continue reading
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A new, Paris-inspired challenge from a record-holding maze-maker. | Continue reading
Al Barakeh Wheat Project resurrects the nation's heritage grain and, with it, a bygone communal culture. | Continue reading
A respected conservator restoring a centuries-old church mural saw the devil in the details—and created a wholly imagined, diabolical scene. | Continue reading
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Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert. | Continue reading
It gives new meaning to a "fishing trip." | Continue reading
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The 149-year-old specimen is one of millions at Britain's Natural History Museum. | Continue reading
The only documented all-female army in history inspired the Dora Milaje. | Continue reading
Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches. | Continue reading
Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor. | Continue reading
The rediscovered medieval complex of Beaubec is unique in all of Ireland—and it's just the most recent layer of history unearthed in a humble pasture. | Continue reading
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery. | Continue reading
The evolutionary marvel mates in love trains, can swim in the ocean, and even uses jazz hands as a defensive tactic. | Continue reading
Inspired by a 15th-century editor, Pablo Olbi pushes to keep this from being the last chapter. | Continue reading
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time. | Continue reading
You can learn a lot from slang. | Continue reading
Melting into a tub of whey has a long history in the Alps. | Continue reading
A crusty, dense bread got the country's hardworking equines through long days. | Continue reading
How the once-ubiquitous convenience became a rare museum piece. | Continue reading
A linguistic quirk created both Banana Day and Strawberry Day. | Continue reading
From a flightless giant heavier than a polar bear to a super-glider with a 24-foot wingspan, avians ancient and modern compete for the crown. | Continue reading
In Kyrgyzstan, determined riders persevere through blizzards, lack of sleep, and disintegrating shoes. | Continue reading
The fun and rides stopped, but the memories linger. | Continue reading
As deadly encounters increase, farmers, urbanites, and authorities disagree on how to handle big cats gone bad. | Continue reading
Recruits learned the arts of infiltration, sabotage, and survival at a hidden base on Santa Catalina Island. | Continue reading
To explore her adopted hometown, Laura Zurowski took things step by step on the hilly city's historic routes. | Continue reading
Once humble divers' fare, the meat of the pearl oyster now commands up to $200 per kilo. | Continue reading
On the merits of blueberry, cherry, and pumpkin wine. | Continue reading
There's less and less for the country's demining companies to find. Sometimes they pine for the good old days. | Continue reading
In today's terms, it's hard to fathom how much of the world the Romans once controlled. At its peak, the Roman Empire spanned from Hadrian's Wall in Scotland... | Continue reading
The cat-loving island nation is redefining its relationship with the 'elegant assassins.' | Continue reading
Atlas Obscura is bringing you logic challenges from the pages of Puzzle Communication Nikoli. | Continue reading
Vintage recipes include flaming peacocks and kangaroo brains. | Continue reading
Thousands of years ago, artists documented their world on rock walls—including, perhaps, ritual use of hallucinogens. | Continue reading
From fighting in the army to managing the kingdom, women were key players in every aspect of the Mongol Empire. | Continue reading
This old technology is more important than ever. | Continue reading
Receding waters are leaving behind an environmental disaster, and a new kind of tourism. | Continue reading
No one is sure how this geological oddity got there. | Continue reading