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Atlas Obscura - The Definitive Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Travel and culture site cataloging the world's unusual, obscure, and hidden places and experiences.
10,000 Birds
A long-running group blog where birders around the world share trip reports, species spotlights, and photography from th…
13 Ghost Towns in Greenland
A tour of 13 abandoned settlements in Greenland, from mining towns to old trading posts, explaining why each was left be…
132 Year Old Message in a Bottle Found on WA Beach
The Western Australian Museum recounts how a gin bottle tossed from a German ship in 1886 washed up on a WA beach 132 ye…
43 Hours on the Amtrak Southwest Chief
A first-person account of riding Amtrak's Southwest Chief from Chicago to California, with scenery, sleeper-car life and…
63 Chinese Cuisines: the Complete Guide
A sprawling regional guide that goes far beyond the usual eight cuisines, mapping dozens of Chinese food traditions with…
6sqft
A New York City real estate and urbanism news site covering development projects, historic buildings, and the forces res…
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70F Road Trip
A climate blogger plans a year-long US road trip that keeps you in 70 degree weather every day, mapping the route from t…
A Brief History of Hotels' Photographic Darkrooms
Hotels once offered fully equipped darkrooms for travelling photographers, and this illustrated history traces how the a…
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A Common Urban Intersection in the Netherlands
A detailed look at how a typical Dutch intersection separates cars, bikes and pedestrians so everyone flows smoothly, wi…
A Darkly Mysterious Instrument
A post from the Historical Photographs of China project following Victorian photographer John Thomson through China, and…
A Japanese Glossary of Chopsticks Faux Pas
A handy illustrated glossary of the chopstick mistakes to avoid when eating in Japan, explaining each gaffe by name and…
A Japanese Life of Bento
An essay tracing how bento boxes run through a Japanese life, from kindergarten lunches made by parents to school, work…
A Los Angeles Primer: Union Station
A history of Los Angeles Union Station, the 1939 rail terminal, covering its Mission Revival design, its Dean Cornwell m…
A partial list of Rome
A lyrical list-essay from Rebecca May Johnson's recipe diary, cataloguing bitter drinks, meals and small moments from a…
A question of time - Parisian Fields
A Parisian Fields post on the pneumatic clocks of 1880s Paris, a network of compressed air pipes that pulsed every minut…
Abandoned Motorola Headquarters
Wander through photos of Motorola's empty former headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, with deserted offices and lobbies…
Afropop Worldwide
A public radio and journalism project exploring African and Afro-diaspora music through articles, interviews, and featur…
Alpinist
A literary mountaineering magazine known for long-form writing on first ascents, alpine history, and the culture of clim…
Always Look Down in London
A photo-led tour of London's pavement oddities, from old coal-hole covers to tiny markers and hidden inscriptions you ca…
An Official Atlas of North Korea
A look through an official North Korean atlas that shows the world from the viewpoint of one of the most isolated countr…
Another 2 Weeks in Sichuan: Chengdu Revisited
A photo-rich travel journal about returning to Chengdu, with notes on food, markets, giant pandas, tea houses and the mo…
Antarctica and the Arctic Compared
An illustrated explainer on how the north and south poles differ and overlap, covering geography, ice, climate, wildlife…
Auster Shootdown Over Sydney in 1955
The strange true story of a quiet August morning in 1955 when Sydney watched an aircraft chased across the sky for hours…
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