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Blue

The Strange Allure of Blue Food

When nature’s rarest color shows up in food, it elicits a range of reactions.

Andrew Coletti August 26, 2024

Bontoc, Philippines

Kaman-utek Blue Soil

Hues of distinctive blue to bluish-green color the slopes of these hills.

A wild vervet monkey, native to Africa, dines near the Fort Lauderdale International Airport rental car area in 2021.

Wonder Is Everywhere: An Accidental Mummy, a Murdered Tree, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White October 13, 2023

A courtyard in the museum.

Carthage, Tunisia

Dar El Annabi

This museum in the famously blue neighborhood of Sidi Bou Saïd showcases a traditional Tunisian lifestyle.

At this Gullah Geechee home on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, painted doors and shutters keep out evil spirits called "haints."

What the Color 'Haint Blue' Means to the Descendants of Enslaved Africans

In the Lowcountry, the unique shade is both protective talisman and source of unspeakable suffering.

Shoshi Parks January 14, 2020

The Anchorage in Beaufort

Beaufort, South Carolina

Haint Blue Porch Ceilings

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Sir John Herschel, a British chemist and astronomer, invented the cyanotype process in 1842.

botanical illustration

These Stunning Botanical Images Are Blueprints of the Past

Two 90-year-old albums document what a 12-year-old photographer did on her summer vacation.

Anna Soper October 8, 2019

Blue anoles on Gorgona Island.

Guapi, Colombia

Blue Anoles of Gorgona Island

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

Blue church.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Church of St. Elizabeth

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

The blue-eyed coyote that Dietrich first photographed on January 28, 2018.

Blue-Eyed Coyotes Have Been Spotted on the California Coast

The striking mutation is a bit of a mystery.

Noor Al-Samarrai January 29, 2019

View of the house from the gardens.

Mavi Köşk (The Blue House)

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

Buckinghamshire, England

Dockey Wood Bluebells

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Big Almaty Lake in September.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Big Almaty Lake

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

Blue Pond

Hokkaidō, Japan

Blue Pond

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Lonely tree reflected in turquoise blue water.

Blue Moon Valley

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense ... and dinner?

Alfred Hitchcock’s Contentious Relationship With Dinner Parties

Sometimes the food was all blue.

Anne Ewbank March 15, 2018

Some blues get you down, some blues get you up.

Blue-Green Algae

The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.

Permanently Closed

The Blue Lake.

The Blue Lake

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.