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Jaich Maa is an unusual hydrothermal vent ecosystem.
science

Found: Upside-Down Waterfalls, Steaming Mud, and Blue Microbes on the Ocean Floor

An unusual hydrothermal ecosystem erupts in the Gulf of California.
Matthew Taub December 17, 2018
Wandering with a bit of curiosity can turn familiar sights into something thrilling and strange.
architecture

How Do You See a Familiar Place in a New Way?

Tell us about how you find wonder in spots you encounter all the time.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2018
The Verendrye Monument.
Fort Pierre, South Dakota

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye Monument

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.
Welcome to Myst Island.
exploration

How Myst Taught a Generation of Gamers to Explore New Worlds

The creators revisit their hit game 25 years later.
Evan Nicole Brown December 7, 2018
The monument to Alexander Von Humboldt.
Mexico City, Mexico

Alexander Von Humboldt Monument

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.
At first, the message seemed to come out of nowhere.
exploration

The Remarkable Photo at the Heart of 'The White Darkness'

It shows a message, carved in ice, from one polar explorer to another.
David Grann November 1, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Horlicks Malted Milk

This powder proved essential to Arctic exploration, war, and the ice cream parlor.
An 1829 mountain, river, and waterfall chart by J. Andriveau-Goujon.
maps

The Fantasy Maps That Put the World's Tallest Mountains Side by Side

In the 19th century, the romance of mountains met the desire to quantify the natural world.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 10, 2018
Nao Victoria Replica.
Punta Arenas, Chile

Nao Victoria Museum

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.
The Bernacchi Tribute.
Hobart, Australia

'Heading South' Statues at Hobart Harbour

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.
Stefansson was a famed explorer and proponent of Inuit foodways.
exploration

The Arctic Explorer Who Pushed an All-Meat Diet

Vilhjalmur Stefansson wanted to prove a point.
Anne Ewbank August 28, 2018
A closeup of the plaque on the obelisk.
Serenje, Zambia

Livingstone Memorial

An obelisk marks the spot where a British explorer's heart was buried before the rest of his body was transported to England.
<em>Maud </em> pulls into Bergen Port in Norway.
exploration

After a Century in the Ice, Maud Has Returned Home to Norway

The polar exploration ship survived freezing, sinking, and seizure by creditors.
Cara Giaimo August 17, 2018
Replicas of the ship Columbus sailed across the ocean, photographed in New York in 1912.
exploration

The Ultimate Rich Kids Were the Children of Famous Explorers

Wealthy and entitled, as only the scions of conquistadors could be.
Sarah Laskow August 7, 2018
For some, an adventure can't begin without important letters and buttons.
exploration

The Elements of an Essential Explorer's Pack

According to Atlas Obscura readers.
Eric Grundhauser August 1, 2018
What's in your bag?
exploration

Tell Us About the Items You Never Go Exploring Without

What's in your adventuring kit?
Eric Grundhauser July 18, 2018
objects of intrigue

Greenland’s Hand-Sized Wooden Maps Were Used for Storytelling, Not Navigation

These distinctive artifacts are clues to how the Tunumiit people saw the world.
Hans Harmsen May 2, 2018
Antarctica was once covered in forests instead of ice.
forests

Why Antarctica's Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future

Hidden on the frozen continent are clues to its greener past.
Sarah Laskow April 3, 2018