Hacker News
- The harrowing journey to Elephant Island by Ernest Shackleton and Endurance crew https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/shackleton-endurance-elephant-island 44 comments
- The Gates of Hell https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-gates-of-hell-turkmenistan 65 comments
- The sweet sea monster of Portuguese Christmas https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lampreia-de-ovos-egg-lamprey-christmas 10 comments
- In Thailand, traditional cannabis cuisine is back on the menu https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cannabis-marijuana-in-thai-food 30 comments
- The Native-American Origins of Gumbo https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/native-american-gumbo 44 comments
- A trashed Italian manuscript got sewn into a sweet silk purse https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/manuscript-fragments-purse-lining 5 comments
- The Mystery of Florida’s Cannonball-Eating Spanish Fort https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coquina-fort-in-florida 18 comments
- Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/before-iron-age-most-iron-came-from-space-meteorite-egyptian-bronze 32 comments
- Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/wine-glasses-growth-history 111 comments
- 1900s ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe from Harassment https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld 47 comments
- A Visit to a Synthetic Cadaver Factory http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/syndaver-labs-synthetic-cadavers-tour 12 comments
- An Unnervingly Life-Like Japanese Doll from the 1800s http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-mysterious-origins-of-this-unnervingly-lifelike-japanese-doll-from-the-1800s 7 comments
- The MI6 Spy Who Perfected the Art of the 'Honey Trap' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-brilliant-m16-spy-who-perfected-the-art-of-the-honey-trap 40 comments
- Guide to the Longest Running Scientific Experiments http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/guide-longest-science-experiments 4 comments
- A Soccer Con Man Who Couldn't Play the Game http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soccers-ultimate-con-man-was-a-superstar-who-couldnt-play-the-game 106 comments
- Are there any hidden or unusual things to do in in your town? Check to see if they're listed on Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/ 88 comments internetisbeautiful
- How Soviet Children’s Books Became Collectors’ Items in India https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-childrens-books-in-india 7 comments books
- How Cows Destroyed an Entire Marine Ecosystem in California https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-continental-shelf-ecosystem-cows 7 comments environment
- The Origins of 'Horn OK Please,' India's Most Ubiquitous Phrase https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-origins-of-horn-ok-please-indias-most-ubiquitous-phrase 3 comments india
- Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown -- A recent effort to double down on illegal poaching has allowed the population of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans to increase for the first time in 15 years https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bangladesh-tiger-poaching-crackdown 13 comments worldnews
- TIL Sweden has a forest of oak trees planted 200 years ago because their Navy at the time needed them for ships https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/visingso-oak-forest 5 comments europe
- Ancient Roman tomb in Jordan featured an early prototype of a comic strip, sequential panels with speech bubbles https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-comic-strip 16 comments worldnews
- The Communist Cookbook That Defined Prague’s Cuisine https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-pragues-food-like 38 comments europe
- We make images of your Universe with the world’s most powerful telescopes. Ask us anything! https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/star-photographer-alaska 47 comments space
- An example of a well designed website using VueJS https://www.atlasobscura.com/ 10 comments vuejs
- How Long is a Moment: It is impossible to say, because all moments are just intervals https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moment-time-physics-philosophy-linguistics-neuroscience 7 comments philosophy
- How philosophy of mind rubs up against neurobiology when considering "what it is like" to be a bee https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-bee 5 comments philosophy
- Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/eugene-shoemaker-buried-moon-celestis-nasa 3 comments space
- When a dying language goes viral: How the Internet Changed the Meaning of 'Mamihlapinatapai' http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mamihlapinatapai 9 comments linguistics
- How the Owner of the Greatest Mystery Bookstore Pulled the Genre Out of the Muck: “This is literature. It’s not just puzzles, it’s not just telling a nice story.” http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/otto-penzler-mystery-bookstore 3 comments books
- The Highest Court of The Land, a basketball court located on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court Building, right above the actual Court room. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/highest-court-of-the-land 15 comments nba
- Why Linguists are Fascinated by the American Jewish Accent http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-linguists-are-fascinated-by-the-american-jewish-accent? 21 comments linguistics
- Schmidt's Insect Sting Pain Index http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-colorful-pain-index-of-the-stinging-ants-bees-and-wasps-around-the-world 5 comments science
- Mumtaz Begum: For over 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mumtaz-begum 4 comments pakistan
- How Thalidomide Went From Medical Disaster to Possible Cancer Treatment http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-thalidomide-went-from-medical-disaster-to-miraculous-cancer-treatment?utm_medium=email&utm_source=digg 6 comments science
- Want To Become An Astronaut? Applications Open In a Week http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/want-to-become-an-astronaut-applications-open-in-a-week 8 comments space
- 75 Years Later, the Deadly Bombing That Rocked the New York World's Fair Is Still Unsolved http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/75-years-later-the-deadly-bombing-that-rocked-the-new-york-worlds-fair-is-still-unsolved/ 5 comments history
- How to Build a Fake Ancient City in Just 5 Years http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skopje-macedonia-neoclassical-theme-park 9 comments europe
- The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund [Xpost from TIL] http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-skeleton-lake-of-roopkund-india 23 comments india
- Ramanujan Museum in Chennai http://atlasobscura.com/place/ramanujan-museum 5 comments india
- Buddhist statue survived Hiroshima atomic blast, now resides in NYC http://atlasobscura.com/place/shinran-statue 4 comments reddit.com
- Pool of Organisms in Antarctica Has Been Evolving Independently for 2 Million Years in a Natural Time Capsule with No Light, Oxygen or Heat http://atlasobscura.com/place/blood-falls 26 comments science
Linking pages
- Around the World in Eighty Lies | The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/around-the-world-in-eighty-lies/ 155 comments
- World's Rarest Insect found on Rocky Spire | Boing Boing http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html 137 comments
- Privacy Notice - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/privacy 10 comments
- The World's Most Bizarre Man-Made Disasters (PHOTOS) | HuffPost Impact http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/11/the-worlds-most-bizarre-m_n_571043.html 9 comments
- Check Out this Awesome Map of American Literary Road Trips, Including 'Wild' | Portland Monthly http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/articles/2015/7/22/atlas-obscura-s-awesome-map-of-american-literary-road-trips-including-wild 8 comments
- GitHub - torchhound/warren: Links to lose yourself in, curated from HN and other sources https://github.com/torchhound/warren 3 comments
- HotSheet - Premier News & Information Portal https://www.hotsheet.com 2 comments
- Gowalla Tops Foursquare at SXSW Web Awards (But Benson Smokes 'em All) | WIRED http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/sxsw-web-awards/ 0 comments
- In China, Searching for Mysterious Gaps in the Family Tree https://blog.longreads.com/2016/12/15/how-genealogy-tourism-has-changed-since-roots-inspired-legions-of-seekers/ 0 comments
- Null Island – - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/null-island 0 comments
- GitHub - cbovis/awesome-digital-nomads: 🏝 A curated list of awesome resources for Digital Nomads. https://github.com/cbovis/awesome-digital-nomads 0 comments
- The Science Websites That We Read Every Day | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/61995-best-science-websites.html 0 comments
- Can an Outsider Ever Truly Become Amish? - Longreads http://blog.longreads.com/2016/03/29/can-an-outsider-become-amish/ 0 comments
- Former Slate editor David Plotz takes job atop Atlas Obscura - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/10/09/former-slate-editor-david-plotz-takes-job-atop-atlas-obscura/ 0 comments
- On That Spooky New York Leper Colony Everyone Is Talking About - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/on-that-spooky-new-york-leper-colony-everyone-is-talking-about/252401/ 0 comments
- Can an Outsider Ever Truly Become Amish? - Longreads https://longreads.com/2016/03/29/can-an-outsider-become-amish/ 0 comments
- Margarita Noriega of Fusion: 'Women In Tech' Is A Framing Device With Limited Value http://www.forbes.com/sites/kaviguppta/2014/08/25/margarita-noriega-of-fusion-women-in-tech-is-a-framing-device-with-limited-value/ 0 comments