Hackernews posts about Atlas Obscura

1. In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries (www.atlasobscura.com)
   70 points by bcaulfield 10 days ago | 13 comments
2. The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver (www.atlasobscura.com)
   5 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | discuss
3. Tokyo Metropolitan Building Staff Cafeteria (www.atlasobscura.com)
   3 points by rawgabbit 11 days ago | 1 comments
4. London Is Still Paying Rent to the Queen on a Property Leased in 1211 (www.atlasobscura.com)
   2 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 1 comments
5. Y'all, You'uns, Yinz, Youse: How Regional Dialects Are Fixing Standard English (www.atlasobscura.com)
   2 points by gibspaulding 27 days ago | discuss
6. Atlas Obscura founders removed from board (www.semafor.com)
   27 points by colinprince 5 months ago | 4 comments
7. Atlas Obscura Turns First Annual Profit in 16-Year History (www.adweek.com)
   8 points by giuliomagnifico 3 months ago | discuss
8. Hacker News brought down Atlas Obscura site (www.atlasobscura.com)
   1 points by octopusRex 11 months ago | 3 comments
9. Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip planning with AI (github.com)
   95 points by borski about 1 month ago | 41 comments
10. One man's quest to restore the first-ever Air Force One (www.atlasobscura.com)
    252 points by rmason over 1 year ago | 68 comments
11. Teach yourself to echolocate (2018) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    247 points by Anon84 over 1 year ago | 75 comments
12. Why Italy Fell Out of Love with Cilantro (www.atlasobscura.com)
    177 points by pepys almost 2 years ago | 230 comments
13. For centuries massive meals amazed visitors to Korea (2019) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    143 points by carabiner 7 months ago | 112 comments
14. Medieval Africans had a unique process for purifying gold with glass (2019) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    141 points by mooreds 11 months ago | 92 comments
15. Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used (www.atlasobscura.com)
    124 points by onnimonni almost 2 years ago | 143 comments
16. The wire that transforms much of Manhattan into one big, symbolic home (2017) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    116 points by rmason 11 months ago | 266 comments
17. Mimes directing traffic in Bogotá had surprisingly loud impacts (2025) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    114 points by IgorPartola 3 months ago | 29 comments
18. The fight to save Chile's white strawberry (www.atlasobscura.com)
    109 points by ofou over 1 year ago | 52 comments
19. Italian streets that don't exist on any map (2022) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    108 points by fanf2 almost 2 years ago | 39 comments
20. Octobass (www.atlasobscura.com)
    107 points by keepamovin 11 months ago | 25 comments
21. Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms (2017) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    101 points by jihadjihad almost 2 years ago | 46 comments
22. 1,700 year old egg never broke (www.atlasobscura.com)
    100 points by demadog about 1 year ago | 35 comments
23. The ancient art of roasting agave (www.atlasobscura.com)
    99 points by NoRagrets almost 2 years ago | 21 comments
24. One Last Ride for Antarctica's 'Ivan the Terra Bus' (www.atlasobscura.com)
    94 points by Thevet about 1 year ago | 27 comments
25. A renovation project in Turkey led to the discovery of a lost city (2023) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    90 points by areoform 9 months ago | 28 comments
26. In This Beautiful Library, Bats Guard the Books (www.atlasobscura.com)
    88 points by Brajeshwar over 1 year ago | 14 comments
27. A man rebuilding the last Inca rope bridge (www.atlasobscura.com)
    87 points by kaonwarb 11 months ago | 31 comments
28. Pigeon towers: The rise and fall of a 17th-century status symbol (2015) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    86 points by jihadjihad almost 2 years ago | 51 comments
29. The Rebirth of Pennsylvania's Infamous Burning Town (www.atlasobscura.com)
    85 points by pbshgthm 4 months ago | 42 comments
30. Why Alaska Rivers Are Turning an Eerie Orange (www.atlasobscura.com)
    84 points by rbanffy almost 2 years ago | 38 comments
31. When Crocodiles Attack: The Ramree Island Massacre (2013) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    77 points by lifeisstillgood about 1 year ago | 81 comments
32. In pre-WWII Berlin, the shape of your roof was a political decision (www.atlasobscura.com)
    76 points by amadeuspagel over 1 year ago | 113 comments
33. The Curious Gems of the River Thames (www.atlasobscura.com)
    74 points by alt227 over 1 year ago | 24 comments
34. 19th Century Map Shows a Fictional Country Created by a Con Man (www.atlasobscura.com)
    71 points by drdee over 1 year ago | 18 comments
35. The Dinner Party That Served Up 50k-Year-Old Bison Stew (2018) (www.atlasobscura.com)
    71 points by cpach almost 2 years ago | 17 comments