Maps tell stories. But it is curious that the actual stories that accompany maps - the texts in atlases, for example - often direct our attention away from the stories the maps themselves tell. Take, ...

Look up from your Shasta or Siskiyou backyard this weekend and you may see a visitor from the very edge of our solar system streaking across Northern California skies. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now ...

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If you're heading to one of California’s lakes this summer, keep your eyes open: Some are packed with snakes. A new report from World Atlas lists the most snake-infested lakes in the state, and while ...

Out-of-town guests arriving this holiday season? Looking for something offbeat to do with them? Well, Atlas Obscura may be going your way. The website offers up quirky stories and a collaborative ...

California, home to beautiful coastlines, majestic redwoods, and arid deserts, also has its fair share of unusually named towns, according to a recent report from World Atlas. Here are the seven towns ...