Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Like something out of an epic fantasy novel — or maybe The Lego ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. For most of its known existence, the New Athos Cave was simply called the ...

Dark, fragile and relatively stable, caves offer unique ecosystem services, yet these have hardly ever been the subject of research in Goa. Now, Goa could see its caves — both natural and man-made — ...

It’s generally believed that the Clovis people were the first humans to inhabit the Americas, as long as 15,000 years ago. But now archaeologists have found evidence in a cave in Mexico that suggests ...

Two of the four vintner families whose brands are produced at a Soda Canyon custom winery lost their homes as the deadly Atlas Peak wildfire raced toward Napa Valley in early October. The crush ...