Atlas Obscura

This Lithuanian Beer Is Brewed With Green Peas

If you don't feel like eating your legumes, you can drink them in this pea-based brew.

10 Amazing Foods From Gastro Obscura

From most beautiful to most explosive, here are some highlights from our growing database of the world's wondrous foods.

For Centuries, People Thought Lambs Grew on Trees

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary puzzled scientists and philosophers.

Glass Dresses, The Fairytale Fashion Trend That Never Quite Took Off

The World's Fair showstopper highlighted the appetite for mingling science and apparel.

How a Vibrant, Factory-Made Sweet Usurped the Original Maraschino Cherry

The same term describes two wildly different cherries.

The Vivid Blue Mineral That Grows on Buried Bodies and Confuses Archaeologists

Just mix together a dead person, some iron, and lots of water.