I am no bibliophile, not having much money or shelf space or bibliomania, but there are a few books that have survived the fitful urge to purge not only for their crucial content but their ...

Christina Gerhardt, the Barron Visiting Professor in the Environmental Humanities in the High Meadows Environmental Institute and visiting associate professor of HMEI and the German Department, will ...

And phantom islands that never really existed are still being presented as “real” in the 21st century. As recently as 2012, the so-called Sandy Island between Australia and New Caledonia was ...

ATLAS update 1.5 has been delayed for months, but it appears the sizable patch will be worth the wait. With dozens of new islands to explore and additional secrets hidden under the ocean, there's ...

Many of the dozen or so islands that make up the Georgia coast are notoriously inaccessible. Most, in fact, are reachable only by ferry or charter boat. Of course, that very remoteness has preserved ...

If you look at a map of the Hawaiian Islands, you'll notice that they are made up of one big island with a couple of active volcanoes and a string of increasingly smaller islands trailing in a ...

Chances are you'll be staying on the larger, more tourist-convenient island of Grand Cayman. The main island is where visitors can enjoy the majority of top sights. To see the Cayman Islands without ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Seeking a relaxing escape from winter? You could always take a trip to a ...

A group of nonprofits has launched the Long Island Zoning Atlas, an online platform aimed at offering insights into zoning patterns to help identify housing development opportunities in Nassau and ...