AI Slop Is Ruining Cute Animals on the Internet — Pet owners, rescue agencies, and wildlife groups are calling for new safeguards as AI makes it harder to tell whether animals, from polar bears to house cats, are real or fake.
Introducing: The Baltic Aquascaphe GMT MK-II — After last year's revamp of the Aquascaphe line comes the relaunch of the GMT version, with a new movement.
Nissan-Based Pickup Among New Mitsubishi Models to Arrive by 2030 — It’s not too far-fetched to argue that Mitsubishi lost its way in the United States. The brand consigned its performance DNA to the automotive attic when it axed the Lancer Evolution in 2015, and in spite…
Lamborghini Miura Design Brief: La Supercar Originale — Lamborghini’s game-changing Miura turns 60 this year. To celebrate, we look at its history, key design elements, and its position in the market today. I must confess that I’m not a “Lamborghini guy.” And no, it’s not j
Jeep Heritage Is Clearing Out Its Inventory of Full-Size Jeep Parts — Jeep Heritage, a used parts salvage yard in Johnson City, Texas, is moving from one side of town to the other, and it’s using the move as a reason to reduce inventory. The outfit is offering lots of…
My All-Time Favorite Great Roads — My Next One” is what a lot of car collectors will respond when asked, “What’s your favorite car?” The same is true of roads. There’s nothing wrong with the highways and byways that you’re used to. The ones you know so well you could…
The Most Comfortable Travel Sets for Long Flights, Road Trips, and Lazy Vacation Days — Cozy loungewear designed to carry you from early‑morning departures to late‑night arrivals.
Runners Are Suddenly Obsessed with Baking Soda. But Will It Actually Help You Run a Better Race? — Why the hot new performance-booster is taking over the endurance world
my mechanic just told me the weird rattling noise was literally a penny stuck in my door panel for three years.. now i can't stop wondering what other stuff is just living in there
Picture Car Confidential #44: Right-Hand-Drive Reticence — Long ago and not so far away, I had a job at the Wall Street Journal. My duties included scripting daily business reports for radio. These scripts would often include brief summaries of stock market indices and…
Piston Slap: Nobody Suspects The Horn Button! — (We are running low on reader questions to feed the Piston Slap series, so email us at pistonslap@hagerty.com to keep us running with a full tank!) George writes: Sajeev, Some time back, the horn on my van began blowing for…
Porsche 911 GT2 RS Flachbau Is a One-Of-One Factory-Built Slantnose — There are countless ways to personalize a Porsche, ranging from selecting a wheel design to ordering a paint-to-sample color. One buyer went a lot further down the customization path than most: An anonymous…
Terry Jones Statue in Colwyn Bay — A cheeky tribute to a comedy legend.
The Mushroom Shop in Somerville, Massachusetts — <p><img alt="" data-width="1285" data-height="1194" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/Yuy9RDiHVuYmzb0lJCA-ip1LPBQUntWVBHzLzjc6gs0/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/c:1151:767:nowe:77:200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6…
Want to Work from Abroad? The Top 10 Digital Nomad Visas for 2026 — Why not log on from the coast of Costa Rica or a Lisbon café?
Final Parking Spaces: 1988 Ford Escort Pony and GT — The tale of the first-generation Ford Escort for North America is an interesting one, and I’ve managed to find one example apiece of the cheapest and the most expensive versions for the 1988 model year. Each is painted…
Three hours to get gas in Myanmar — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
The Darß Front Doors Path in Prerow, Germany — <p><img alt="Buchenstrasse 18, Prerow" data-width="800" data-height="526" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/6BQZD1pcCWVsUGpLAzNkIgb2DYsMXNtYsQ54v4Bf8eY/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9…
I Followed Dua Lipa's Honeymoon Itinerary—Here's How to Plan It for Less — Megan Murray road-tested the singer and Callum Turner’s Italian route just weeks before they did. Here’s why it works.
Why Packard Is Still Relevant — On a hill just behind The Lodge at Pebble Beach on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the world’s most exclusive traffic jam starts before sunrise every third Sunday in August. A queue of some 200 meticulously fettled machines sit bumper to bumper,…
Clark, Mitchell combine for 68 in Fever's blowout win over Sun — Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell dominated the action for the Fever on Friday night, lighting up the Sun with 34 points apiece in a 111-91 rout on Friday night.
3 Winners and 3 Losers from the Classic Ford Market — The latest Hagerty Price Guide update is filled with winners and losers, because many cars either gain or lose a significant amount of value at certain times in their lifespans. This guide is updated quarterly, and in the…
This 1957 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88 Fiesta Wagon Is Begging for a Road Trip — Mid-fifties automotive design sure was something, eh? Tri-five Chevys, ritzy Cadillacs, Lincoln Continentals cosplaying as boats … The styling departments at American automakers must have been s
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Mid America Motorworks Decimated by Tornado, but Owners Aren’t Crying Uncle — If you are a fan of the Chevrolet Corvette, and you haven’t heard: A tornado touched down in Effingham, Illinois, and had it been equipped with GPS and laser guidance, it could not have scored a…
Interactive Warhammer 40,000 Galaxy Map — Explore 52 worlds, switch between M41 and M42, and watch the Great Rift divide the Imperium.
Why Don't Hotels Have a 13th Floor? The Spooky Reason Dates All the Way Back to Norse Mythology — When you see very superstitious writings on the wall…
The Collector-Car Market’s Widening Split, in Two Charts — One of the business world’s biggest buzzwords of the past year or so is the “K-shaped” economy. It refers to strong growth in one part of the economy, and slow or stagnant growth in another. For…
Copper at Risk of Rare Supply Decline as Mine Setbacks Mount — Copper has been on a record-breaking tear in the past year, driven largely by tariff-related trade flows. Bullish investors are betting that flatlining mine supply will drive prices even higher.
A Last-Minute Solar Eclipse Trip is Still Possible—Here's How to Pull it Off — Solar eclipse FOMO getting you down? Hotels, flights, and cruises in the path of totality are still available.
Aston Martin Valen Powers Into Pebble Beach — Aston Martin’s Q Branch has let loose the world’s most powerful front-engined car: the Valen. The Valen makes its case for views and clicks at Car Week by boasting an 838-hp iteration of Aston’s own 5.3-liter…
Defender Dakar Packs Rally Tech in a Street-Legal Package — The Defender, which morphed into a standalone brand under the Land Rover umbrella, won its class in the 2026 Dakar Rally with an off-roader dubbed D7X-R. The brand is now injecting some of its desert-proven technology…
10 Oddball Cars at the 2026 Monterey Auctions — Monterey Car Week is right around the corner, and this event brings together some of the world’s rarest and most expensive metal (and fiberglass, and carbon fiber). Some are on display. Some are for sale. Some are just…
Nepal and China halt rescue efforts as border barrier lake overflows — The death toll from the disaster that struck on Wednesday has already surpassed 470.
Global Citizen CEO on First-Ever FIFA Halftime Show — Hugh Evans, CEO of Global Citizen, joined the program to discuss the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, highlighting the first-ever halftime show for the tournament. Curated by Chris Martin of Coldplay, the halftime event will feat
Build a Go Kit — Stay nimble, be ready to hit the road. Or the trail, the rock, the water, or any adventure that presents itself.
24 Most Beautiful Towns in America for Postcard-Perfect Vacations — In these towns, the slower pace of life—and refreshing lack of crowds—make for the relaxing respite you’re looking for.
Aysgarth Falls in Centre — The most impressive falls in Wensleydale once produced power to weave the uniform of an Italian revolution.
Whalley Abbey Gatehouse in Whalley, England — <p><img alt="The passage through the gatehouse looking east." data-width="1500" data-height="1125" width="300" height="200"…
The Audi 80 Did Everything Asked of It — Audi today trades on a very particular image. Crisp LEDs tracing elaborate signatures through the night, interiors that look like minimalist architecture projects, and performance figures that tend to arrive attached to the word quattro.…
2025 BMW M2 Review: Ch- Ch- Ch- Changes — BMW’s high-performance M branch had a banner year in 2025, posting record sales totaling 213,457 vehicles. For all the ways BMW loyalists, including your author, lament the ways that the M brand’s expansion has diluted and muddied its…
Guy bought a car that wouldn't start, turns out the previous owner had disconnected the battery and left a note that just said 'she sleeps now' 🚗
How to watch most of the World Cup matches with free trials — Plus, the lowest cost option for the whole tournament.
Why we need more silver — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
8 Interesting Cars from the 2026 Bonhams Laguna Seca Auction — For almost 30 years, Bonhams held its Monterey Car Week auction at Quail Lodge, and in that time it moved some of the most expensive cars the auction house (or anyone) has ever sold, including a Ferrari 250 GTO…
Inflation Hit the Collector Car Market This Month — The Hagerty Market Rating has fallen for the third consecutive month, dropping 0.23 points to 58.67. It has now been a year since the Market Rating was last above 60. It hasn’t been that low, for this long, in a decade and
The Last Piece of (And About) the Lotus’ Air Conditioning — It was nearly a year ago that I wrote my first piece discussing the pros and cons of electric air conditioning compressors. In it, I said pretty stridently that a big con is that much of the PR for electric A/C is an…
Wedding Photographer Seriously Injured After Being Stabbed by Guest — The 26-year-old photographer was attacked on Saturday.
An Injured Hiker Spent the Night on a Colorado Peak. These 7 Survival Items Kept Her Safe. — When a seasoned hiker injured her knee on Colorado’s chossy Broken Hand Pass, her 13-hour rescue in the dark became a testament to why prep isn't just for beginners.
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Today” and “Tomorrow | Ana-Maria Papazova | TEDxNBU — How much of today do we lose while waiting for tomorrow? Ana-Maria Papazova reflects on the pressure to follow a fixed plan and become a single, predetermined version of ourselves. Drawing on her own changing aspirations,…
my dad's been driving the same '98 honda civic for 26 years. asked him why he never upgrades and he said 'because i know where all the weird noises come from' 🚗
On the Road with the World’s Only Big-Block C8 Corvette — Chevrolet hasn’t put a big-block in a Corvette since 1974, and by then it wasn’t much more powerful than the more popular 350 small-block. The big-block soldiered on in truck use, however, where its effor
Deals: M6 Mac mini, AirTag 2, 48GB MacBook Pro, more 9to5Mac — Price drops are still live on AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods Max 2 at $120 off, just make sure you...
The Lamborghini LM002 Makes a Strong Case for the Impractical Classic — Today’s performance SUVs are polished, calculated things. They are engineered to within an inch of their lives, assembled on shared platforms, and sold in vast numbers to people who will never take them…
DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source — DuckLabs provides services around the DuckDB in-process OLAP data management system directly from its main developers.
Dems demand DHS fund election security. And, journalist Gloria Steinem has died — Two Democrats are demanding that Homeland Security officials fund election security ahead of the midterms. And, trail-blazing journalist Gloria Steinem has died.
Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator — A free, browser-based simulator of the classic Microsoft Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive the nostalgia of 1998.
World Bank’s Mishra Pushes Back on Doubts Over India Growth — A range of high-frequency indicators show India’s economy is gaining momentum, said World Bank Executive Director Neelkanth Mishra, pushing back against skepticism over whether strong headline growth reflects…
US sailors go shopping and bar-hopping in Thailand after 250-day voyage — With military haircuts and moustaches, the US sailors stood out against the flip-flops of the usual Pattaya crowd, writes the BBC's Jonathan Head.