Today is the day for New Year’s Resolutions. And if one of YOURS is to embark on unconventional travel, you could do worse than follow the lead of two authors we’ll be introducing you to this morning.

An interactive map on Atlas Obscura explores alternate capital cities — not of countries, but products, events and states of mind. George Pendle... Of Hyperbole And Geography: A Map Of The World's ...

Combining the wonderment and obscurity of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” with the high-quality production of National Geographic, Atlas Obscura is changing the way we travel and consume travel-related ...

If you'll excuse me, I now have plans for the next 14 hours thanks to Atlas Obscura's Guide to Literary Road Trips — an "obsessively detailed," annotated Google Map of the most epic U.S.-based road ...

Every travel guidebook has fun facts. “Atlas Obscura” (Workman Publishing, hardcover, $35), however, is more an encyclopedia of those fun facts (as well as some gruesome, bizarre and baffling facts).

Lonely Planet and Rough Guides have been helping travelers travel since, well, forever. Looking for a good-quality affordable pizzeria on that long weekend to Rome? Sorted. And what about scenic ...

On Saturday, digital-media startup Atlas Obscura is out to prove that even the most deeply rooted Seattleites can be surprised by their city. For the fifth year, Atlas Obscura will celebrate the world ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. The search for the source of the Nile captivated civilizations for centuries ...

If you want to visit a catacomb, head to Europe; there are no ossuaries or catacombs in America. “No proper catacombs,” Dylan Thuras clarifies. “A proper catacomb is lined with carefully-stacked ...