Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura
Type of site
Travel and Exploration
Available inEnglish
FounderJoshua Foer Dylan Thuras
CEOLouise Story
URLwww.atlasobscura.com
CommercialYes
Registration2009 (2009)
Launched2009 (2009)
OCLC number960889351

Atlas Obscura is an American-based travel and exploration company. It was founded in 2009 by author Joshua Foer and documentary filmmaker/author Dylan Thuras. It catalogs unusual and obscure travel destinations via professional and user-generated content, operates group trips to destinations around the world, produces a daily podcast, as well as books, TV and film. The brand covers a number of topics including history, science, food, and obscure places.