Atlas Obscura
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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 de
Co-founder Dylan Thuras at BookCon in June 2019
Louise Story, CEO of Atlas Obscura speaking at an event in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2026
Co-founder Joshua Foer in 2013
Workman Publishing Company
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Workman Publishing Company, Inc., is an American publisher of trade books founded by Peter Workman. The company consists of imprints Workman, Workman Children's, Workman Calendars, Artisan, Algonquin
Atlas Obscura
…the company published its first book, Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders written by Foer, Thuras, and Ella Morton under Workman Publishing Company. Following a second fundraising effort that netted $7.5 million, in late 2017 the site launched Gastro Obscura, a food section covering "the distinctive…
225 Varick Street in New York City, New York, the headquarters of Workman Publishing Company