Wonder from Home: Obscura Academy

As part of our Wonder from Home section,Obscura Academy has been focused on creating tools and educational prompts for parents & teachers to help with student engagement. Their last art challenge was to draw maps to illustrate the favorite places they can't travel right now, their homes, or thematic maps. The latest challenge asks readers to draw places they've never seen.

Atlas Obscura, producer of Wonder from Home, is a global community creating a comprehensive database of the world’s most wondrous places, events, foods —20,960 of them contributed by the community so far. They hold extraordinary events all over the country, every week. Check out the events below:

ONLINE EXPERIENCES
Nature, but make it digital:

Travel the Oregon Trail Live
May 14 // $5 per person
During this one-hour virtual tour of the actual Oregon Trail route’s historic sites, you’ll unearth forgotten stories, meet unexpected characters, and discover lost secrets of the famous journey.

Cuddle Up With the Sea Otters of the Pacific Coast
May 20 // $6 per person
Join natural history author Todd McLeish as he discusses North America’s cutest mammal, the sea otter! From Monterey Bay, California to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, McLeish spent three years studying and interacting with one of nature’s cutest and most fascinating little fur balls.

Choose Your Own National Parks Adventure
May 21 // $5 per person
In this guided science adventure by Atlas Obscura trip leaders and co-authors Maygen Keller and Emily Hoff (Scenic Science of the National Parks), we’ll make our way through some of the most beloved, visited, and biodiverse places- the US National Parks - and the amazing science stories they contain.

Miscellaneous, but memorable:

WPA Posters for the People Tour
May 15 // $6 per person
Join Ennis Cartner of Social Impact Studios for a virtual exploration of the lost (and found) poster art of the WPA.

A Theremin Meditation with Armen Ra
May 19 // $7 per person
For this thirty minute music meditation, Armen will begin with a few sacred hymns before leading attendees into a state of deep relaxation with the theremin's sound waves.

Welcome to Chinatown
May 19 // $10 per person
Join us for a night of real stories from the people who lived them, illustrated live by artist Felicia Liang, who has been illustrating her favorite local storefronts as part of her #supportchinatown series.

RECURRING
The Secret Arts: Watchmaking
May 13 // $10 per person
The Secret Arts invites some of the world’s rarest experts and artisans to share the hidden knowledge of their singular craft. This iteration will focus on watchmaking.

Backstage with a Magician
Next date is May 14 // $30 per person