Its an offshoot of theAtlas Obscura website, which Foer and Thuras founded nine years ago.
When Thuras discovered the blog, it was like a siren song across the internet, he tells EW.
So they created one.
The site started small but has mushroomedtheres now a team of 30 and an office in Brooklyn.
How do they know when something is right for Atlas Obscura?
We have an adjective, atlasy, which is sort of indefinable, says Morton.
But you know it when you see it, Thuras adds.
Unsurprisingly, all three have great stories.
It was a matter of driving all around rural Colombia and asking people, Where is the cable?
Where is the cable?'
In a moment of serendipity, they just happened to drive right past one.
Locals told them that the line stretching over a 1,200-foot-deep canyon was more than 60 years old.
Thuras, undaunted, tried it anddocumented the whole thing on his GoPro.
I had visions of Atlas Obscura ending right there, says Foer.
Each of the authors has places theyre itching to see.
