Allison C Meier

Joined: Jul 11, 2016

Allison C. Meier is a writer and editor focused on visual culture and overlooked history. She is the former senior editor at Atlas Obscura, and more recently a staff writer at Hyperallergic. She has contributed to the New York Times, Public Domain Review, Wellcome Collection, JSTOR Daily, CityLab, Narratively, and other illustrious publications. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide in New York City.

Notre-Dame de Paris in a 19th-century illustration.

13 Facts About Notre-Dame Cathedral

Charlemagne surrounded by his principal officers by Jules Laure.

13 Facts About Charlemagne, the First King of the Franks

The horse rings in Portland, Oregon, have a new use.

10 Relics From Horse-Powered Cities Hiding in Plain Sight

11 Graves in Unexpected Places

Genealogy Basics: 8 Tips for Tracing Your Family Tree Online

There are tons of online genealogy sources at your fingertips—but the sheer amount of information might seem intimidating. Here's how to get started tracing your family tree.

Beneath a parking lot, archeologists uncovered the ruins of a chapel in which Henry VIII prayed.

11 Things Found Buried Under Parking Lots

Sometimes deliberately, often unintentionally, countless artifacts have been buried—and then rediscovered—under parking lots.

Copy of the Rospigliosi cup formerly attributed to Benvenuto Cellini.

8 of the Most Notorious Art Forgeries in History

Some of the history's most notorious forgeries, from a Vermeer that tricked a Nazi to a fake antiquity sculpted by Michelangelo.

A self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh is displayed on a screen in Rome in 2016

9 Facts About Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's paintings of night skies, sunflowers, and Provence are among the world's most recognizable artworks—but his story is a complex one.