atlas-obscura

What problem does it solve?

Find genuinely interesting, off-the-beaten-path places around a destination without wading through mundane plaques and obvious tourist spots, saving time when planning trips or building itineraries.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Coordinate-based discovery: Search by latitude and longitude to return nearby points of interest from Atlas Obscura.
• Interest scoring and filtering: Fetch full place details, score places for "interestingness", and filter out plaques, monuments, and closed/gone locations.
• Detail-rich outputs: Provide full descriptions, directions, tags, nearby places, and optional images for itinerary enrichment or content generation.
• Use Case: Plan a day in Tokyo by searching around coordinates, then pick top-scored hidden gems to add unique stops to an itinerary.

Quick Start

Run the atlas-obscura script from the repository root to search for hidden gems at coordinates 35.6762 139.6503 by executing node skills/atlas-obscura/ao.mjs search 35.6762 139.6503.