Before you can join the ranks of the world's top club for explorers you'll have to embark on some serious expeditions of your own.

Excluded from the men-only Explorers Club, they established their own group for adventurers.

This month marks 8 years since the Adventurers Club closed in earnest. There were private events held at the club for another year, and the artifacts of the club have found their way to new homes around the world as part of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers (S.E.A.). A night at the Adventurers club was never dull. Just to jog those cobwebs out of your memory banks, how about a look at an old rack card promoting the Adventurers Club and their nightly schedule? How many memories do you…

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Don't lie, you've been curious about what goes on at The Explorers Club since the day you were born. Now take a look inside.

On February 5, Atlas Obscura hosted guests at the Explorers Club, an international society and private clubhouse founded in 1904. A select group of attendees...

Don't lie, you've been curious about what goes on at The Explorers Club since the day you were born. Now take a look inside.

The Explorers Club

Lorie Karnath at the Explorers Club New York City executive, Galleries, New York City