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New York City, New York
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
18 Jun 2013
Hitachinaka City, Japan
Kochia Hill
18 Jun 2013
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
18 Jun 2013
Nicaragua
Cerro Negro
17 Jun 2013
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Under God's Big Top: Photos from the Circus Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma
18 Jun 2013
Notes From the Field: Roosevelt Island
18 Jun 2013
Morbid Monday: Meat is Murder - The Fiji Cannibal Fork
17 Jun 2013
Curious Fact of the Week: The World's Shortest International Bridge
17 Jun 2013
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Obscura Society NYC: Getting In Is the Easy Part: Site-Specific Experience Design
June 18, 2013
Obscura Society NYC: "For the Little Old Lady In Japan": Documentation & Legacy
June 25, 2013
Obscura Society SF Salon: Cabinets of Wonder
June 25, 2013
Obscura Society NYC: Murder & Mayhem Night Tour at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
June 29, 2013
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